I like the PMJ version. Hate the original.

It was used in an ad for online bingo recently. “All About The (something)” Ugh.

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
The songs that are reviewed are regularly interrupted to get around copyright laws.

FYI:

The term torch song comes from the expression “carrying a torch” for someone. Here’s a definition of the expression: “Carrying a torch” for someone is a figurative expression that means to harbor strong, often unrequited, feelings of love or admiration for a love interest. It implies a devotion and passion that burns brightly, like…[Read more]

unapologetic wrote:
As teenager I’ve heard the terms ‘Torch Song’ and ‘Torch Singer’ but didn’t know what they meant. I didn’t recognize anything I was familiar with in those terms. And I didn’t care enough to ask anybody. But when I went to see Woody Allen’s movie ‘Annie Hall’ and watched Diane Keaton sing, I was moved.

I think I broke my own…[Read more]

First, the original song. It has over 2-1/2 billion views so far:

Now the PMJ rearrangement, with two of…[Read more]

unapologetic wrote:
And you are laghing! I can’t judge it if you keep inserting your idiotic opinion every 5 seconds.

OK, I didn’t predict this. I completely understand where you’re coming from. I would feel the same way sometimes, if I hadn’t watched the original version first. In this case, I’ve heard the Puddles/PMJ version so many times, a…[Read more]

Rory inspired me to drink a half a bottle of Jameson and do a line of coke.

More seriously, Rory was a monster on guitar, though looking at PB’s conditions, to remind you:

1. Gives (you) goosebumps and or teary eyes almost every time.
2. (You) can learn something musically deep, technical, or explanatory wrt why (you) really like it.

You…[Read more]

Rick Beato has pointed out how shortsighted this is.

The Warning has taken the opposite approach to the extent that I’ve seen reactors play a song all the way through and react to it afterward,…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
This version?

Thanks for posting that Reg.

I still don’t like it, but it doesn’t piss me off like the constantly interrupted version did.

Just look at the guitar and you will hit the play button 🙂

https://youtu.be/kLBaNDQ6Ng8

People ain’t no good.

I can’t find the Mad World vid with the clown.

When I was doing photography of women I invented some categories of beauty and, bizarrely, I can illustrate the three most common ones using the three sisters comprising The Warning. These are the three main types of beauty, then: there is hot, which is Daniela/Dany; cute,…[Read more]

However, long term. the one I keep coming back to is “Here With Me” by Dido.

I confirmed its place in my heart when I played it just now and found myself weeping.

The combination of a great song, a singer with a very special voice, and a genuine cleancut…[Read more]

Unseen wrote:
Do you want the music or someone else’s reaction to the music?

Either’s fine. I’m just hoping for some explanation of why it’s extra-special to you and consistently at the very top of your list. It can be written by you and/or verbalized by a reactor made available with a link.

(I find it difficult to NOT post a bunch more of my f…[Read more]

I hope to keep this topic sacred in terms of presenting only our absolutely favorite music. Your criteria may vary, but…[Read more]

Simon Paynton wrote:
It sounds like the guy didn’t know he was hurting people by ghosting them, when he should have done, because he was. Maybe British people are used to it, it’s normal to them, so they expect it. He had a failure of empathy (cognitive perspective-taking) driven by a lack of empathic concern (caring). He should have cared eno…

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He had a failure of empathy (cognitive perspective-taking) driven by a lack of empathic concern (caring).  He should have cared enough about someone he w…[Read more]

To give you an idea of how prevalent ghosti g is in Scotland, I had chatted with a lad for 5 weeks, almost daily.…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Oh, and “ghosting” bills you’ve voluntarily assumed is a shit move, especially with Medical professionals who are oath-bound to “First, do no harm” and to sustain human life.

At least make payment arrangements and pay what little you can until it’s all knocked out. No debt lasts to infinity unless you never pay it.

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_Robert_ wrote:
At any given time, I’d say 20% of daters get about 80% of the action. The people everyone wants to be with. They will ghost you and not even think about.

I once saw a piece about a guy who claimed to have sex with different women several times a week. His secret: Just hang out, develop a quick rapport, and ask them up front, “…[Read more]

Oh, and “ghosting” bills you’ve voluntarily assumed is a shit move, especially with Medical professionals who are oath-bound to “First, do no harm” and to sustain human life.

At least make payment arrangements and pay what little you can until it’s all knocked out. No debt lasts to infinity unless you never pay it.

I ghosted a few girls early on, but the town was too small, and it came back to me. So better just to give them the good news, LOL.

If it’s just incompatibility about goals, itenerary, chemistry, or styles, then, yes, courtesy and forthright communication is a good way to deal with breaking up and going separate ways.

However, if someome does something that wrecklessly or deliberately deceives and harms you, you have no obligation to “telegraph your…[Read more]

Davis wrote:
In this scenario, are you maybe doing something rude but not morally wrong? Or is it wrong?

I don’t think you can extricate the answer to that question from the context. Let’s see what I mean with a few examples. How would you analyze these hypotheticals if I behaved in these ways?

I come in contact with a woman through a dating…[Read more]

Davis wrote:
In this scenario, are you maybe doing something rude but not morally wrong? Or is it wrong?

It’s reasonable to politely ask to be treated as a human being, and not an ant or a fly.  If nothing else, it might improve the other person’s behaviour in the future.