yesterday i read this thread and then went and saw stations of the cross (2015) in which this was the only piece of music in it
― linee, Monday, 4 July 2016 23:46 (seven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Sunday, 31 July 2016 00:01 (seven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Monday, 1 August 2016 00:01 (seven years ago) link
wow, a landslide among so many good options
― intheblanks, Monday, 1 August 2016 00:15 (seven years ago) link
Truly, this is the 'Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds' of the '80s.
― Meat Chew All the Way (Old Lunch), Friday, 8 January 2021 14:20 (three years ago) link
At the time, this reminded me of T. Rex. Never liked anything else they did, especially the insipid ballads.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 8 January 2021 14:59 (three years ago) link
This song is entirely unannotated on genius.com
― peace, man, Friday, 8 January 2021 16:44 (three years ago) link
From songfacts though:
Per Gessle: "'Walking like a man, hitting like a hammer'... the first two verses are guide lyrics, words just scribbled down to have something to sing. Couldn't come up with anything better, so we kept them. Everybody gets lucky sometimes."
You don't say!
― peace, man, Friday, 8 January 2021 16:46 (three years ago) link