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Originally Posted by Paul Richardson
I agree with I'll Kill You If You Don't Come Back, which lyrically borders on genius at times.
The line 'How do you abuse me let me count the ways...' is a reworking of the Elizabeth Barret Browning poem, and the 'prayer' at the end 'Bless all the girls...' which changes the whole tempo and feel of the song is just inspired.
I'd also go for All Revved Up which as recorded appears to be half the song (and half as good) compared with the early live versions. The slow intro and various monologues absent from the recorded version seem to make more sense of the manic last verse.
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I absolutely agree with this post completely.
All Revved Up should at least have had the intro of the live arrangements, and preferably a monologue as well. Although I can't be the only one who's wondering why (now that the NLE has a saxophonist) we haven't heard an all-emcompassing 'perfect' arrangement on tour yet. I'd love to hear that!
I also think it's criminal that I'm Gonna Love Her For Both Of Us was left off the VBO album. It was THE song that cemented my fandom of Meat and Jim, after Two Out of Three of course
In fact, I'd go as far as to say that I think the whole Dead Ringer album is alarmingly underappreciated outside the hardcore fans (the kind that frequent this board) :)