B sides better than their A side
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In The Night > Opportunities (Original Mix)
Miserablism > Was It Worth It?
Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend > Where The Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off You)
Hit And Miss > Before
Casting A Shadow > New York City Boy
Fugitive > Beautiful People
A Certain (Je Ne Sais Quoi) > Winner
Miserablism > Was It Worth It?
Bet She's Not Your Girlfriend > Where The Streets Have No Name (I Can't Take My Eyes Off You)
Hit And Miss > Before
Casting A Shadow > New York City Boy
Fugitive > Beautiful People
A Certain (Je Ne Sais Quoi) > Winner
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That’s the thing about negative energy, about hatred. It can be positive. It throws into relief all the things you know you like. It tells you, by elimination, what you’re about. Sometimes you can only define yourself by what you hate. Hatred becomes an inspiration; it makes you think, “What I’m doing now I totally believe in, and I don’t care what other people say.” Guided by hatred, you don’t have to follow the herd. - Neil Tennant
Re: B sides better than their A side
Pretty much all the imperial phase a sides outdid their respective b sides for me, but after then:
I didn't get where I am today - Flamboyant
A certain je ne sais quoi - Winner
Hit and miss & the truck driver and his mate - Before
Disco potential - Somewhere (controversial but I love that b side)
Friendly Fire - I get along
Party song & bright young things - Numb
Sexy Northerner - Home and Dry
How I learned to hate rock and roll - se a vida e
I didn't get where I am today - Flamboyant
A certain je ne sais quoi - Winner
Hit and miss & the truck driver and his mate - Before
Disco potential - Somewhere (controversial but I love that b side)
Friendly Fire - I get along
Party song & bright young things - Numb
Sexy Northerner - Home and Dry
How I learned to hate rock and roll - se a vida e
Just for the sake of it, make sure you're always frowning.
It shows the world that you've got substance and depth.
It shows the world that you've got substance and depth.
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Was That What it Was?
Was That What it Was?
Was That What it Was?
I sincerely *love* Disco 2 and listen to it straight through regularly.
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I dont even know what records where on what single. So Google it is.
Definates ;-
The Ressurectionist beats Im With Stupid.
A Cloud in a Box beats Say It To Me. (Just not a fan of it)
A Certain Je Ne Sais beats Winner
Hit and Miss + Truck Driver both bury Before.
Miserablism owns Was It Worth It
Close ;-
After The Event v Did You See Me Coming
Bright Young Things v Numb ( the demo would easily win)
Didnt bother with download only songs. No idea what was classed as a single and what wasnt. Theres some absolute classics that miss out because the A side is too good. Some poor singles get away with it because the B side is rubbish.
Definates ;-
The Ressurectionist beats Im With Stupid.
A Cloud in a Box beats Say It To Me. (Just not a fan of it)
A Certain Je Ne Sais beats Winner
Hit and Miss + Truck Driver both bury Before.
Miserablism owns Was It Worth It
Close ;-
After The Event v Did You See Me Coming
Bright Young Things v Numb ( the demo would easily win)
Didnt bother with download only songs. No idea what was classed as a single and what wasnt. Theres some absolute classics that miss out because the A side is too good. Some poor singles get away with it because the B side is rubbish.
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The Sound Of The Atom Splitting > Left To My Own Devices
Did Zoe Ball let something slip today? (31:01:24)
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Here endeth the thread!One of the crowd wrote:The Sound Of The Atom Splitting > Left To My Own Devices
you could say conventional ... and I could claim intentional
Re: B sides better than their A side
Hard to disagree with these -
The Ressurectionist beats I'm With Stupid.
A Certain Je Ne Sais beats Winner
Hit and Miss + Truck Driver both bury Before.
Miserablism owns Was It Worth It
The Ressurectionist beats I'm With Stupid.
A Certain Je Ne Sais beats Winner
Hit and Miss + Truck Driver both bury Before.
Miserablism owns Was It Worth It
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Re: B sides better than their A side
Nothing is better than Before, but I buy these ones:
Miserablism better than Was It Worth It?
The Ressurectionist than I'm With Stupid.
A Certain Je Ne Sais than Winner
Miserablism better than Was It Worth It?
The Ressurectionist than I'm With Stupid.
A Certain Je Ne Sais than Winner
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Re: B sides better than their A side
These B sides aren't necessarily better than their respective A sides, but all four songs are phenomenal on their own:
Do I Have To --> Always On My Mind
A New Life --> What Have I Done To Deserve This
Do I Have To --> Always On My Mind
A New Life --> What Have I Done To Deserve This
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Your funny uncle > It's alright
Hey headmaster > Can you forgive her?
Shameless > Go west
The truck driver & his mate > Before
The calm before the storm > Single
Friendly fire > I get along
Bright young things > Numb
After the event > Did you see me coming?
The way through the woods > I started a joke > A certain je ne sais quoi > winner
In his imagination > Leaving
Hey headmaster > Can you forgive her?
Shameless > Go west
The truck driver & his mate > Before
The calm before the storm > Single
Friendly fire > I get along
Bright young things > Numb
After the event > Did you see me coming?
The way through the woods > I started a joke > A certain je ne sais quoi > winner
In his imagination > Leaving
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Re: B sides better than their A side
This is a great b-side, but the a-side is equally brilliant for me.
Just for the sake of it, make sure you're always frowning.
It shows the world that you've got substance and depth.
It shows the world that you've got substance and depth.
Re: B sides better than their A side
I love "Hey, Headmaster" but frankly I'm surprised that several of you are stating that it's better than "Can You Forgive Her?"!!
Re: B sides better than their A side
That's a difficult question to answer. But, I'd agree that the "Imperial Era" A-Sides are generally stronger, at least for the average listeners at the time. However, the Bilingual era brought a massive change. Many of those B-sides are a least as strong as the Bilingual tracks. A slight dip in the Nightlife period, but Release gave us the fabulous "Always", and aside from a few subsequent demo-ish B-sides, many of the later B-sides have been very strong tracks in their own right.
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