Take the Long Way

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Take the Long Way

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This is one of the best tracks on the album
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Song is cool and everything, but it's the ending that makes this song memorable for me. It's very Riot Act but with slightly more balls.
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falcaoruiz wrote:Song is cool and everything, but it's the ending that makes this song memorable for me. It's very Riot Act but with slightly more balls.
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This song suffered most from the leak. Really needs that full drive and sound.
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I still dont think it fits on the record. there is a very slightly mean spiritedness or obsessive desperation I pick up on that is out of place.

backing vocals are great; especially during the outro
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stip wrote:backing vocals are great; especially during the outro
:thumbsup: Is it Matt or Ed?
stip wrote:I wanted to punch you in your god's dice loving balls for not loving lightning bolt.
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i think reviews mentioned someone outside the band
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What is wrong with these lyrics?! They're fine! There are no clunky, overstuffed, awkwardly phrased lines like in half of Ed's songs
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Juvenal wrote:
stip wrote:backing vocals are great; especially during the outro
:thumbsup: Is it Matt or Ed?
sounds like some hot chick.
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theplatypus wrote:What is wrong with these lyrics?! They're fine! There are no clunky, overstuffed, awkwardly phrased lines like in half of Ed's songs
That's what happens when Ed doesn't write the lyrics, something that should happen more often
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WtOB? wrote:
Juvenal wrote:
stip wrote:backing vocals are great; especially during the outro
:thumbsup: Is it Matt or Ed?
sounds like some hot chick.
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Juvenal wrote:
WtOB? wrote:
Juvenal wrote:
stip wrote:backing vocals are great; especially during the outro
:thumbsup: Is it Matt or Ed?
sounds like some hot chick.
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theplatypus wrote:What is wrong with these lyrics?! They're fine! There are no clunky, overstuffed, awkwardly phrased lines like in half of Ed's songs
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theplatypus wrote:What is wrong with these lyrics?! They're fine! There are no clunky, overstuffed, awkwardly phrased lines like in half of Ed's songs
Ed does indeed have a lot of poor lyrics.
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Anders wrote:This song suffered most from the leak. Really needs that full drive and sound.
there's still no bass to be found, so weird :(
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theplatypus wrote:What is wrong with these lyrics?! They're fine! There are no clunky, overstuffed, awkwardly phrased lines like in half of Ed's songs
they're just a bit bland and generic. They're fine, though. Probably his best effort.
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stip wrote:I still dont think it fits on the record. there is a very slightly mean spiritedness or obsessive desperation I pick up on that is out of place.
this is completely baffling to me.
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ghost wrote:
stip wrote:I still dont think it fits on the record. there is a very slightly mean spiritedness or obsessive desperation I pick up on that is out of place.
this is completely baffling to me.
I see what Stip means, this is the song that praises Bob Honey, a self-consciously disgusting character written by a much less self-aware author; I don't think you're supposed to sympathise with the speaker of the song; I mean, Bob Honey kills old women; the "singer in a rock and roll band" at the end of the song could be anyone the speaker met, mistreated, killed? I wonder if this song has links to SBWM in that way

edit: wrong song! but still, please apply this awesome analysis and comparison to "Never Destination"
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the bob honey is referenced in never destination.

I don't know - there is just something a little sinister or dangerous about this song that, while appealing in its own right, sits a little off on an album that has a very specific mood.
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