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I don't know what the hell this is...an attempt at..?...anyway a couple things I learned from this song...if you can't play it as an intriguing arrangement on solo guitar, (at least for me...) then it shouldn't be made into a full on ensemble piece.

I saw the Eurythmics once, I think on Unplugged, or something similar to it and it was just Dave Stewart with an acoustic guitar and Annie Lennox singing and they were doing all the 'hits'...you know hits that were heavily produced in an almost light electronica kind of way, but here they were as 'folk' tunes and they were all great...I mean I don't know if I'm a Eurythmic fan or not but the tunes really held up...lesson learned. what lesson? Well, you can't have a great production of a shitty song and expect the song to be good....Good drummer though...

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Big gun met little gun in the same town, this is what the big gun found when he was down there on the ground...sicker, quicker...sicker and quicker and welcome to the new world....
Burt met Gert, she was asking for work, Burt was curt than lost when Gert became his boss...slicker quicker welcome to the new world, slicker and quicker and welcome to the new world....
Preacher met Teacher up there on the box knocks the flocks and they burn him at the stake when they wake for goodness sake...thicker, quicker, welcome to the new world...thicker and quicker and welcome to the new world....
Here's a clue to the stew that we eventually pursue to the new to the old days to the new ways filled with wonder and blunder and tumultuous thunder, flicker and quicker and welcome to the new world....

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from THE CHORD IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD, released April 22, 1997

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HAMELL ON TRIAL Austin, Texas

Hamell on Trial is loud, fast music informed by politics, intelligence and a wicked sense of humor.
1995-Mercury Records-Big as Life, The Chord is Mightier Than the Sword.
1997- Choochtown
2003-Righteous Babe Records-Tough Love
2005, Songs For Parents Who Enjoy Drugs.
2007-“The Terrorism Of Everyday Life,” (Edinburgh Fringe Herald Award)
2012-New West Records -The Happiest Man Alive. ... more

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