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Julia Jacklin's Body - her song about a break up and her ex having nude photos of her

She opens with a scene of him getting arrested for smoking in an airplane bathroom
And I never copped before, the analogy of him being untrustworthy in private spaces

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Chatting to a disparate group of people, one of them has apparently been tasked with renovating a PA in a pub.

Yeah but there's loads of wires said drummer fren.

Me and Subject shouted CABLES!! I had never met this man before, but we responded simultaneously, in unison.

yeah but a cable is a wire, I'm a drummer. I don't know. Drummer fren said. Then went back to his girlfriend.

I'm not taking, I told them, advice about cables from a drummer and a cello player.
 
Chatting to a disparate group of people, one of them has apparently been tasked with renovating a PA in a pub.

Yeah but there's loads of wires said drummer fren.

Me and Subject shouted CABLES!! I had never met this man before, but we responded simultaneously, in unison.

yeah but a cable is a wire, I'm a drummer. I don't know. Drummer fren said. Then went back to his girlfriend.

I'm not taking, I told them, advice about cables from a drummer and a cello player.
A music festival called Cable where multiple Wire tribute bands play simultaneously.
 
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live versions took a great song up a level even from the 1983 studio version.
Cables live in London 1987 from Pigpile LP released in 1992
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edit: posted the wrong video.

what's the name of the shelving nuke got from IKEA?
Firewood
 
I haven't heard this in a while. A band that didn't know what it wanted to sound like

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I agree with this comment "Classic this sounds like it came out today. Way ahead of its time"
 
50% 1980

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50% 1979

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with

early 60's Styling

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And in all fairness, that's kinda where some chart bands are at these days.
 
For fun - one of the biggest singles this year is Harry Styles 'As it Was', which is a pretty tune in all fairness and he is so dreamy.
Anywhoooo

Here's the tune

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Which is throwing back heavy to 1985

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And while i don't have an example i find the melody has strong new romantic vibes.

Rick astley confirmed this by having his keys player drop the riff just after 2.20 at glastonbury


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I get big OMD vibes off it too, can't pinpoint a song though. How can it be that Rick Astley is playing the 3 arena?

The delivery, and the kinda punctuation / spacing of the phrases are really in this area?

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