Casanova

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He can turn an unsuspecting phrase into a magnificent weapon on a whim; the kind that can strike you both immediately and decades later with the same force. Take the aforementioned “Songs of Love” for example; Hannon pokes fun at young couples prancing about in front of him with absolutely no regard for how miserable he is. I rewatched the show recently, and while I did laugh plenty, I also winced a great deal, amazed that so much offensive detail didn’t irk me at all when I was younger. With the vast majority of it's runtime made up of songs themed around the act of fornication, it was Divine Comedy's first toe dipped into the blossoming Brit-Pop genre adding to it's style by way of Hannon's sharp suits and odd appearance. Performing as an eleven-piece ensemble, the band will play two albums from their catalogue in full each night.

Also a scratch right at the beginning of the side to dead wax that creates a nasty pop for the first five or six seconds. I listen and content myself knowing that someone out there is still carrying the mantle of Walker’s style. He was accompanied in that 1995 recording by a specially assembled group of young musicians, under the baton of Dr. I promptly went out and bought Scott 1 – 4, and over the following years I consumed about everything I could in the Scott Walker universe. To mark the release, The Divine Comedy play five nights at the Barbican in London in early September and then later the same month, five nights at the Cite de la Musique in Paris.A couple of months ago, I became aware of The Divine Comedy and the amazing Neil Hannon for the first time (I know . That’s the guy who does the Father Ted theme,” I thought to myself, knowing little else of his musical output at that point. Truly a poet of his age, he has a magnificent skill of encapsulating everyday woe, everyday love, and the everyday feelings of every day into witty, deprecating couplets. The LP release consists of the original remastered album, cut at Abbey Road, packaged with a download code for the album and bonus tracks.

In 2014, NME included the album in its list of "30 Glorious Britpop Albums That Deserve a Reissue Pronto," saying "Gawky Neil Hannon as smooth loverman was a conceit that actually worked and it produced two of Britpop's least obvious classics in the hilarious Cold Comfort Farm-inspired tale of 'Something for the Weekend' and the movie fantasy of 'Becoming More Like Alfie'. Recorded at the famous Abbey Road Studios the song is the most grandiose of 'Casanova' and may even have you shedding a tear as Hannon plays out the record's last goodbye. The remastering work, on my copy, really does make such a huge difference in the definition of the sound, when compared to the OG pressing. Casanova and A Short Album About Love will be performed on the 3rd Sept in London and the 26th Sept in Paris. Perhaps Hannon is poking fun at himself and the love-song-writing community, but he still takes his advice to heart – something that helps distinguish him from other artists.

The Northern Irish band ushered in a new set of fans and a wash of fame by penning the show’s theme tune, as well as providing other incidental music throughout the show’s three series run ( including probably the loveliest song about a horse you’ll ever hear).