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starfish
March 12, 2012 11:34AM

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One of my favorite records ever. I might listen to this to hear the interviews.

Is Under The Milky Way really the jangle-pop version of Stairway To Heaven at this late date?

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HollowbodyKay

Re: starfish
March 12, 2012 12:54PM

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Dis you mean "Is Under The Milky Way the jangle-pop version of "S.T.H.?"

Gawd. I hope not.

I heard "Metropolis" on the "muzak" system at an outdoor shopping mall the other day and liked it a lot more than I'd ever liked it previously. The tune that is.

"What's it all coming to?"

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nosepail

Re: starfish
March 12, 2012 12:55PM

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Metropolis is one of their greatest songs. Really gorgeous despite the goofy metropolis / top-a-less rhymes. Also, one of the best one note guitar solos ever.

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Delvin

Re: starfish
March 12, 2012 01:35PM

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"Metropolis" has long been one of my go-to songs when I want to include The Church in one of my radio shows ... along with "Myrrh," "North, South, East and West," and "Hiroshima Mon Amour."

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zoo

Re: starfish
March 13, 2012 06:43AM

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Why play the Church version of "Hiroshima" when the original is SOOOOO much superior?

Anyway, I usually skip "Metropolis" when listening to Gold Afternoon Fix. If there's an underrated song on that album, its "Fading Away."

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Delvin

Re: starfish
March 13, 2012 10:51AM

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> Why play the Church version of "Hiroshima" when the original is SOOOOO much superior?

I wouldn't agree that the original is that superior, Zoo ... or rather, I'd assert that The Church's version is really good. (I'm definitely an Ultravox fan, though; don't get me wrong.)