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Re: The Love Of Strange Brotherhood...
« Reply #15 on: May 15, 2015, 03:09:29 PM »
two separate songs that I'm not particularly fond of; they're OK but never been in a personal top 10 whatever my mood - as was said above, the horns maybe?

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Re: The Love Of Strange Brotherhood...
« Reply #16 on: May 15, 2015, 08:58:48 PM »
Ive got the Song to the Men of England poem on my wall at work, as a retort to my Royal flag waving gaffer, who tried converting me. Banter  ;D
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Re: The Love Of Strange Brotherhood...
« Reply #17 on: May 18, 2015, 08:57:49 PM »
It's a weird album...a bit unfocussed at times, a bit uneven and lacking energy, overproduced maybe...but also NMA experiences in new sounds and vibes, and also of course some great songs and moments  i especially love "Headlights" and "WWTG" is a great opener, "Aimless desire", "No Pain", "Long goodbye" are solid tracks too.
"Lullaby" has  a kind of haunting feel, too.

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Re: The Love Of Strange Brotherhood...
« Reply #18 on: May 21, 2015, 02:53:58 PM »
Was never a favourite of mine but my 3 year old special needs son feckin loves it.
He was going ape sh*t in the car one day when he was about 1 year old & I put on "No Pain", don't know why, maybe my subconscious took over. "Across the town.." and instantly he looked at me & smiled. I then remembered I used to sing it to him in hospital where he spent his first 3 months in intensive care.
 Since that day in the car, anytime he's distressed I sing it softly to him & he calms down & becomes the happy little man he is. So, cheers NMA.

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Re: The Love Of Strange Brotherhood...
« Reply #19 on: May 21, 2015, 06:59:45 PM »
Was never a favourite of mine but my 3 year old special needs son feckin loves it.
He was going ape sh*t in the car one day when he was about 1 year old & I put on "No Pain", don't know why, maybe my subconscious took over. "Across the town.." and instantly he looked at me & smiled. I then remembered I used to sing it to him in hospital where he spent his first 3 months in intensive care.
 Since that day in the car, anytime he's distressed I sing it softly to him & he calms down & becomes the happy little man he is. So, cheers NMA.

Gavin, I can think of no finer recommendation for this album or any other...   :)

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Re: The Love Of Strange Brotherhood...
« Reply #20 on: June 30, 2015, 10:47:18 PM »
Song to the Men of England!  I can't tell u how  :D I was, when I 1st came across it on Lost Songs. I knew they'd be Percy Shelley fans, but it was immensely gratifying to hear it confirmed in song! Apart from Shelley and Joolz, have they ever covered any other poets?

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Re: The Love Of Strange Brotherhood...
« Reply #21 on: July 01, 2015, 09:51:55 AM »
Well there's this.
Not an exact cover but certainly based on it:

The Charge of the Light Brigade
Alfred, Lord Tennyson

Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
"Forward, the Light Brigade!
"Charge for the guns!" he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.

2.
"Forward, the Light Brigade!"
Was there a man dismay'd?
Not tho' the soldier knew
 Someone had blunder'd:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
 Rode the six hundred.

3.
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
 Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
 Rode the six hundred.

4.
Flash'd all their sabres bare,
Flash'd as they turn'd in air,
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army, while
 All the world wonder'd:
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right thro' the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reel'd from the sabre stroke
 Shatter'd and sunder'd.
Then they rode back, but not
 Not the six hundred.

5.
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
 Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
While horse and hero fell,
They that had fought so well
Came thro' the jaws of Death
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them,
 Left of six hundred.

6.
When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
 All the world wondered.
Honor the charge they made,
Honor the Light Brigade,
 Noble six hundred.


Copied from Poems of Alfred Tennyson,
J. E. Tilton and Company, Boston, 1870


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Re: The Love Of Strange Brotherhood...
« Reply #22 on: July 03, 2015, 09:28:06 PM »
That is a fine poem, thanks for posting it...

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Re: The Love Of Strange Brotherhood...
« Reply #23 on: February 05, 2021, 04:08:11 PM »
Maybe already posted? here's a fine Justin Sullivan interview on NBC for the release of "Strange Brotherhood":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rcyGI56gD4&ab_channel=RollingRockvideos&fbclid=IwAR22PJOo6lK63mVc-65UmQHKFgQ28HO9OgswksKtpLrV-em4MO-j8k4Ge0I

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Re: The Love Of Strange Brotherhood...
« Reply #24 on: April 20, 2021, 09:07:02 PM »
So, you fellow SB lovers... 'Gigabyte Wars' or 'Song To The Men Of England'?

 :-\

For my money, gotta be 'Song...'

Definitely Song. GW is just one of two NMA tunes I can't get on with.
« Last Edit: April 20, 2021, 09:08:49 PM by Ragamuffin »

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Re: The Love Of Strange Brotherhood...
« Reply #25 on: April 27, 2021, 07:38:21 PM »
So, you fellow SB lovers... 'Gigabyte Wars' or 'Song To The Men Of England'?

 :-\

For my money, gotta be 'Song...'

Definitely Song. GW is just one of two NMA tunes I can't get on with.

I like Gigabyte Wars.  I think there are some great lyrics in there, and I don't find the music off-putting at all.  Horns appear in other songs as well (Knife) so that's not a deal for me. 

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« Reply #26 on: April 27, 2021, 07:39:00 PM »