#88

Anyone else remember listening to Starlings for the first time and shitting themselves when the horns kick in?

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#89

I’m not going to do a list but will say:

The two-song run of Switching Off and Not A Job is the best two-song run (if such a thing exists) on any album EVER

The lyrics “coming home I feel like I, designed these buildings I walk by” are PERFECT for what they describe

Yes, these are stone cold facts.

The previous two largely passed me by but Little Fictions is ace (and yes, this thread helped rekindle my interest).

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#90

I’m slightly surprised at the lack of Fly Boy Blue/Lunette mentions. It’s bloody amazing!
I also really love that bit of a song (which I can’t remember now!) when it starts with Guy getting a big blast of feedback, like a huge explosion, and you just hear him shout Wwwhhhhooooaaa It’s so funny!

#91

I was wrong. Scattered Black & Whites is the ultimate album closer. Swapped it with Grace Under Pressure. Gone for beer stain artwork:

http://imgur.com/FDRHt91

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#92

Right! I limited myself to two songs from each album. It wasn’t easy. There’s many unforgivable omissions, but this is what I’ve come up with:

Snowball
Any Day Now
Every Bit The Little Girl
Great Expectations
Switching Off
The Loneliness of the Tower Crane Driver
The Birds
Station Approach
Mirrorball
Real Life (Angel)
K2
Fly Boy Blue / Lunette
Lippy Kids
Little Fictions
Grace Under Pressure
Scattered Black And Whites

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#93

Nice artwork!

A best of list might take a while, but Great Expectations is surely Guy’s best ever set of lyrics.

What a song. Sung so beautifully as well.

#94

The way they’ve been performing Gentle Storm at the start of their current sets is lovely.

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#95

I can’t imagine it as a set opener. Is it any different live?

#96

They played Scattered Black and Whites mid set in Doncaster last night. A welcome surprise

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#97

It’s the remaining four of them, all stood at the front behind strip lights, before their tour drummer and strings join them from the second song.

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#98

That was the highlight for me. Especially since I had to move back during Fly Boy Blue due to the high concentration of obnoxious idiots around me.

Not a huge fan of indoor gigs (especially large ones with little/no ventilation), which had an effect on the whole evening, tbh

#99

No, it’s pretty tepid

#100

Wasn’t the best crowd/venue. Saw one woman faint and get carried out. Didn’t seem that warm to me though.

#101

I imagine she just swooned when yer man sang about her eyes…

#102

Saw that too. My tv was more worried about the heat than me…my biggest concern was the amount of Doncastrians able to fork out £40 a ticket to get drunk, talk loudly and ignore some music.

#103

Nothing infuriates me more, why pay 40 quid have a chat and a drink when you can do it for free in a pub?

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#104

Saw them at Westonbirt Arboretum last night. They started with Any Day Now. Ace.

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#105

Oh my word!

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#106

wonderful! I still remember being transfixed by that song when it first came on MTV2 way back when.

#107

They’re supposed to be doing a secret set on The Park at Glastonbury Friday evening. My plan was to tolerate The XX to guarantee a good spot for Radiohead, but seeing the most recent setlists changes everything.