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Simon Philo
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Writer, DJ and (for the time being at least) academic .. in no particular order. I’ve got plenty of Java and Chesterfield Kings and I’m waiting for your call.
#ArtistFaveLP

Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982

@ no.3 “Don’t Go”

Almost as good as Just Can’t Get Enough. Which - as those of you who follow my #ArtistFave15 posts will know - is by no means intended as faint praise. Far from it. A synth-pop banger as the kids say.

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Yazoo - Don't go
YouTube video by Izolika68
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November 27, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982

@ no.4 “Bad Connection”

Vince-penned synth-pop perfection. Has a touch of New Life about it. Not a bad thing.

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Yazoo - Bad connection
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November 26, 2025 at 8:13 AM
#ArtistFaveLP #MusicChallenge #musicsky

Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982

@ no.5 “Goodbye 70s”

.. and ‘hello’ 80s.

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Yazoo - Goodbye 70's
YouTube video by Izolika68
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November 25, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982

@ no.6 “Midnight”

Like “Winter Kills”, a Moyet composition. But, unlike “Winter Kills”, a conscious and highly effective/affective marriage of torch song to synth-pop.

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Yazoo - Upstairs At Eric's - 04 - Midnight (1982) (HQ)
YouTube video by k3vin
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November 24, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982

@ no.7 “Winter Kills”

Moody. Minimal. Mostly Moyet. Magnifique.

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Yazoo - Winter kills
YouTube video by Izolika68
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November 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Thanks again to anyone who's continued to keep pace with this series. It's hugely appreciated.

Continuing with an assertion: We all need a musical hero. It's a universal truth...

52 Albums To Shape A Soul - Part 49

🖤x

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November 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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In case you missed it ...
Workers with a migration backgound recorded this powerful poem during the pandemic. They feared the UK and its politicians would soon forget how they helped the country survive. And they were right. Fickle politicians who clapped for them then now call them "strangers".
November 23, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982

@ no.8 “In My Room”

Just the right side of “I Before E ..”. Although not sure in ‘82. Gets better as the years pass.

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In my room - Yazoo
YouTube video by J MusicNet
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November 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982

@ no.9 “Too Pieces”

Lyrically twinned with “Tuesday”. Musically twinned with Speak & Spell.

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Yazoo - Too pieces
YouTube video by Izolika68
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November 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Yazoo | Upstairs At Eric’s | 1982

@ no.10 “Tuesday”

Hmm. A sort of junior “Ballad of Lucy Jordan”. Nice vocal though.

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Yazoo - Tuesday
YouTube video by Izolika68
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November 20, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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Are you ready for the Nov round of #ArtistFaveLP? 🥳

If not … there’s still a few days to pick another fave LP & order your trax 🤩

Deets below 👇 Early posting from 5pm EST 19 Nov 📬

I’ll reveal my album in the next day or so … going to my a regular well 😜😍

💙 from @olgalovesyuri.bsky.social & moi 🙌
November 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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The government should be ashamed that its migration policies are being cheered on by Tommy Robinson and Reform.

Instead of standing up to anti-migrant hate, this is laying the foundations for the far-right.

I questioned the Home Secretary on how she can be proposing such obviously cruel policies.
November 17, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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The Greens don’t believe providing safe refuge for endangered asylum seekers is an “out-of-control” policy.

Nor do we believe making life more difficult for those in need is the way to unify British society.

Refugees are welcome.
November 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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Now started the LIVE Stranger Radio Show

The Cutting Edge connect and join in the station chat room
strangerradio.mixlr.com/events/4672260

90 mins of mainly new music plus 3 tracks from a classic album I purchased in 1983

Full show playlist below
November 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Kicking off on Stranger Radio's The Cutting Edge with 40 mins or so playlist shuffle, could be any tune from a 7000 playlist, then at 7,30 the planned show will commence.

strangerradio.mixlr.com/events/4672254
STRANGER RADIO | The Cutting Edge show 16 Hosted by Clive Clemens
TURN AND FACE THE STRANGE
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November 17, 2025 at 6:50 PM
This month’s Record Club features an LP celebrating its 50th anniversary. Recorded ‘just down the road’ from us, 10cc’s THE ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK will be played in full on vinyl. Plus, if you have a favourite record from ‘75, bring it along and we’ll give it a spin.

Join us on Tuesday from 7.30pm 🎶
November 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
November 15, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Simple Minds | New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) | 1982

@ no.1

“She's the one in front of me / Siren and the ecstasy ..” And 24/25/26/27. This gold has never lost its lustre.

🙏 for hosting @geodrew.bsky.social & @olgalovesyuri.bsky.social

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New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) (Remastered 2002)
YouTube video by Simple Minds - Topic
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November 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
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Join @geodrew.bsky.social & moi for the November round of #ArtistFaveLP!

Challenge dates: 11/20 - 11/29

Early posting begins 11/19 at 5pm EST, 11pm CET, 10pm BST
November 15, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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Coming up on Monday my Stranger Radio show The Cutting Edge. 90 mins of mostly new releases with 3 tracks from an album from my archive, Mondays is a classic

www.strangerradio.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Simple Minds | Someone Somewhere (In Summertime) | 1982

@ no.2

“Brilliant days / Wake up on brilliant days ..” And we did.

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Simple Minds Someone Somewhere in Summertime 1982
YouTube video by Bill Ferencz
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November 14, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Simple Minds | Love Song | 1981

@ no.3

Shoulda. Woulda. Coulda. Inexplicably failed to do the chart business. What did they have to do to get a hit? Pop-wise, this had everything going for it. Result - no. 40-f**king-7.

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Simple Minds - Love Song
YouTube video by alexpasserini
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November 13, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Hey #ArtistFave15 fam 🙌

Last 3 songs for this round 😱

Yuri & I are loving the artists playlists coming together from all your amazing picks 😍🎶

Big 🙏🏽 for being a part of all the fun again 🥳

Can’t wait for your last 3 picks 🔥

💙💙 from @olgalovesyuri.bsky.social & moi 🤩
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November 13, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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Simple Minds | Book of Brilliant Things | 1984

@ no.4

“I thank you for the lightning that shoots up and sparkles in the rain ..” Wouldn’t have been out of place on New Gold Dream. It’s that damn good.

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Book Of Brilliant Things (Remastered 2002)
YouTube video by Simple Minds - Topic
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November 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Hey #powerpop aficionados! ICYMI or fancy another go, here’s your handy link to catch up on the very latest edition of 💥THE ALL-NEW SWEET SPOT💥 - which as ever features 21 box-fresh releases of a #powerpop persuasion …

👉 strangerradio.mixlr.com/recordings/2...

@bigstirrecords.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM