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song oracle
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 Posted - 12/02/2003 : 04:07:51
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Today's Random Song of the Day is Fields of Marigold.
What do you think of it?
lyrics
Not for sugar not spice
Not for fool’s paradise
Not for giving advice
Not for saving a soul
There’s no reason for some
Now I’m getting numb
Now that moment has come
Hey how about a drum roll
For the Fields of Marigold?
Goodbye, I’m blowing a kiss to you
So long, wonderful being you
Goodnight we’ll soon be sleeping on the Fields of Marigold
Is it time to get up?
Now you’re breaking up
Though I know we are tough
I thought we’d lose control
And end up in the freezing cold
Goodbye, I’m blowing a kiss to you
So long, wonderful being you
Goodnight, we’ll soon be sleeping on the Fields of Marigold |
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bumblebeeboy2
> Teenager of the Year <
United Kingdom
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Posted - 12/02/2003 : 04:26:31
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never been too keen on that song to be honest, liking it more than I did at first, but still quite hard to get into...
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The universe is shaped exactly like the earth, if you go straight along enough, you'll end up where you were. |
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
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Posted - 12/02/2003 : 04:59:23
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First I must say I love this "song of the day" thing. Great idea, song_oracle.
Fields Of Marigold is one of my fave songs from DW (along with His Kingly Cave & San Antonio). I know a lot of people don't really like it, but I do. It reminds me a lot of Bowie's All The Young Dudes and I love Bowie.
Denis
 "In the Cult of Frank/You don't even get backstage passes" |
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Thomas
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1615 Posts |
Posted - 12/02/2003 : 05:36:14
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I know it was along time ago, but I think this was the first song voted off of DW. I still don't know why. This is the number 2 song on the album right behind Heloise.
Thomas
"Our love is rice and beans and horses lard" |
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The Holiday Son
= Quote Accumulator =
France
2010 Posts |
Posted - 12/02/2003 : 05:48:38
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One of the best chorus of all time. Period.
(and way better than Manitoba's chorus IMO) |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11687 Posts |
Posted - 12/02/2003 : 06:21:32
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A great closer to a live show, the whole crowd chanting: "Good-byyyyye / I'm blowin' a kiss to you".
"Join the Cult of Frank / And you'll be enlightened" |
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Jettison
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USA
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Posted - 12/02/2003 : 06:29:02
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i love this track.
i hope to hear it live someday.
how about a live track?
-jet
www.thecroakers.com |
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
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Posted - 12/02/2003 : 07:48:33
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don't like it, period.
I love the 'is it time to get up'-part
and the chorus is cheesy but strong
would do great live I think
But I don't like the guitar on this track
Could easily be my dislike of the production
I guess that a nice nick vincent production would do this
track
justice
 "I joined the Culf of Frank/ And now I do not know what...to do" |
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mereubu
= FB QuizMistress =
USA
2677 Posts |
Posted - 12/02/2003 : 07:55:17
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I love this song. Very Spiders from Mars.
"I joined the Cult of Frank / And all I got was this lousy icon" |
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WolfManMikeLonely
= Cult of Ray =
USA
936 Posts |
Posted - 12/02/2003 : 08:09:30
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I absolutely love the intro to this song and as was said before that chorus is very strong.
"Hey fuck you if you don't like it."
-Johnny Thunders |
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Dallas
= Cult of Ray =
USA
725 Posts |
Posted - 12/02/2003 : 08:31:06
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I like the song and it IS great live. I can see some people not digging it as it is a bit of a departure.
I love the line "hey how about a drum roll..." |
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the swimmer
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 12/02/2003 : 09:18:09
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end up in the freeeeeezing cooooooooold
I think it's majestic. |
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Kirk
= Cult of Ray =
USA
633 Posts |
Posted - 12/02/2003 : 11:48:45
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My thoughts:
-Seems like 1/3 of the song is that riff of sliding up the neck a flat 5th, a major 3rd, and another flat fifth.
-the drowned acoustic piano plays sporadically with a nice little run every now and then.
-when frank sings the lyric "up", his voice ascends.
-when frank sings "now I'm getting numb", his voice descends as if numb.
-the suspension and tension in voice during the drum roll.
-a chorus that sticks after a few listens.
-the theme of his death and a loved one, is my guess. He's referring to the Mexican Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos, where nearly everyone decorates the altars or graves with Marigold flowers to show the departed the way home. It’s celebrated over the first two days of November.
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billgoodman
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Netherlands
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Posted - 12/03/2003 : 05:57:32
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but what do you think of the song? is it any good to you?
"I joined the Culf of Frank/ And now I do not know what...to do" |
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Kirk
= Cult of Ray =
USA
633 Posts |
Posted - 12/03/2003 : 07:45:49
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Yes.
After I dissect a song, I end up liking it.
I once thought Frank Black didn't give much thought into his songs, until I started writing songs myself.
-Kirk |
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