Flaffer wrote: ↑Fri 06 Oct 2023, 9:54 pm I think Firestarter was the first time, and perhaps still only time, Art of Noise have been officially sampled

Nah, Moments In Love alone has been sampled countless times. https://www.whosampled.com/Art-of-Noise ... e/sampled/

No credit given o permission requested. What do you think PSB are going to do? Nothing. What do you think they should do? I don't know the legal stance but I have one thing to say: "Somebody spoke and I went into a dream" Lennon/McCartney Did PSB seek permission to use that? I don't belie...

I don't know the legal stance but I have one thing to say: "Somebody spoke and I went into a dream" Lennon/McCartney Did PSB seek permission to use that? I don't believe credit was given at the time. The West End Girls lyric is pretty iconic though (arguably more than the Beatles one). Co...

It's pretty good. The Always on my mind style synth stabs are....interesting. They make the track sound very old school, but also somewhat cheesy.

Unfortunately, these days Mike Stock is a rightwing conspiracy nut.

Apart from this: https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/it-s-a-sin-pet-shop-boys-classic-sees-huge-uplift-from-channel-4-series__32480/ Opportunities is now #5 West End Girls is now #23 on dance/electronic/digital sales in US. A little PSB revival in both sides of the Atlantic. Opportunities is ...

24. January 2020 is such an ingenious title. I just wish it had been 25. january 2020 as that is my 45th birthday!

Oi, this is good. Excellent work!

You're right. I don't know the concept. I am judging the music and it sounds terrible. You are doing the equivalent of judging a comedy as a drama. It's a pointless exercise that makes you look silly. That's ridiculous. Music should be able to be judged on its own merit, especially when said music ...

Breathing space is one of their best ever. At the time of release I was going through some difficult times/major life crossroads decisions and it really resonated with me as a result and helped a lot. Beautiful, evocative song. How different we are. I find it to be their worst ever album track. Jus...

Absolutely no need to spend tonnes of money. Just a little effort really. Or alternatively reel in some young producer who's dying to work with a couple of synth-pop legends for a dime. Sounds like you have no idea what the Edinburgh Fringe is, nor the context of the one-woman show itself. The song...

Erm... just FYI there is no such thing as 'general midi drum sounds'. General Midi only defines the name of the sound, not the actual sound itself, which could be anything. I am referring to two things: One is the rhythmic patterns, which sounds like those found on "arranger keyboards" in...

OK, I didn't even discover this until today. Shows you how much out of the loop I am. Anyway, a mini-rant coming on: The production on this is PISS-POOR. This is arguably the worst production I have heard on any "proper" release by any artist in decades. Frankly, maybe ever. And this is c...

LOL, yeah.