PET SHOP BOYS | King Of Rome | |
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Small man, big world Lost beyond the pale I know you inside out I can tell the tale Across the sky a change of time Last night I lost all day I'm here and there or anywhere Away from Manderley And if I were the King of Rome I couldn't be more tragic My fate to roam so far from home In search of my lost magic Oh, baby come back Oh, baby come back to me The desert moon, a new lagoon We glide upon the surface Night falls fast, no shadows cast Arriving without purpose Oh, baby call me Oh, baby call me today And if I were the King of Rome I couldn't be more lonely With so much scope to dream and hope Someday you'll deign to phone me Oh, baby call me Oh, baby call me today I long for your inscrutable pale face I hunger for your beautiful embrace |
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Owen Pallett adds a swish of gorgeous strings to the very haunting and 10cc-ish King Of Rome. Neil's singing is particularly evocative on this tale of a lonely man searching for meaning in his life. This is pure Pets, with slabs of synth, little flares of synthetic brass punctuating the melody and piano breaks. Stunningly lovely and very moving with its plaintive chorus of 'Oh, baby call me, baby call me...today'. It's back to Very with the rumbling charge of Pandemonium, a Sixties Chain Reaction pastiche meets Doctor Who inspired stomp about a love-hate relationship where one partner copes with a lover who creates chaos everywhere but secretly loves it all. Great backing vocals, smashing bits of harmonica, squelchy synthesisers and Moroder style sequencers. Great fun. Cathode Ray Tube
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You know, in spite of the colossal nature of their canon, there aren't many songs where Neil Tennant has something of the Sade about him, so this one should be applauded for that at the very least. Not to mention all the other things it's got going for it; ruddy great weeping trumpet, fabulous piano rippling, the world-weary arcane majesty of Massive Attack circa the less outright sinister bits of 'Protection', and a conclusion that fails magnificently to skimp on the haunting. Oh, and our protagonist gets to sing, "I couldn't be more tragic". The Quietus
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