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[COYBL25]

It is. A band who I think lost their way even mid album but they have come good. Sometimes not entirely sure what they wanted to do- glam punk or ballad.

Spot on.

You can go to a gig and it’ll either be a load of slow stuff, with a few bangers for the encore or you‘ll go to another gig and it’ll be like a greatest hits gig, with a few slow numbers, so they can catch their breath.

They‘re a very hard group to work out.

 

[chrismpw]

I've had this song stuck in my head for the last week:

Could be worse. A song is detest- all I have to do is hear the words 'achy breaks heart" and ...

Oh ffs!

 

[Armaghtoffee]

Spot on.

You can go to a gig and it’ll either be a load of slow stuff, with a few bangers for the encore or you‘ll go to another gig and it’ll be like a greatest hits gig, with a few slow numbers, so they can catch their breath.

They‘re a very hard group to work out.

I think that in itself attracts me to bands. I don’t want to hear what every other band is doing.

Not quite comparable but Wet Leg worth looking out for in terms of Pandora’s box.

 

[Tommy Chong]

Could be worse. A song is detest- sll I have to do is hear the words 'achy breaks heart" and ...

Oh ffs!

That's bad!

At least with Bob, I can play the lyrics over and over again in my head because it takes some thinking to comprehend what he's talking about.

A true wordsmith... There are worse songs then 'Ackey Breakey heart'. Like my milkshake brings all the boys to the yard...

Or god forbid:

 

[Cellardweller]

 

[Tommy Chong]

Damn! Music festival stall found my weak spot!
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Speaking of which, I'm reminded of this song:



Wasn't the rumour that this song was about Bob Dylan?

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

Can only ever be one Float On

pimp shiz...you tryin' to get in my Levi's?

Staying on theme...(floaty things)

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

 

[Parker]

I've decided I'm gonna grow my hair out. I'm pretty sure it's no coincidence that this decision has lined up perfectly with an obsession with The Cure and Robert Smith.

 

[Tommy Chong]

Here's one to help you catch a wake up if you're starting to doze off on this sombre Sunday evening:

 

[bebo86]

Yeah yeah yeahs it's blitz, brings me back to my early twenties. Love it

 

[chrismpw]

Was be

Speaking of which, I'm reminded of this song:



Wasn't the rumour that this song was about Bob Dylan?

Was belting out the boxer just last night, around a fire pit back stage, after hours, at the festival I'm at (someone started playing it on his guitar). Some tit put some music on a Bluetooth speaker ffs! We all just sang louder!

Never heard that rumour about it being about Bob. Can't see the link.

 

[Tommy Chong]

Was be

Was belting out the boxer just last night, around a fire pit back stage, after hours, at the festival I'm at (someone started playing it on his guitar). Some tit put some music on a Bluetooth speaker ffs! We all just sang louder!

Never heard that rumour about it being about Bob. Can't see the link.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boxer

It has sometimes been suggested that the words represent a "sustained attack on Bob Dylan".[6] Under this interpretation, Dylan is identified by his experience as an amateur boxer, and the "lie-la-lie" chorus represents allegations of Dylan lying about his musical intentions.[7] Biographer Marc Eliot wrote in Paul Simon: A Life, "In hindsight, this seems utterly nonsensical."[7]

Bob Dylan in turn covered the song on his Self Portrait album, replacing the word "glove" with "blow." Paul Simon himself has suggested that the lyrics are largely autobiographical, written during a time when he felt he was being unfairly criticized

Bob did do a cover of it...

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

 

[chrismpw]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boxer



Bob did do a cover of it...

My instinct, borne of probably 50 years of listening to Simon and Garfunkel, as one of my favourite acts, is that "having a go" at another artist like that would be out of character. I'd go with the "nonsensical" opinion.

Its true though that S&G and Bob Dylan's lyrics are fantastic poetry with subtlety, observation and layers. A stark contrast with the simplistic, shallow stuff that constitutes much of pop music in the last 20 years.