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Re: So... an NMA track you REALLY don't like..?
« Reply #105 on: November 05, 2018, 08:29:26 PM »
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Re: So... an NMA track you REALLY don't like..?
« Reply #106 on: December 18, 2018, 10:27:28 AM »
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Re: So... an NMA track you REALLY don't like..?
« Reply #107 on: December 31, 2018, 07:15:57 AM »
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Probably one my favourite songs from BDAW. Just goes to show.

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an NMA track you REALLY don't like? For me, not a single one yet, thank 'GOD'.
« Reply #108 on: January 01, 2019, 03:04:59 PM »
There isn't an NMA song that I do not like, thus far.  I'll take in anyone of 'em songs... straight-up, LOUD & OFTEN please.  8)  What really does it for me, though, is the voice, in particular that voice... HIS voice.  It's the first thing I ever loved about the band, the music.  (somewhat embarrassed soft lol), I went years without even knowing who or what the singer even looked like!  Only ever saw the 'White Coats' video once by chance, where one cannot decipher who the mysterious man was that owned it, that voice.

It wasn't until my first time viewing NMA's video for '51st State', that I got hooked for better or worse.  It was that extreme close-up scene where he's in the truck, and parted those gorgeous, big, plump, soft, kissable lips, opened up his mouth... and that was it, I was a goner.  I was like OMG!  'Who are you?  Who?  Who?  Who?  Who?'  Who is this gorgeous being!  lol, and it didn't help any that he rocked a rather sublime strapping mean physique either, ahhh Christ!  Those fcukin' leather clad days.  lol, could not believe such beauty really and truly existed?  I was rendered speechless, gobsmacked, dumbfounded, to say the least!   ;) :P 8) :D  Fcuk vampires, I thought, for they've got nothin' on this guy.. nothing on HIM... ohhh, what a HYMmmN.  Still oozes it in spades, as far as I'm concerned.  S-P-A-D-E-S!! !   'Yea-ahhh, baby'...  As that notorious international man of mystery, Mr. Austin Powers would quite often exclaim.

I much preferred the way things naturally took place, though... flourished, grew.  For it worked out just like some gorgeous, breathless, wild and crazy dream.  What can I say, but that I am completely taken in by it, utterly gobsmacked and forever drawn to it.  I don't know what 'GOD' put in there when he built the man, or if he gets it from his mum or from his dad, but fcukin' hell did the LORD almighty know what HE ('GOD') was doing or what!!  It's the bees knees, as they say over them waters, over there.   ::)

Getting somewhat back on topic.  There has always be just one line, in one single song, that always made me feel unsettled, makes me feel uneasy, worried even - especially because he still sings it to this day.  I'm not going to name it, but whomever really cares, I will tell you this... the song is from the very first full length recording NMA ever released, and, he sings it in the first person.  Can't help but think to myself 'How could someone, so young, sing words so' alarming, devastating, sad, terrifying?   It's actually quite heartbreaking to hear him utter those few words, that one line.  Often makes me stop and wonder what was going through his mind the day he penned it, as well as, what's still going on internally, that he feels propelled to sing it even as an older, mature man - every now and then.  :'(

And there you have it, well... sort of, anyhow.   xOx  Ooo
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Re: So... an NMA track you REALLY don't like..?
« Reply #109 on: January 01, 2019, 08:47:59 PM »
'How could someone, so young, sing words so' alarming, devastating, sad, terrifying?   It's actually quite heartbreaking to hear him utter those few words, that one line.  Often makes me stop and wonder what was going through his mind the day he penned it, as well as, what's still going on internally, that he feels propelled to sing it even as an older, mature man - every now and then.  :'(

Come on, pal, name the lyric so we can help to justify, deny or understand the concept.  I'm sure Justin would understand the idea of people getting to grips with something that someone finds offensive.   ???

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I'm sure Justin would understand the idea of people getting to grips with something that someone finds offensive.   ???

Actually, the man has never written anything - thus far - that has offended me, in any way, shape or form.  Ever.   :)

Come on, pal, name the lyric so we can help to justify, deny or understand the concept.

It's off the "Vengeance" album release, but is not the title track.  Ok, it should be really easy now.  Humour me Master Ray (or anyone else here who has time on their hands / cares to engage)… how about you try finding the song / line?  Here's the track listing for that album...

1.  Christian Militia   (Sullivan, Morrow)
2.  Notice Me   (Sullivan, Morrow)
3.  Smalltown England   (Sullivan, Morrow)
4.  A Liberal Education   (Sullivan, Morrow)
5.  Vengeance   (Sullivan)
6.  Sex  (The Black Angel)   (Sullivan, Morrow, Heaton)
7.  Running In The Rain   (Sullivan)
8.  Spirit of the Falklands   (Sullivan, Morrow)
'Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward,
for there you have been and there you will always long to return.'

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I'm sure Justin would understand the idea of people getting to grips with something that someone finds offensive.   ???

Actually, the man has never written anything - thus far - that has offended me, in any way, shape or form.  Ever.   :)

Come on, pal, name the lyric so we can help to justify, deny or understand the concept.

It's off the "Vengeance" album release, but is not the title track.  Ok, it should be really easy now.  Humour me Master Ray (or anyone else here who has time on their hands / cares to engage)… how about you try finding the song / line?  Here's the track listing for that album...

1.  Christian Militia   (Sullivan, Morrow)
2.  Notice Me   (Sullivan, Morrow)
3.  Smalltown England   (Sullivan, Morrow)
4.  A Liberal Education   (Sullivan, Morrow)
5.  Vengeance   (Sullivan)
6.  Sex  (The Black Angel)   (Sullivan, Morrow, Heaton)
7.  Running In The Rain   (Sullivan)
8.  Spirit of the Falklands   (Sullivan, Morrow)

I'll take first go!

