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A perfect example of the genius of the songwriting partnership between Benny & Bjorn. Agnetha & Freda were absolutely sublime artists too. All in all, a match made in heaven. 🙋‍♂🙋‍♂🙋‍♂🙋‍♂❤❤❤❤

Wow, another beautiful one I didn't remember. Sonic bliss. ☺ That moment at 2:36. 👌 And Chaplin's voice. ❤ Good stuff.

Hahaha, what an hilarious reaction, so fitting with the song! 😂🤣 Lucca gives her contribution even off camera and sets the tone at 00:24. 😹😸 I have watched that bit half a dozen times and I burst out laughing every time. 😅 Like Shell, I feared this might be a more typical Christmas song, giving in completely to the spirit of the season, but thankfully it's typical Mags. 😇 I didn't expect a Christmas song to make me laugh like this one did. 😁 Marjorie and Shell have already saved me the trouble of giving you some context about this song with their great and detailed comments 😉, so I will just say what a fun reaction this was and thank you for it. 🤗 Loved it! ❤ One of your funniest, for sure. And wow, you got the sequence "Ho", "Ho ho", "Ho ho ho" at first listen! 👏 I didn't, of course, and only noticed it when I checked the lyrics. 😜

This is like honey to the ears. ☺ I may have been a little bewitched by it, but certainly not bothered or bewildered. 😉 Was that what I think it was (2:11)? 😉😄

Thank you for doing more Tori ❤❤

You know this is an old standard, yes? Rogers & Hart.

𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐡!!! Have been waiting for you to come back to "Am I Not Your Girl"! 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 so much!

Great transition from Dokalis into Bad Ass!!

Bawahahaha! I have to admit that when I saw his IG post and said he was doing a song "Giving Into Christmas" , that he wanted to do this as an "apology" to people "offended" with "White Xmas Lies", I was hesitant. I was worried, actually. I so love "White Xmas Lies. I was afraid that this was going to be cheesy and disingenuous. Needless to say, I had nothing to worry about. 🥰 This song is perfectly Mags to the core. I was laughing all through it cause I could feel the sarcasm. I completely lost it with the last line and was cracking up laughing with tears even. 🤣🤣 Oh yes and going from one Ho to three is gold too. 🤣🤣 I believe the auto tune was used to add onto the fakey lyrics and vibes. It went perfect. As soon as he started to sing, it felt very country to me and his voice here instantly reminded me of the country singer "Tim McGraw". It is a little cringy to me because it's not his real voice, but I can get over it for the humor of the song. I really love it. I do love "White Xmas Lies" more, but it's all good. To me, it's kinda like telling people who were "offended" by that album to well, I will be blunt here, get a life. This is Magne's style and why should he conform for other people? I mean, if they want the more traditional stuff, they can go listen to the zillions of stuff out there. Let Mags be Mags. I love my "Furugrinch" just the way he is. 🥰🥰 Let's see. Majorie did talk about what was said in the podcast a bit. No new cool words. He did mention that his family has moved past the having to give presents to each other phase. They donate to charities. That's my family too and what I feel this season is about, helping others and having quality time with loved ones. ❤The two questions for this podcast were what 's your favorite Synth. This was over my head for I know nothing about Synths. 🤷‍♀ He talked about quite a few. I think Matt and Handsolo would enjoy this part. The second question is if you had to give the album an emotional color, what color would it be? At first he said between blue and purple and then decided it was a rainbow. So I do love this man, but he is confusing me a bit here. I thought he was releasing songs to coincide with his podcasts. The first two did. The number three podcast talked about a song called "White Horses", but he released "Giving into Christmas" instead. That is talked about on #7. Now, today, he released a song called "World So Strange", which is #4. Where is "White Horses" ? 🤷‍♀🤦‍♀ 😅 I was listening to the new release with the coinciding podcast every Friday. Well, the first two Fridays. Now it seems I have to kinda figure out which podcast goes with the release of each song. Whenever he does finally release "White Horses", I am caught up on that at least. 😅 Ah well, keeping it exciting, huh? Hmmmm.....🤣🤣

Definitely one of my favourite songs on the album. I love the soaring scale and grandeur mixed with that juxtaposition of more sombre lyrics that you mentioned.

Saleh 30:34 - 36:23 😻😻😻 Great Mix! 🎧

easily one of my favorite Keane songs of all time. I saw it live in September. Amazing!

I remember listening to this album in 1992 and being very surprised with the sound. Surely didnt expect that after The Lion & The Cobra and I Do Not Want......the previous two releases and at 21 and without any proper background in that kind of sound I guess I was not prepared for someone like Sinead having a go at such type of classics with the full orchestral backing. I think she managed to pull it off though.

This is pretty amusing as one can never quite believe in Mags as a Christmas “grinch” in the first place, even though in the past he has written some pretty gloomy stuff aimed at the tattiness and commercialisation we now associate with this time of the year. It’s fun and very Mags’ tongue in cheek humour…pretending to half-heartedly be giving in to Christmas whilst probably secretly rather enjoying it, especially now that he has grandchildren who really make any family Christmas celebration special…regardless of whether the family is religious or not. He also mentioned in the accompanying podcast which is currently airing online, that he decided on this track also to “give in” to Autotune…to make somewhat smoother sounding his vocals…as was noticed right away. I think like most of us probably do, I prefer the scratchier less smooth normal Mags sound to this, but it’s interesting to note the discernible difference it makes when used.

The lyrical melody in both the verse and the chorus (the phrasing shifting in key) as it builds and builds is just fantastic … great song.

