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Geoff @geoffdeburca.bsky.social · 20h

“So many men..” is the first big UK Hi-NRG track, a sound that dominated UK gay clubs in the early 80s (& produced by Ian Levine, Northern Soul Legend, Heaven DJ, and world’s most annoying Dr Who fan)

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Geoff @geoffdeburca.bsky.social · 1d

Love Wars is incredible but Automatic is even better, and that rare occasion where the UK record buying public made one of a band’s weirder songs their biggest hit

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Geoff @geoffdeburca.bsky.social · 1d

As the years go on I’m starting to think that Just Be Good To Me just might be the best song of all time

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Geoff @geoffdeburca.bsky.social · 1d

She’s the Barbara Morgenstern of the 20s

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Geoff @geoffdeburca.bsky.social · 1d

Might have to tactically switch my Yallah choice after seeing this

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Geoff @geoffdeburca.bsky.social · 1d

“Adult content” ffs my mum is less prudish than this

Geoff @geoffdeburca.bsky.social · 1d

#TheTwen2ie5 10/50

Shakira & Bizzarap - SHAKIRA || BZRP Music Sessions #53 (Argentina / Colombia 2023)

I'll forgive Bizzarap's irritating song-naming approach for the decade's best diss track

SHAKIRA || BZRP Music Sessions #53

YouTube video by Bizarrap

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Geoff @geoffdeburca.bsky.social · 1d

#TheTwen2ie5 10/50

Shakira & Bizzarap - SHAKIRA || BZRP Music Sessions #53 (Argentina / Colombia 2023)

I'll forgive Bizzarap's irritating song-naming approach for the decade's best diss track

SHAKIRA || BZRP Music Sessions #53

YouTube video by Bizarrap

www.youtube.com

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Geoff @geoffdeburca.bsky.social · 2d

#TheTwen2ie5 9/50

C. Tangana, Niño de Elche y La Hungara - Tú Me Dejaste De Querer (Spain, 2021)

From my favourite album of 2021, this is a hip-hop flamenco sad banger

C. Tangana, Niño de Elche, La Hungara - Tú Me Dejaste De Querer

YouTube video by CTanganaVEVO

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Geoff @geoffdeburca.bsky.social · 2d

I wonder if that was one of the change a word, claim a third scams

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Geoff @geoffdeburca.bsky.social · 2d

Listened to Valentine Brothers back to back with Simply Red and it is an even bigger contrast than I expected - every single element in the original (that squelchy bass, the vocals, the piano playing, the horns) is just soooo much better

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Geoff @geoffdeburca.bsky.social · 3d

They focused on hybrids for a long time and were slow to BEVs but are catching up now (unlike Nissan & Toyota who are notably behind)

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Geoff @geoffdeburca.bsky.social · 3d

#TheTwen2ie5 8/50

Hikaru Utada - SOMEWHERE NEAR MARSEILLES -マルセイユ辺り- (2022, Japan)

Longest track on my list, one of only two non-Ice Spice compliant artists, and an absolutely beautiful epic piece of lockdown house music

宇多田ヒカル | Somewhere Near Marseilles ―マルセイユ辺りー　-LIVE at Sea Paradise -Panorama ver.-

YouTube video by Hikaru Utada

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Geoff @geoffdeburca.bsky.social · 3d

Suspect BYD gaining more at the expense of MG and the Korean / Japanese brands; Tesla losing out to BMW & VW now their EV range is catching up

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Geoff @geoffdeburca.bsky.social · 3d

The whole battery electric market is growing, BYD only one off several winners as Tesla declines

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Geoff @geoffdeburca.bsky.social · 4d

It’s almost like the policy was rush-released for a conference headline before it was ready

Geoff @geoffdeburca.bsky.social · 4d

If it’s really about improving access to public services, why not lead with that message, rather than focusing on fixing a migration issue that it won’t fix? It’s been a car crash of a launch

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Geoff @geoffdeburca.bsky.social · 4d

Quite. We already have to show proof we have the right to work when changing jobs, so this won’t change anything.

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Geoff @geoffdeburca.bsky.social · 4d

Aside from the influencer crew, there’s also a group of boarding school types who never managed to settle outside of that environment and found an expat community to be the next best bet

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Geoff @geoffdeburca.bsky.social · 4d

You can blame the PM launching it entirely in related to Migration control

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Geoff @geoffdeburca.bsky.social · 4d

I've used my top-notch photoshopping skills to seamlessly put Brenda & Susan into some lovely autumn-appropriate sweaters

Badly edited cover of Vanity 6's debut album attempting to get past Bluesky's rather prudish adult filters

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Geoff @geoffdeburca.bsky.social · 4d

#TheTwen2ie5 7/50

Go_A - SHUM (2021, Ukraine)

Arguably the decade when Eurovision got bigger than ever, this for me was the absolute highlight - storming techno-folk with a huge tempo change taking it to the climax

Slava Ukraini!

Go_A - Shum (LIVE) | Ukraine 🇺🇦 | Grand Final | Eurovision 2021

YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest

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Geoff @geoffdeburca.bsky.social · 4d

I love that when Rihanna sampled it she kept in his weird yelps and ows in the background too, it's a subtle touch but keeps the weird in

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Geoff @geoffdeburca.bsky.social · 4d

Also - RIP Patrick Cowley, one of the first people to die of AIDS, a few weeks after this single was released at the age of just 32

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Geoff @geoffdeburca.bsky.social · 4d

Oof first group of death here, there's not much that would make me vote ahead of Grace, but Patrick & Sylvester both on absolutely blistering form here, this feels like the proper bridge between Disco & Hi-NRG, and what a lot of later 80s pop would sound like

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Geoff @geoffdeburca.bsky.social · 4d

Aretha sounding much fresher than I remember which is a nice surprise.

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