Is it the line; "I love you, but I still wish you were dead" from Running In The Rain?

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Re: So... an NMA track you REALLY don't like..?
« Reply #112 on: January 05, 2019, 01:46:10 PM »
Possibly..."I'll kill myself while you are watching" from Notice Me
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Re: So... an NMA track you REALLY don't like..?
« Reply #113 on: January 05, 2019, 02:05:42 PM »
STOP!  We have a winner...
'Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward,
for there you have been and there you will always long to return.'

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« Reply #114 on: January 05, 2019, 02:45:37 PM »
I'll take first go!   Is it the line;  "I love you, but I still wish you were dead"  from  Running In The Rain?

Oooo, you nailed the subject matter being that of Death, there ldopas… but neither the correct song / specific line.  Close,  :-\  but no cigar I'm afraid. 
Thanks ever so much for participating.  Love your wit and humour!  And it's genuinely a treat / nice to finally get to exchange a word or two with you, ldopas.  Thank you, Sir!  :)

And now, to the gentleman who had his eyes peeled (as in had them wide open - just in case any folks of foreign tongues don't comprehend the term peeled) and is very likely the owner of an open, big genuine heart himself...
dilla...

Possibly..."I'll kill myself while you are watching" from Notice Me

dilla,  8)  how the 'ell did you manage to nail both the song and the line?  Was it the clues I gave OR, might that line affect you quite emotionally, deeply, too  :-[ ... as it does, me? 
'Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward,
for there you have been and there you will always long to return.'

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fear protects it.'


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Re: So... an NMA track you REALLY don't like..?
« Reply #115 on: January 06, 2019, 04:12:22 AM »
Hi 8,
Definately the clues you gave.When Vengeance came out,Notice Me was my favourite track due to Stuarts amazing bass playing.Lyrically,although Justin sings in the " first person",to me it was obvious he's not singing about himself.I always used to compare the song lyrically to "Kill" by Albertos Y Los Trios Paranoias,even though I knew the NMA song was serious and Albertos were a comedy/pisstake act.
Later Justin often sings in the first person.eg One of the chosen.He has that incredible ability to put himself into the mind of the subject person which makes the song seem more alive than if the song was written in the "third person"
As for a song by NMA that I don't really like?? Possibly Big Blue,(but the solo version in Preston a couple of years ago was brilliant) :)
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« Reply #116 on: January 06, 2019, 01:56:35 PM »
Definitely the clues you gave.  When Vengeance came out,  "Notice Me" was my favourite track due to Stuarts amazing bass playing.

Oddly, for me, even though "Notice Me" contains the one line that worries me most,  It wasn't the song that shocked and shook the daylight out of me!   Ahhh, but I've sort of left that for/in another thread I started a while back.   ;)

Lyrically, although Justin sings in the "first person", to me it was obvious he's not singing about himself.  I always used to compare the song lyrically to   "Kill"  by  Albertos  Y  Los  Trios  Paranoias, even though I knew the NMA song was serious and Albertos were a comedy/pisstake act.

Had to go look them up, I've never heard of neither the band nor song before.  freaked out nervous lol, I'm not sure what the hell I've just seen (just before the minute mark in that clip), but... Yikes!   :o

Later Justin often sings in the first person. eg  "One of the Chosen".  He has that incredible ability to put himself into the mind of the subject person which makes the song seem more alive than if the song was written in the "third person".

I love the way you put it... alive.  The man has a gift a serious gift, and boy.. does he know how to work it, use it!   8)

As for a song by NMA that I don't really like??  Possibly  "Big Blue", (but the solo version in Preston a couple of years ago was brilliant) :)

OMG!  dilla, you left a comment on that youtube clip as well.  ACE!!   :D   Some of NMA's songs are better, sweeter, stripped - as in - played on a single guitar (acoustic or electric) doesn't matter, as well as when accompanied by harmonica (when possible).  I love both versions, but find the solo version SO much more soulful, enchanting, mesmerising.  :)

Nice chat, great post, dilla... and heartfelt thanks for participaing, playing!  :)
'Once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward,
for there you have been and there you will always long to return.'

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fear protects it.'


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« Reply #117 on: January 11, 2019, 06:41:16 PM »
I'll take first go!   Is it the line;  "I love you, but I still wish you were dead"  from  Running In The Rain?

Oooo, you nailed the subject matter being that of Death, there ldopas… but neither the correct song / specific line.  Close,  :-\  but no cigar I'm afraid. 
Thanks ever so much for participating.  Love your wit and humour!  And it's genuinely a treat / nice to finally get to exchange a word or two with you, ldopas.  Thank you, Sir!  :)

And now, to the gentleman who had his eyes peeled (as in had them wide open - just in case any folks of foreign tongues don't comprehend the term peeled) and is very likely the owner of an open, big genuine heart himself...

Thanks you for the complement. Likewise!

I don't need a cigar for winning btw, I've never smoked tobacco in my life. But a bottle of bubbly would go down very well!  8)

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... There has always be just one line, in one single song, that always made me feel unsettled, makes me feel uneasy, worried even -
."I'll kill myself while you are watching" from Notice Me
8, I don't want to be rude but you clearly have no understanding of that line.

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... There has always be just one line, in one single song, that always made me feel unsettled, makes me feel uneasy, worried even -
."I'll kill myself while you are watching" from Notice Me
8, I don't want to be rude but you clearly have no understanding of that line.

Why are you trying to stoke up controversy? That was rude.

How do you know they don't understand what it means. that was not the question; to explain its meaning. They were saying they don't like that line, it affects them. In actuality they probably completely understand it and that is what fires something up in them to not like it, perhaps it pertains to their experience.