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Geoff Travis nominates "This Charming Man"

posted by davidt on Wednesday January 22 2003, @10:00AM
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Following Nick Hornby's '31 songs that changed my life' The Observer on Sun 19th Jan asked 31 random names from the world of music to name their own personally vital soundtracks.

Geoff Travis (founder of Rough Trade D'uh) nominates "This Charming Man", explaining:

"I was fortunate enough to be in the studio when this track was recorded. It's one of the most sublime songs. A great thing about it is there is a stop in the record: I love that. It shows supreme confidence to have silence in the middle of a song, and it increases the drama of the track. This song slides down your sensibilities. And the first line is a wonderful Oscar Wilde moment."

Maenwhile Johnny Marr nominates a track by The Stones and Alain de Botton seems to misunderstand the question and nominates a whole LP, albeit a good one, Reading, Writing & Arithmetic by Smiths influenced The Sundays.
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  • What in God's name's an Oscar Wilde moment?
    Spineless Swine <[email protected]> -- Wednesday January 22 2003, @10:55AM (#53135)
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  • Here's a link to this article. I'm a bit surprised that The Smiths didn’t feature in the Gooner's 31.

    link [observer.co.uk]
    Benton -- Wednesday January 22 2003, @03:02PM (#53159)
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  • yes, its easy to write one note after another, but to have the musicality to break it like that in the middle is to know how to make an impact with what you're doing.
    suzanne -- Wednesday January 22 2003, @05:46PM (#53174)
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    I scare dead people.
  • Although its not my favourite Smiths song, I wouls still say it was by far the best single that was ever released. Theres a difference between a great song and a great single, my favourite Smiths song is "There is a Light", but Charming Man works so much better as a single.
    mozismurder -- Friday January 24 2003, @11:53AM (#53314)
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    Mind your bleedin' own you two bob c-nt

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