tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697219816427349669.post4720227058110643372..comments2023-11-17T00:07:33.896-08:00Comments on March Sadness 2016: First Round Matchup: PET SHOP BOYS at SWANSUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697219816427349669.post-78666753763896887492016-03-05T22:51:44.502-08:002016-03-05T22:51:44.502-08:00This one's easy for me, but I would have felt ...This one's easy for me, but I would have felt a lot better about voting my conscience a month ago. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697219816427349669.post-15185354428803807532016-03-05T15:45:30.315-08:002016-03-05T15:45:30.315-08:00I agree. I was more in favor of Rent until I watch...I agree. I was more in favor of Rent until I watched the video, which seems to simplify things and make it all more distant. I read it as more sympathetic, or at least more personal, thinking about the possibilities of what love might be like in a relationship like that, but the video tilts it to straight-up social critique and makes it, I think, rather mawkish. Unfortunate. I have Swans going deep in the tournament, and certainly not losing to PSB, but then I am only one vote. Anderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13162102610439637214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697219816427349669.post-18759106993106034572016-03-05T09:33:57.350-08:002016-03-05T09:33:57.350-08:00The video for "Rent" does it no favors, ...The video for "Rent" does it no favors, stripping away all the sugar-daddy readings I wanted to give that song. Video or no, that one is forgettable. But Swans? Hold the phone. I don't think I can listen to that song alone if it makes it to the next round.Moo Moohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09449387228310691035noreply@blogger.com