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Snow Dog wrote:

Don't particularly like Biko (Simple Minds did a better version)

As did Robert Wyatt.

Magma America Great Make Again

Don't particularly like Biko (Simple Minds did a better version) but the rest of the album is great.

refugee wrote:

Start? I listened a lot to the album when it was released, and I don’t remember that one. I can’t recall it at all – probably a good reason not to vote for it. It was hard to choose, but in the end I picked Lead a Normal Life, because it’s a fantastic song, because I sometimes sing it when I do the dishes, and because it only had one vote.

Start is excellent, in my opinion. I'm sure you would remember it if you heard it. Because it's only a little over than a minute long and flows into the next track, you may not have realized it was a separate song.

I love dogs, I've always loved dogs

^ What songs Slartibartfast.

Poseidon wants to Acquire the Taste of the Fragile Lamb
- Derek Adrian Gabriel Anderson, singer of the band Geneyesontle

^ "Start" is pretty good. I actually do remember pretty much all of it. I like the melodies. In fact, I like the chemistry of the melodies with the chords backing the melodies. Of course, it's no reason to vote for it when comparing it with the rest of the album.

Edited by Dayvenkirq - November 24 2012 at 13:09

Family Snapshot for me too, partly because we played it with my mates amateur band so I know it in every detail.

Lead A Normal Life is also great but also is most of the album, difficult choice!

Biko is anthemic and it has a magical effect when played live (I've seen it too), but musically it's not the best IMO.

Roland113 wrote:

Dayvenkirq wrote:

^ I'm sorry; what do his parents have to do with his mental state?

I'm pretty sure that the one being assassinated is his brother, come back Mom and Dad is the 'least favorite' child trying to win attention from the more favored brother. In my mind, I never quite figured out if the song was to be taken literally or the passing fantasy of a child's imagination dealing with jealousy of an older sibling.

Family Snapshot wins my vote as well, though I had to think long and hard on 'Lead A Normal Life'.

All in all, this is a fantastic album.

I dont get any brother, from this song, its a lonely boy, but we dont know if there are other children in the family.

Could be a boys fantasy, but the line of thinking in the assassination, relates to me as adult thinking , seems more likely, than the last part is the assassin thinking back at his childhood after he let the bullit fly.

Come back Mum and Dad
You're growing apart
You know that I'm growing up sad
I need some attention

He needs attention, not because the "brother" gets it, but because his parents are growing apart. May be a divorse, may be just a cold relation.

Edited by tamijo - November 23 2012 at 11:19

Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours

Jeux sans Frontières

Lights come out

Stars Come Down

Like a Swarm Of Beers

Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours

Family Snapshot closely followed by Intruder and No Self Control.

Poll Question: Choose your favorite song
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Intruder	6	[11.76%]
No Self Control	6	[11.76%]
Start	0	[0.00%]
I Don't Remember	6	[11.76%]
Family Snapshot	9	[17.65%]
And Through The Wire	0	[0.00%]
Games Without Frontiers	14	[27.45%]
Not One Of Us	1	[1.96%]
Lead a Normal Life	4	[7.84%]
Biko	5	[9.80%]
This topic is closed, no new votes accepted

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