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Simon Philo @profpop.bsky.social · 23m

Coming Soon! My October #ArtistFaveLP. Why not join me in this latest #MusicChallenge? Starts on Monday 20th.

Simon Philo @profpop.bsky.social · 30m

Brilliant indeed. Would have been a suitable addition to The Visitors LP. Closing track maybe?

Simon Philo @profpop.bsky.social · 31m

👏👏👏

Simon Philo @profpop.bsky.social · 32m

Hmmm. Well when I get around to a book about the song I’ll get back to you 😉

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Simon Philo @profpop.bsky.social · 36m

But at least you finally ‘liked’ one of my #ArtistFave15 picks 😉👏

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Simon Philo @profpop.bsky.social · 1h

👍👏

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Simon Philo @profpop.bsky.social · 1h

Exactly. Been obsessed with this song for over 40 years.

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Yuri @olgalovesyuri.bsky.social · 8h

@geodrew.bsky.social & I are once again hosting #ArtistFaveLP!

Challenge deets below!

Note/request: If your LP has <10 tracks, you can post b-sides or demos or not. However, let’s all be in sync each day with our numbering, s’il vous plait.😃

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Simon Philo @profpop.bsky.social · 2h

Yes I do love the Blancmange cover .. but they do play it for laughs rather with those refs to Corrie and Barbra Cartland. Kills the subtlety and mystery of the original.

Simon Philo @profpop.bsky.social · 2h

#ArtistFave15

ABBA | The Day Before You Came | 1982

@ no.1

Like ABBA, saving the best till last. Uncharacteristic in its reliance on synths, a drum machine and lack of chorus, its narrator sing-speaks through the mundane “day before” she is murdered. Probably.

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ABBA - The Day Before You Came

YouTube video by DODV

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Simon Philo @profpop.bsky.social · 11h

Superbly minimal.

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Simon Philo @profpop.bsky.social · 13h

🙏⚡️🎶⚡️

Simon Philo @profpop.bsky.social · 13h

Hey Revolutionaries! ICYMI or fancy another listen, here’s your handy link to catch-up on this month’s edition of #COTR.

Enjoy - the Prof x

@andymoorhouse.bsky.social
@ianrose75.bsky.social
@mirandakitten.bsky.social
@paulamt.bsky.social

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STRANGER RADIO | Children of the Revolution - Episode 14 (The One in Which We Introduce a New Quality Item)

TURN AND FACE THE STRANGE

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GeoDrew @geodrew.bsky.social · 1d

We’re almost at the end of the Oct round #ArtistFave15 fam 😭

Yuri & have enjoyed all your amazing artists & their songs 🙏🏽😍

And we’re looking forward to your final song(s) 🥳🎶

We’ll go again in Nov + the mini-challenge 20-29 Oct 🤩

One more GM ballad 💔🥹

💙 from @olgalovesyuri.bsky.social & moi 🙌

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Simon Philo @profpop.bsky.social · 14h

a cat is sitting on a couch with its mouth open and making a surprised face .

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Simon Philo @profpop.bsky.social · 14h

Context is everything with pop music, isn’t it?

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Simon Philo @profpop.bsky.social · 14h

Neither of those made the #ArtistFave15 cut, I’m afraid. Just one more to go.

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Simon Philo @profpop.bsky.social · 1d

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge

ABBA | S.O.S | 1975

@ no.2

“Where are those happy days / They seem so hard to find / I tried to reach for you but you have closed your mind / Whatever happened to our love? I wish I understood”. Raison d’etre found. Almost never bettered.

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ABBA S.O.S.

YouTube video by Craig Gagné

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Simon Philo @profpop.bsky.social · 1d

Innit tho.

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Simon Philo @profpop.bsky.social · 1d

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge

ABBA | S.O.S | 1975

@ no.2

“Where are those happy days / They seem so hard to find / I tried to reach for you but you have closed your mind / Whatever happened to our love? I wish I understood”. Raison d’etre found. Almost never bettered.

youtu.be/NJzcqO77sW0?...

ABBA S.O.S.

YouTube video by Craig Gagné

youtu.be

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Simon Philo @profpop.bsky.social · 1d

Exactly.

Simon Philo @profpop.bsky.social · 1d

😀👏👏👏

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Simon Philo @profpop.bsky.social · 1d

Well, rather unconvincingly, Bjorn has always maintained that it wasn’t about his marriage 🤔

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Simon Philo @profpop.bsky.social · 2d

#ArtistFave15 #MusicChallenge

ABBA | The Winner Takes It All | 1980

@ no.3

“I don't wanna talk about things we've gone through ..” But then proceeds to do exactly that in painful detail. Ur-ABBA.

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ABBA - The Winner Takes It All (2021 Remaster)

YouTube video by Stereo Classics

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Simon Philo @profpop.bsky.social · 2d

Is no.3 “More Songs about Chocolate and Girls” then? 😉

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