Family: Holding the Compass

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I just realized it's the same lyrics. Or rather similar lyrics. The music of these two tracks is completely different. They are two different songs misically. It's Only a Movie is not my favorite album, I rarely listen to it. This bonus track ia a standout. The title looked familiar, but I could not see any connection at first.

So which one do you like better? The bonus track is my choice 

Poll Question: Which version do you prefer?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
from Anyway	2	[66.67%]
bonus track from It's Only a Movie	1	[33.33%]
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IVNORD Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 13 2006 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 1191	Topic: Family: Holding the Compass Posted: April 16 2008 at 13:06
	I just realized it's the same lyrics. Or rather similar lyrics. The music of these two tracks is completely different. They are two different songs misically. It's Only a Movie is not my favorite album, I rarely listen to it. This bonus track ia a standout. The title looked familiar, but I could not see any connection at first. So which one do you like better? The bonus track is my choice

febus Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / In Memoriam Joined: January 23 2007 Location: Orlando-Usa Status: Offline Points: 4312	Posted: April 16 2008 at 19:07
	Someone needs to bring support to this thread even if i cannot help... I just own 2 releases from FAMILY.....FEARLESS and BANDSTAND, so sorry i can't answer your question as i don't know these particular songs ...I haven't seen to many discussions here abour FAMILY, so sadly you might not see a flood of answers

IVNORD Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: December 13 2006 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 1191	Posted: April 16 2008 at 23:04
	That's real Prog solidarity!! Don't worry I did not expect too many replies anyway. Family is quite esoteric, but asking about a specific song is esoteric in power of 2. I'm not a big fan of the band as you can see from my post. I finally got that Family DVD The Whistler recommended a while ago and after watching it I put on all of Family on my PC. I just "noticed" this bonus version of the song today, looked up the title, and could not reconcile it with the original because they are completely different melodies. I don't know of any other band using the same lyrics with two different tunes. A different rendition of the same tune is customary, but this is the most unusual thing to do.