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Steve: Had to think about this one, but I think it just came to me. The solo by Chris Collingwood is very similar to the one in the Badfinger song "Baby Blue".
They really make it look incredibly easy, don't they?
ReplyDeleteQuest-ce que vous dites "Adam Schlesinger is a fricking genius" en Francais?
:-)
I love the perspective of the guy as perpetual best friend never lover standing up for himself. "Don't tease me to death."
ReplyDeleteGreat writing.
Trey
There will always be a need for, as the Undertones would say, " more songs about chocolate and girls."
ReplyDeleteWhat the hell is the guitar player quoting in his solo toward the end?
ReplyDeleteIt's a famous line from another record...ack! This is going to drive me crazy....
It's David Bowie, I think....
Steve: Had to think about this one, but I think it just came to me. The solo by Chris Collingwood is very similar to the one in the Badfinger song "Baby Blue".
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ReplyDeleteFor some reason I thought it was "Starman."
I remember freaking out over it when I saw FOW live this summer. It's such a ballsy thing to quote...