I didn't actually tune in to what he was doing with the lyrics until midway through "Pretty Vacant" and then I was all...wait, hang on this can't be accidental. Ah ha! I see what you're doing here, Mr Boyle! (he also slid OMD's Enola Gay in there somewher ebut I can't quite remember where it fit - porbably aorund the Frankie Goes to Hollywood & Eurythmics). *G*
I think it plays out as a really personal history for people of a certain generation (me included, Boyle is 7 years older than me) but I'd be interested whether it has the same resonances for someone in their teens to late twenties or someone in their mid 60s. *G*
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Date: 29/07/2012 02:26 (UTC)I didn't actually tune in to what he was doing with the lyrics until midway through "Pretty Vacant" and then I was all...wait, hang on this can't be accidental. Ah ha! I see what you're doing here, Mr Boyle! (he also slid OMD's Enola Gay in there somewher ebut I can't quite remember where it fit - porbably aorund the Frankie Goes to Hollywood & Eurythmics). *G*
I think it plays out as a really personal history for people of a certain generation (me included, Boyle is 7 years older than me) but I'd be interested whether it has the same resonances for someone in their teens to late twenties or someone in their mid 60s. *G*