Sing would stick out but I don't think it would have sold to an audience who only know There's No Other Way. Not that 'Bang' sold much either, mind, but I can't imagine 'Sing' would have taken them to TOTP again. The closest thing to it on the 1991 charts would be To Here Knows When which was selling to a fanbase who already knew what the band were about.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 22:04 (eleven months ago) link
"Sing" was left off the US version of Leisure, which disappointed me. I guess the wags at SBK didn't see the hit potential either.
― henry s, Wednesday, 17 May 2023 22:20 (eleven months ago) link
"Honey Pie" might be the worst song in this entire thread.
― billstevejim, Monday, 22 May 2023 05:07 (eleven months ago) link
Underworld - Bruce Lee
― Agnes, Agatha, Germaine and Jack (Willl), Monday, 22 May 2023 08:43 (eleven months ago) link
Wake Up Boo, much as I do like it, is a good example of a hit song that eclipsed a great, multifaceted band
― Do I look like I know what a jpeg is? (dog latin), Monday, 22 May 2023 09:08 (eleven months ago) link
I also know people who maybe missed the original Britpop era who associate Blur with downbeat pity-fests like Tender, Coffee + TV and No Distance Left To Run. Damon's extracurricular work corroborates that view quite a bit - his default post- Britpop mode is to sound a bit tired and despondent. But in the 90s I remember them being upbraided in the press for being all cheery and chirpy
― Do I look like I know what a jpeg is? (dog latin), Monday, 22 May 2023 09:14 (eleven months ago) link
Bruce Lee is fucking amazing
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Monday, 22 May 2023 10:51 (eleven months ago) link
It’s an instant skip for me, the rest of Beaucoup Fish is so propulsive and then slap bang in the middle, Skym then this lumpen slow plod for 4 minutes. Never understood why it got a single release compared to say, Moaner or Cups.
― Agnes, Agatha, Germaine and Jack (Willl), Monday, 22 May 2023 11:03 (eleven months ago) link
I can never skip anything on Beaucoup Fish
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Monday, 22 May 2023 12:01 (eleven months ago) link
Moaner got a limited single release at the time of Batman & Robin but was already two years old by 1999. Although I somehow can imagine a radio edit of Cups despite it being 12m long.
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Monday, 22 May 2023 12:04 (eleven months ago) link