Blah Blah Cafe, the Jean-Michel Jarre forum

[The Sound-Oven]

I've been aware of Pet Shop Boys music as my brother used to listen to them alot.

This song is a great fusion of the melancholic lyrics of Neil Tennant and the synthy Jarre-esque leads.

I do like it

[Jarreshair]

Excellent, Excellent and Excellent.

Did I mention it's Excellent?

[Dr_Jones]

It's a typical PSB song. The middle-8 (the bridge between the 2nd refrain and 3rd refrain) which has the "brick-brick-brick-brick-brick England" part has a typical JMJ chord progression we can also hear in Oxygene 8 and the last part of Magnetic Fields.

[Jarreshair]

I can hear a lot of Ind. Rev PT2 in it.

[Jote]

I can hear a lot of Ind. Rev PT2 in it.

Really? Because of that lead sound in the chorus? To me it's more like "Final Countdown" than IR2

[netrom]

Jolly good tune!

[Black Bird]

WOW ! This will be one of my favorites !!! Great !!!

[phil40]

This psb track is already one of my fave, love the catchy chorus with the lead playing, works so well together, 6th may can't come quick enough, I'm also going to Dublin to see him live in October and really hope he plays this track.

[1906]

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[plate of chips]

Walls, rise and fall
And now that buildings talk
In the city
Brick England

They build them up
And then they
Knock 'em down
To put up another
Brick England

Reflecting poor people in England relocated (thrown out) from their apartments , homes,
Demolished
such that developers build expensive apartments, homes to sell at high profit.


This is one the more relevant PSB lyrics since Opportunities (Let's make lots of money).


Given JmJ's observation during Docklands Concert the changing face of England,
Im fairly sure JmJ requested PSB to write these relevant lyrics
or perhaps JmJ wrote these 9 lines himself given lyrics JmJ wrote for Christophe.

[Dr_Jones]

Reflecting poor people in England relocated (thrown out) from their apartments , homes,
Demolished
such that developers build expensive apartments, homes to sell at high profit.


This is one the more relevant PSB lyrics since Opportunities (Let's make lots of money).

I wouldn't say that. The whole Actually album deals about Thatcherism (the song Shopping is about buying and selling our history by large corporations), Fundamental is politically loaded, the song Twenty Something on Super deals with the issues Opportunities talks about (" That’s how you are / or have to be / in a decadent city / at a time of greed".

Geowayne did an excellent analysis of the song on his website:
http://www.geowayne.com/newDesign/other/brick.htm

He does this for all Pet Shop Boys songs (lyrically and musically) and they're usually very informative.

[Finaero]

Not me anymore, I cancelled my preorder.

[Dr_Jones]

I'm completely confused. I ordered the most expensive fan box way back in October last year. What am I going to receive, and when?

Must I wait several months to get the album physically?

The "regular" fanbox will be out on the same day, I expect. The Deluxe (expensive) box will be out in July due to finalizing the extra content.

[Dr_Jones]

I'm completely confused. I ordered the most expensive fan box way back in October last year. What am I going to receive, and when?

Must I wait several months to get the album physically?

The "regular" fanbox will be out on the same day, I expect. The Deluxe (expensive) box will be out in July due to finalizing the extra content.

So I have to wait. Bummer.

You'll get an option to download the tracks when it's out.

[Kanta]

Jean-Michel Jarre - Interview - April 2016



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