Gift

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We forgive as we forget, as the day is long???

Had that already, I think ...
(perhaps only because I cannot forget and I do not wish to :twisted: ).

However, without forgiving things get ever harder.
And the most difficult thing is to forgive oneself.

I think it's rather: we forget as we forgive. (And change).
And we should remind that, since the day is, indeed, long ... :(

Nevertheless, I love this song ... as we walk over the bridge, as we walk on the floodland ... we forget ...
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(Prepare to shoot me down for this view...)

The only track I don't like is Giving Ground. :urff:

Love it live but on the record I think it sounds pretty terrible.
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i know what you mean- it can feel like a bit of a plodder on record sometimes...

my least favourite is finland red... - there's some very nice 80s street hawk synths :lol: but it all feels a bit throwaway for me.
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I almost always skip Finland Red tbh
The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt.
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markfiend wrote:I almost always skip Finland Red tbh
And I always keep hearing the other voice in my head and imagining how great it could've been.
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The drum patterns and synths on "Colours" and "Rain From Heaven" are brilliant, great doomy songs. Bass on "Giving Ground" is nice and wobbly. Although I think I slightly prefer the Floodland version of "Colours" for the Eldritch whisper.
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the best version of giving ground is the 7" vocal version.
Well I was handsome and I was strong
And I knew the words to every song.
"Did my singing please you?"
"No! The words you sang were wrong!"
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markfiend wrote:I almost always skip Finland Red tbh
I love that track :oops:
Can't stand Colours, sorry :(
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maybe a stupid question about Gift.
Heard some rumours about some demo recordings from that time. Only thing i managed to get was the TC demo.
Do other demos exist?
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i know this is probably old news (and i'm just embarrassing myself again) but i've just read The Three Stigmata of Of Palmer Eldritch by Phillip K Dick and there's a bit in it where he's on about a gift for someone and then goes on to speculate that Gift means Poison in German... Eldritch? Gift? German? hmmmm...
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theyoungbrain wrote:i know this is probably old news (and i'm just embarrassing myself again) but i've just read The Three Stigmata of Of Palmer Eldritch by Phillip K Dick and there's a bit in it where he's on about a gift for someone and then goes on to speculate that Gift means Poison in German... Eldritch? Gift? German? hmmmm...
Got to love those bi-lingual puns!
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Gary Marx wrote:call it poison, call it poison,
the precious gift you promised me
Well I was handsome and I was strong
And I knew the words to every song.
"Did my singing please you?"
"No! The words you sang were wrong!"
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