Christopher McBride
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Christopher McBride
@metaboatchris
Captain of music blog The Metaphorical Boat, occasionally write elsewhere. Battenberg enthusiast, did a marathon, went on Mastermind.
Belfast Katılım Temmuz 2009
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@edwest There’s now a content warning for it at the start of the music video for “National Express” by the Divine Comedy.
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It’s very odd aspect of post-Christian morality (for want of a better phrase) that as suicide has become destigmatised - indeed the state will do it for you - at the same time the media has become so sensitive about the issue that it feels the need to carry warnings.
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One of the few examples of a Supergroup in reverse.
Lightning Seeds@Lightning_Seeds
Back in 1978, Thursday meant local band night at Eric’s Club, Liverpool, featuring Ian and Bill Drummond (KLF) on guitar, Julian Cope (Teardrop Explodes) on bass, and Pete Burns (Dead or Alive) on vocals.
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@o_reachtaire It became a bit more interesting between 2020 and 2021.
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The Coronas are on Virgin media. They are the most uninteresting band I ever heard. Even their name is shit
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It was first used in an iconic Levis advert 30 years ago, directed by Michel Gondry. Fittingly, like the latest Toyota advert, it also features mermaids - youtube.com/watch?v=uN1SL7…
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Nice to hear the fabulous "Underwater Love" by Smoke City cropping up in adverts again.
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Didn't realise until today that Toby Jones (not No-by Jones) appears in the music video for "Whippin' Piccadilly" by Gomez - youtube.com/watch?v=7wkYoc…
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*RED ALERT* Jamiroquai is hatless. I repeat, hatless. #TOTP
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"Pumping on Your Stereo" is one of those songs you're shocked to realise doesn't actually feature the title in the lyrics of the song. #TOTP
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I believe that "Saltwater" and the song that it interpolates ("Theme from Harry's Game" by Clannad) are the only songs sung in Irish that reached the UK Top 40, unless anyone knows better. #TOTP
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The ending of "That Don't Impress Me Much" implies that there was a full, secret, unreleased verse where the person she's addressing is an Elvis Impersonator. #totp
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One of my wife's young co-workers had never heard of Shania Twain when she mentioned them. A few weeks later she said to her - "what's the name of that country artist you mentioned before? Shamia Shane?" #totp
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@StreetStephen @DavidBowieReal Was there a theme for this compilation? Seems like an odd choice of songs for a Bowie comp, not sure who the target audience was.
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Playing this quite idiosyncratic @DavidBowieReal CD compilation but every song is a cracker , particularly Soul Love!
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Really enjoying this dreamy shoegaze tune from Norwegian act Yndling - youtube.com/watch?v=YQBUCt…
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By a remarkable coincidence, Lloyd Cole is in the middle of a tour which still has available tickets.
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I’m sure you all want to hear my hot take about “Lost Weekend” whilst we’re at it.
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After an appeal, I was finally cleared of the charge of lying when I was seventeen.
World of Statistics@stats_feed
🇮🇪 After 2 months of rain, today Ireland is expecting its first rain free day of 2026.
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Surely it can’t be THAT expensive to get a Freeview broadcasting license…
TVmusic News UK@TVmusicNews
We need another general music channel. Who is with me?
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