Re: The Riff
This was my favorite song at the show last night and first time I had heard it. Now maybe it was partially because it was new or a contrast to the majority of the other songs, since I could actually hear and therefore enjoy the instruments, but I know without comparison, I was entranced musically, and (ignoring the "babies") taken away by the lyrics I could decipher (probably slightly inaccurate in my memory, but "Sitting in front of the TV set / I've got dreams to kill and friends to forget" floated through my head the rest of the night).
So I'll need to see how it turns out on the album when I can listen without so many outside influences, but even though I can't remember how it sounded, I can remember the imagery/feelings I had during it and the after-effect, both of which are very important to me. It has that magic that brought me into DMB to begin with. Glad to hear many of you are also enjoying it.
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