Big smile on my face this morning watching your reaction Matt on this Furuholmen Friday! 😁 After the expression "magicable" should we talk about "melancholic irony" or about "sarcastic nostalgia" regarding the artistic approach to some of Magne's songs? This one is wrapped in good feelings, apparently, but, ha ha, the reveal towards the end is all the better! Never underestimate the apparent simplicity of Magne's pieces... We know it now! 😉😁🎶

Hey, Matt! Glad you got to know it and like it! Been following Keane since their first album and never could decide which is my #1 song by them - either this or Everybody’s changing.

I love the "Ho Ho Ho".

His embrace of Auto-Tune is an amusing touch.

This is just like your past, when you stalked Elizabeth Montgomery, Madonna, and Paris Hilton.

Now I know why I don't celebrate it.

Really great song! Hope you continue doing Keane reactions!

Good song, very good movie. If you liked Indiana Jones you'd probably like it. As far as i know it's only available on VHS.

Add a little bit of The Stranglers with the organ style keys to the mix too.

So, you made hundreds of Ambient Excursion mixes 👀. There are currently 128 mixes in the playlist, YT couldn't have blocked them all 👀 🔍. The bass is impressive - all the Zymosis tracks I have heard so far are excellent!

This was the first ABBA song I ever heard, my mom loved their music. Sax 🎷❤

Funky, old school sounding track. It gives me reggae vibes, for some reason.

OMD are a band that had arguably the one of the finest runs of singles throughout the decade and Never Turn Away is one of the few that never caught on with me and its the one I consider the weakest of the bunch......or could it be that I simply didnt give it a decent chance ? The highest position of no. 70 on the UK singles charts certainly says something about it. Quite unusual for OMD in 1984 to have such a commercial let down of a single. Could also been that the song worked very well within the context of the album, but maybe it wasnt really single material after all......

Brilliant reaction, Matt!!! Faith is one of the albums of my life, 3rd after Pornography and Disintegration, hope for your next reactions, thank you!!!

The following single is a non album singe, "Charlotte Sometimes", between Faith and Pornography albums, an one of their best songs... And also, in the original cassette version of Faith, the B Side is a very long instrumental track, "Carnage Visors", an incredible piece which they used on Faith's presentation tour as an "intro" (they made a film that accompanied the music), it's long but it's worth listening to at least once in your life

Another Cure song I didn't know, but they never disappoint. 😉 Great closer! I am looking forward to the next albums. Really enjoyed this reaction. I am glad you're enjoying this journey and that you had so much to say about the Cure and this album. 😁😘

ONE MUSICAL MASTERPIECE OF ALPHAVILLE, AMAZING AND DEEP. I LOVE IT.

AMAZING SONG , I LOVE IT.

the best song of the album THE BREATHTAKING BLUE, beside ROMEOS, and FOR A MILLION.

I'm still a huge Duran Duran fan to this day - all their songs are just off the chart

Sooooo lovely, this song 🥰

Hi Matt! As an a-ha fan, I'm glad what you said it from minute 8:00 onwards, because that's what we really enjoy about them: the magic that is created between the three of them, and that reaches its sublime point live. I saw them for the first time in 1991, when I went to see a synth pop band that I loved, and everything changed from that moment on: they are wonderful on stage, and I'm very glad how your opinions have evolved over time and that you are able to appreciate what you said; they have an extra value coming from a person who has listened to a variety of music for a long time. Greetings from afar!

back in the 80's if you didnt like this band, you had ear problems. The songs all had such huge hooks!

I've played this CD to death! Tracks are so addictive, such as the title track. The tracks are so bombastic

one the many CD's I own of them. Found Steel Town at the pawn shop, thought I had just won the lottery! At that point is was deleted. It is an extremely tough find, I paid $5 - awesome!

the Crossing was one of THE BEST ALBUMS of the whole decade peroid!

Será que teremos "I'll Fly For You"??

This was the track me and my buddies would blast before heading out to parties in college. This would be a great one for one of your DJ'ing sessions!

I was just watching season 11 of American Horror Story in which this entire song was featured. It was quite intense and a perfect fit for the scene. Ps. I have said this before, but the only two truly essential songs to react to next (because they form a bridge between Faith and the next album Pornography) are the single Charlotte Sometimes and it’s b-side Splintered in her head. The Carnage Visors soundtrack is not adding any value right now in terms of their development imo. I can’t wait for your next Cure reaction!

Im sure Han Solo can (and will) correct me if I'm wrong, but this album happened after Tony Hadley and those brothers got extra litigiously

I always thought the title track was part of the original album. Must be something in the saving of the album? I discussed the album title track with you and how on this album Spandau were getting "political" as at that point the "me-me-me" attitude and glamour was seen to be out of step with the zeitgeist that had become more radical because of the impact of Live Aid

Thanks for another good reaction! I do enjoy Spandau Ballet, their later work, such as this album is very smooth and polished compared to their earlier stuff, but still good! Cross the Line is a nice song to start off with, just wish they had more sax in it! I had to check my Through the Barricades CD and I have the title song as track number 9, last song of the album (..and it's a really good one!) The title track of this album (..which is

Definitely dteamy. The 12 inch single was fantastic of this.

Robert Smith said about "Faith": "I don't think I'll ever write a song that'll ever move me as much as Faith, that'll change my life as much as that song did, or encapsulates a period of my life as well as that one does." The inspiration behind the title track to Faith is: "self explanatory, as optimistic as I could get, it does, or should, offer a note of hope". Matt, don't forget that the original Faith cassette formats contained "Carnage Visors: The Soundtrack" on its B-side, which I remind you was a 28-minute instrumental illustrating an animated film (by Ric Gallup, Simon's brother) that the band would use as an opening act during their 1981 Faith tour, actually called The Picture Tour. So basically, this long instrumental piece is an integral part of Faith and is in the same grey soundscape with a very hypnotic atmosphere, which I invite you to listen to!😉

They are a great band Matt allways liked them