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I think the song reaches a certain level of mystery and enchantment by drawing on the Irish legends of the goddess Brigid and the Christian Saint Brigid as primordial Irish representations of the feminine. I disagree that it needs a chorus: it's written within the tradition of the Irish-British murder ballad which tends to be based on verses alone. I admire in particular how it culminates in an unsettling melodic descent (now-the-bleeting-grows) that never quite resolves, thus ratcheting up the tension as each new cycle begins, and keeping the listener in an out-of-joint liminal space that reflects the lyric's exploration of a mystical space between life and death, reality and phantom, free will and fate, earth and water, mortals and divinities, and so on. I would suggest then that if it feels unfinished, this would be more a result of a conscious decision to deny a tidy resolution (hence the abrupt ending and the initial question "Is it even real, who knows?").

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Yeah but Motoroller rocks

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Originally posted by Troubles A Foot
I don't understand the question. What do you mean? I'm saying my opinion, others are saying their opinions. I'm also asking someone else for their opinion. Like you said, it's a place for discussion.

What specifically in my comment is a problem for you?

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Originally posted by Brank_Flack

I think the song reaches a certain level of mystery and enchantment by drawing on the Irish legends of the goddess Brigid and the Christian Saint Brigid as primordial Irish representations of the feminine. I disagree that it needs a chorus: it's written within the tradition of the Irish-British murder ballad which tends to be based on verses alone. I admire in particular how it culminates in an unsettling melodic descent (now-the-bleeting-grows) that never quite resolves, thus ratcheting up the tension as each new cycle begins, and keeping the listener in an out-of-joint liminal space that reflects the lyric's exploration of a mystical space between life and death, reality and phantom, free will and fate, earth and water, mortals and divinities, and so on. I would suggest then that if it feels unfinished, this would be more a result of a conscious decision to deny a tidy resolution (hence the abrupt ending and the initial question "Is it even real, who knows?").

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Does it? Why?

Primrose needs a chorus. It feels unfinished. Motoroller is so catchy, and single handedly the reason I played the album a second time after a very disappointed first listen. It's the only song that got in my head and felt like it had some sort of urgency and emotion in it. It's the only song I played for my wife because I knew she wouldn't like basically any other song on the album, and I was right. Later I played her the whole album during a car ride and Motoroller was the only one where she said "this song seems good."

Primrose is kind of nice. That's about all I can say for it.

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I understand this is a forum and thus a place for discussion, but is this the approach you usually take to matters of subjective opinion?

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Does it? Why?

Primrose needs a chorus. It feels unfinished. Motoroller is so catchy, and single handedly the reason I played the album a second time after a very disappointed first listen. It's the only song that got in my head and felt like it had some sort of urgency and emotion in it. It's the only song I played for my wife because I knew she wouldn't like basically any other song on the album, and I was right. Later I played her the whole album during a car ride and Motoroller was the only one where she said "this song seems good."

Primrose is kind of nice. That's about all I can say for it.

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