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Nobody has ever heard a James album… the biggest James fan in the world has heard a maximum of four James songs. Even the band only gets the script pages they absolutely need, like they’re working on a Star Wars movie

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Rob Telford 's avatar Rob Telford @robtelford.bsky.social
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Sound On Sound magazine’s review of a 1988 single by a band I played bass in said “Like James, only more so”

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we tried so hard to get people onboard

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root@eruditorum.œrg's avatar root@eruditorum.œrg @root2702.bsky.social
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My friend, looking at this thread: You ever get the feeling there's stuff going on we don't know about?

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jbuergel's avatar jbuergel @fiverandomsongs.com
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I would see them in the record store back in the day and just assumed the CD cases were empty.

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I would have thought that, but my wife and her father both own albums of theirs. We’re legit going to see them in concert with Johnny Marr in a couple months *shrug*

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g0m's avatar g0m @g0m.bsky.social
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Hey man, uncool. I'm listening to Syro right now

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mrpiss's avatar mrpiss @mrpiss.bsky.social
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Maybe Brian Eno producing a James Album was his ultimate use of furniture music as a concept - no one even noticed the album came out cause it was just there in the background existing and so no one listened

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Jesse Raub 's avatar Jesse Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social
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about two years ago i wanted to know what the hell was up with James only to find out apparently they were a cornerstone of the Madchester scene, really fucked me up

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Rage Against The Miami Sound Machine's avatar Rage Against The Miami Sound Machine @randymiller.bsky.social
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I got an ad that they're playing in Portland at the end of summer and I had absolutely no idea they were still around

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Calumet Dundee's avatar Calumet Dundee @calumetdundee.bsky.social
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Who the hall is James

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Woodrow Peel                     🆗🆒's avatar Woodrow Peel 🆗🆒 @woodyluvscoffee.bsky.social
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@bornmiserable.bsky.social

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moof's avatar moof @antimoof.bsky.social
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It took me eons to realize "Born Of Frustration" steals its hook wholesale from "C'mon and Get My Love"

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Andy Donaldson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿's avatar Andy Donaldson 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @triplezero.bsky.social
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I've heard at least 5.

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Z.'s avatar Z. @thekrampuswife.bsky.social
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Whiplash.

Tbf I was looking for a name for a #JJBA Stand and settled on Bitte Bitte instead

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Alasdair MacDonald's avatar Alasdair MacDonald @macdonwald.bsky.social
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Maybe. But each of the four is a banger.

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