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Instrumental beauty or aimless filler?
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and I thought this was going to be a word-by-word dissection of the lyrics.
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It has it's place, but shouldn't have been a b-side to Anaconda, something with vocals would've been much better. It sits fine on Alice 12" though.
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Cowboy guitars and red indian drums. 8)
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i blame the parents.

actually, i blame this song for the nephilim's dumb-ass leone/morricone fixation. it gave them a blueprint for their awful dawnrazor singles... :urff:
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instrumental beauty... it should be played as an intro on live gigs, or in a medley.
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hallucienate wrote:It has it's place, but shouldn't have been a b-side to Anaconda, something with vocals would've been much better.
Phantom itself with vocals would've been much better too, but it's ok without.
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Quiff Boy wrote:i blame the parents.

actually, i blame this song for the nephilim's dumb-ass leone/morricone fixation. it gave them a blueprint for their awful dawnrazor singles... :urff:
I'd blame that fixation more on Theatre of Hate, a band who at the time probably had a bit more influence than TSOM.
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claws wrote:instrumental beauty... it should be played as an intro on live gigs, or in a medley.
Perfect pre-show music, in extended extended version.

But yeah, you hear it and you wanna put on a pancho and a beat-up hat and walk off into the desert night...
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Steve303 wrote:Instrumental beauty or aimless filler?
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Quiff Boy wrote:i blame the parents.

actually, i blame this song for the nephilim's dumb-ass leone/morricone fixation. it gave them a blueprint for their awful dawnrazor singles... :urff:
What's wrong with Dawnrazor? Philistines! :D
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Nuthin' wrong the Neph back in the day.

Phantom is an awesome track.
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(and I don't want to be pedantic, but no singles were released from Dawnrazor (in its original form))

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nodubmanshouts wrote:(and I don't want to be pedantic, but no singles were released from Dawnrazor (in its original form))

:D
very true. i actually meant the dawnrazor-era singles ;) :D
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Well unless I am very much mistaken I recall buying Power as a single, and that was on the origianl dawnrazor lp, as was Preacher Man......

it was not all harmonica's and flour............
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Neither of those was on the original LP .... CD reissue though, yeah.

Back on topic, I wonder if any lyrics were ever written for Phantom...
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well, there are the lyrics on Gary Marx's version - don't know if they were "original" lyrics re-added or added by Mr Marx for his new version. (They seem to be the Floorshow lyrics combined with stuff about Saigon)

Actually, Mr Marx's new version (the Starsky & Hutch mix :D ) is far superior to the original in my humble opinion
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Like the cowgoth vibe (see a chick in Glasgow with her jeans tucked into her cowboy boots, it's not gonna be anyone else :oops: :wink: ), but Avalanche is pants on it and it's too repetetive.

To pull it back off-topic again, I got Dawnrazor last summer, "sounds like the Sisters... alright then!", but Jesus it's bad.
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Out of curiosity: what style of (cowboy)boots do you wear ? :D
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