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Fellow Divine Comedy enthusiasts, look here for Neil Hannon in a top hat :-)

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FrogPrincess · 12/09/2007 09:49

lovely clip

Scroll down the page to the 'Our love goes deeper than this' video and enjoy.
Duke Special is great and collaborating a lot with the Hannon.

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TolpuddlapinMartyr · 12/09/2007 09:50

Oh I LOVE him!

The Happy Goth is one of my all time favourite songs.

TolpuddlapinMartyr · 12/09/2007 09:52

Couldn't find it, but here's the Youtube

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FrogPrincess · 12/09/2007 09:54

you are a clever lapin!!!
Neil's great, shame he doesn't sell more records, he is the best singer songwriter around at the moment with Rufus Wainwright I think....

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FrogPrincess · 12/09/2007 10:21

ah
it appears there is a strike on MN today
I hardly ever post anymore, and I manage to post on strike day FGS

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ImBarryScott · 12/09/2007 10:37

Ooh - ta ! Adore Divine Comedy and also have been rather enjoying Duke Special's last album.

But that young man is in desperate need of a short back and sides, mind.

TolpuddlapinMartyr · 12/09/2007 10:44

I'm here, on and off

I might have to get that Duke Special album. I agree though - what is going on with that hair!

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FrogPrincess · 12/09/2007 10:45

ah that's great, I love discovering TDC fans (and you love the Duke as well!!)
I saw Duke Special last october when he opened Hannon's gig, and I'm going to see him again as first act for the Crowded House concert in Cardiff on my birthday!

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FrogPrincess · 12/09/2007 10:51

oh yes lapin, do get his album, it's excellent!

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FrogPrincess · 12/09/2007 18:36

top hat bump

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MarinaLaPasionaria · 13/09/2007 15:27

Ooooh, just spotted this.
What a lovely video, but am a bit I now have to fight a rabbit and a frog for Neil Hannon.
I'd never heard of Duke Special but apart from a scary resemblance to that twonk from the The Thompson Twins he is fab, thanks ma princesse

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FrogPrincess · 14/09/2007 10:04

ah, quand meme Marina!!! You have to get off your barricades once in a while you know
Duke Special is great, get his CD!!!!
Did you know Mr Hannon is writing a musical of Swallows and Amazons commissioned by the National Theatre?

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MarinaLaPasionaria · 14/09/2007 10:12

no, oh beyond brilliant news! That track about Count Grassi over Piedmont on Fanfare for the Common Muse made me think what a great writer of music for the theatre he'd be, actually
Duke Special is going on my iPod this very evening

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FrogPrincess · 14/09/2007 10:13

oh I love Count Grassi, there is so much to discover in it every time you hear it, amazing track!!

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