coventry Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Plus, assuming is deeply happy and content with his current marriage and family, revisiting the previous life he led seems, well, somewhat un-Neil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psionic11 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 This is a great catchy song. As a musician, I really appreciate it from several levels, but as a fan, I can forget all the theory and just relate to the song's vibe, yes? The solo is great... it's a "backward masked" song. Again, it takes a musician's perspective to appreciate the creativity and actual planning to pull this off. Of course, the average listener isn't going to realize the tongue-in-cheek genius, but come on, at some point Alex had to do a backwards-recorded solo, like so many of his colleagues have already done.... This is a song that a three piece could pull off easily, besides the solo, because it just stands on its own as a gem. Laughter is infectious, right? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psionic11 Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Wow, I just looked back at the post's earlier replies... did not realize this song involved Neil's daughter. A sad irony that a song that still makes me happy is about such a tragedy now. I will listen to it from now on with a deeper, jaded-by-a-lifetime-of-hard-earned-appreciation kind of happiness, a la The Garden. At what point do you shut out all the atrocity on this planet, and just dwell in a simple, ignorance-is-bliss kind of state? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slack jaw gaze Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 A sad irony that a song that still makes me happy is about such a tragedy now. I will listen to it from now on with a deeper, jaded-by-a-lifetime-of-hard-earned-appreciation kind of happiness, a la The Garden.The song is not about any tragedy. You've made a decision to overlay the tragedy onto the song. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coventry Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 A sad irony that a song that still makes me happy is about such a tragedy now. I will listen to it from now on with a deeper, jaded-by-a-lifetime-of-hard-earned-appreciation kind of happiness, a la The Garden.The song is not about any tragedy. You've made a decision to overlay the tragedy onto the song. Quite true. The song is actually about shared triumph and wonder. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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