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GARY JULES ft MICHAEL ANDREWS – "Mad World"
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Popular: #968, 27th December 2003
— 7 September 2021 Tom 27 comments

Mental illness and pop music are hardly strangers, but few bands made it as central to their work as Tears For Fears, named after a concept minted by experimental psychiatrist Arthur Janov, whose ideas ripple and echo throughout the group’s first t[…]

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OZZY AND KELLY OSBOURNE – "Changes"
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Popular: #967, 20th December 2003
— 26 July 2021 Tom 34 comments

From one reality TV hit to another – “Changes” wouldn’t have existed without The Osbournes, an everyday story of a loveably decayed rock star and his no-bullshit manager-wife. The show’s surface dynamics played into some hoary old stere[…]

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WILL YOUNG – "Leave Right Now"
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Popular: #966, 6th December 2003
— 24 March 2021 Tom 17 comments

Eg White, the songwriter on “Leave Right Now”, had an intriguing half-career out in the far suburbs of British pop. His album as part of Eg And Alice, 24 Years Of Hunger, has quietly acquired cult status; it’s sophisticated but erratic. Like Da[…]

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