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Listening to the 12" Planet Funk remix of WFTSC sent shivers of joy down my spine (literally).
There is something magical about NO; How 4 ordinary blokes (and sometimes a Blokess in the form of Gillian or Dawn Z) manage to write such poigniant lyrics and tunes that really strike a note deep in your soul...
When was the last time NO managed to make your spine tingle and which track was it?
25 seconds or so of Turn, from about 3.30 in.
Oh, and Vanishing Point. I used to listen to it before school at like 6.30 in the morning.. some tracks sound so much better at different times in the day.
Christopher Owens wrote:
Run Wild
this one make my spine tingle in a different way. my spine tingles in an effort to jump out of my body and take my nervous system with it, thus rendering me unable to hear.
I'm not going to say 'spine tingles', but I'm going to say I feel some physical sensation as an extension of my emotions produced when hearing the following NO songs:
1.Ceremony (if it hasn't kicked in already, it's at "Avenues all lined with trees, picture me and then you start watching...") 2.Dreams Never End (especially the rousing coda) 3. Temptation '87 (coda w/ heavy strumming and drum fills) 4. Age of Consent 5. Leave Me Alone 6. Face Up ("Guess what I'm going to do to you" and solo) 7. Perfect Kiss (breakdown after the frogs, with the keyboard chord wash over the two main synth lines) 8. Lonesome Tonight 9. Run 10. Dream Attack 11. Regret (especially when Bernard sings the final lyrics) 12. WFTSC
AgentWood wrote:
Christopher Owens wrote:
Run Wild
this one make my spine tingle in a different way. my spine tingles in an effort to jump out of my body and take my nervous system with it, thus rendering me unable to hear.
Erm, OK.
JV wrote:
- Face Up ("Guess what I'm going to do to you" and solo)
ooh, nice one. add that to my list, as well. not only spine-tingling, but makes me want to jump about in utter joy.
Temptation Secret Machines full length, Barney's guitar. He f'ed that up so many times live, nice to hear him on form.
JV wrote: I'm not going to say 'spine tingles', but I'm going to say I feel some physical sensation as an extension of my emotions produced when hearing the following NO songs:
1.Ceremony (if it hasn't kicked in already, it's at "Avenues all lined with trees, picture me and then you start watching...") 2.Dreams Never End (especially the rousing coda) 3. Temptation '87 (coda w/ heavy strumming and drum fills) 4. Age of Consent 5. Leave Me Alone 6. Face Up ("Guess what I'm going to do to you" and solo) 7. Perfect Kiss (breakdown after the frogs, with the keyboard chord wash over the two main synth lines) 8. Lonesome Tonight 9. Run 10. Dream Attack 11. Regret (especially when Bernard sings the final lyrics) 12. WFTSC
that's not playing fair. lol. Leave me alone - live 82. &. Mesh, EGG. magical track stoppers those tunes are. NO are like no other.
Christopher Owens wrote: Double tracked vocals at the end of TF Regret Start of Who's Joe WFTSC Krafty Turn Run Wild
Presumably you are taking the piss with the last one?
Alas, BLT doesn't do it for me anymore. However, I will say the pre-chorus breakdown and then the second synth line is a well-done build-up to the gigantic chorus we all love (even when we're secretly so f'kin' tired of it).
Too many to mention really, but of the top of my head: Leave Me Alone (the whole track), Avalanche ('chorus'), Krafty (instrumental bit in the middle), Temptation 87 (fade in), Love Vigilantes (anticipation caused by drum intro)...
Snorri xxx
Uncle Liam wrote:
Christopher Owens wrote: Double tracked vocals at the end of TF Regret Start of Who's Joe WFTSC Krafty Turn Run Wild
Presumably you are taking the piss with the last one?
No.
The last minute of True Faith - sublime in every way
BLT94 - just when the first chorus kicks in
Hooky's bass in Fine Time (during the main body of the song) - understated brilliance
Who's Joe - especially playing it! That bit where the guitar starts. Hearing the Ceremony bass line start up
Start of Love Vigilantes, esp live as normally means the start of a cracking concert!
Also True Faith as brings memories of getting squashed to death at the GMEX in the late 80's - first ever NO concert!
Intros to Who's Joe?, Sunrise, Razormaid remixes of Subculture And the magically ethereal 15 seconds from 3:30-3:45 of Vanishing Point Instrumental Making Out Mix H
PS Tesco still suck - forced my local greengrocer to close (gotta have those 5 portions a day) not to mention the shop where we buy our seed and fat-balls (for feeding the birds, you perves!)
