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[evilC]

...in 1999:

"Chris de Burgh's web site was closed down after countless obscene messages were posted on the guestbook. One message consisted entirely of two four-letter words repeated 3500 times."

I don't know who would possibly do such a thing, but... chap!

[Hamish! Dougal!]

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Was it Mark Lamarr?

[Gerontophile]

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'Lamarr' is 6 letters.

I struggle to think of TWO swear words that would fit... if it was 7 and 4, I would understand. Or just one... but two? That takes a level of mentalism to a higher degreee.

[Hamish! Dougal!]

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Shit Cunt?

[historyman]

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Before 'The Lady In Red' came out C De B was quite cool over here. His earlier material has one or two gems to provide a bit of credibility.

[Jah Womble]

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Possibly not 'Don't Pay the Ferryman'. The most wet-lettuced attempt at 'rocking out' ever seen or heard in the known universe.

I hated that bloody 'Spaceman Came Travelling' b*llocks as well.

[G-Man]

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I quite liked "Patricia The Stripper" back in the day.

I also remember liking "Waiting for the Hurricane" and "In A Country Churchyard", though I don't know whether I'd still do do now. I haven't heard them in 30 years.

[hobbes]

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I bloody love A Spaceman Came Travelling. It's one of my favourite Xmas songs.
De Burgh is still a shit cunt though.

[Gerontophile]

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There are some weird things said about Mr DeB... stuff to do with his daughter, and other stuff about his wife, but 'Lady in Red' isnt a bad song.

It has been used all over the place for various reasons, and its repetition is the thing that maked me dislike it.

I liked '...Ferryman' though wouldnt call it a classic.

(James Blunt has just ripped off Michael Sembello's 'Maniac', and no-one has noticed, just thought I would mention)

Admittedly, after all, I do dislike Mr DeB, rather a lot... there was a thing on Top Of The Pop once, where he was caught leering, and if there is such a think as the devil, its him.

Weird, because he is so unobtrusive.

There are worse things in the musical world. Not many, but some.

[WOM]

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Maniac has to be flirting with the top 100 worst songs ever, no?

[historyman]

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G.Man wrote:

I also remember liking "In A Country Churchyard", though I don't know whether I'd still do do now. I haven't heard them in 30 years.

My advice is to leave this song in your memory and not to actually play it again. I listened to it again recently and it hasn't aged well.

Memory is often better than reality.

[G-Man]

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Oh, I have no doubt of it.

[Jah Womble]

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Maniac has to be flirting with the top 100 worst songs ever, no?

Yes, I think so. I mean, what exactly does this woman do on the dancefloor? Chuck petrol over everyone?

And someone mentioned James Blunt upthread. He's a prize c***, too.

[Gerontophile]

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But unfortunately, he gives serious earworms.

[evilC]

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Today is the 30th anniversary of the release of Depeche Mode's 'Speak and Spell'. Still essential (in any electropop collection) and arguably their best album.

I suppose I should feel old - and I suppose I do, a little bit - but I'm too preoccupied with current equivalents of that album to really do so.

[Gerontophile]

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Is it really? I DO feel old because I am. (If I have to drop another hint about being 45 and feeling it, I am going to kill something)

Midge Ure and or Bob Geldof's birthday today too. (And the person formally known as Chippy, I think.)

I am going to put on 'See You' and reminisce... (or at least learn how to spell reminisce (after 3 edits, and a Google)).

[Gerontophile]

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Jah Womble wrote:

Maniac has to be flirting with the top 100 worst songs ever, no?

Yes, I think so. I mean, what exactly does this woman do on the dancefloor? Chuck petrol over everyone?

I only just 'got' this.

[G-Man]

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Gerontophile wrote:

There are some weird things said about Mr DeB... stuff to do with his daughter, and other stuff about his wife, but 'Lady in Red' isnt a bad song.

I utterly despised "Lady In Red" the very first time I heard it. It was right up there with the horrors of "I Just Called To Say I Love You" and Jennifer Rush's "Power Of Love" the preceding two years.

Now, dont think I was a snob. A few months before "Lady In Red" was inflicted upon mankind, I cheerfully helped Boris Gardiner's "I Wanna Wake Up With You" to the top of the charts, for my sins.

[historyman]

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evilC wrote:

Today is the 30th anniversary of the release of Depeche Mode's 'Speak and Spell'. Still essential (in any electropop collection) and arguably their best album.

I dig it out from time to time and it has such a refreshing innocence about it - particularly I Sometimes Wish I Was Dead

[Jah Womble]

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But unfortunately, he gives serious earworms.

Not to me, thank f***.

Violator is DM's best album. A lot of people say that, but in this case they're right.

[historyman]

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Jah Womble wrote:

Violator is DM's best album. A lot of people say that, but in this case they're right.

As long as you discount 'Blue Dress'.

[evilC]

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historyman wrote:

Jah Womble wrote:

Violator is DM's best album. A lot of people say that, but in this case they're right.

As long as you discount 'Blue Dress'.

No. So long as you leave out 'Sweetest Perfection'.

"When I need a drug in me
And it brings out the thug in me..."

Worst couplet ever!

[Purves Grundy]

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I respectfully point you in the direction of the "safe as houses" couplet in Never Let Me Down Again.

[evilC]

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Good point. It's a rich vein. (Fnarr! Kyakk! Etc.)

[Mumpo]

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Violator, Waiting for the Night: "And when I squinted/the world seemed rose-tinted"

Songs of Faith and Devotion, Judas: "Idle talk and hollow promises/cheating Judases, doubting Thomases"

Ultra, The Love Thieves: "Sure as Adam is Eve, sure as Jonah turned whaler/They're crooked love thieves, and you are their jailor"

We love you, Mart.