The city gates are open wide

It's actually been a few years since I read the Odyssey, or the Iliad, or the Aeneid, or any book at all for that matter. After all, who has time to read these days? But I did see Troy. What a cast! Brad Pitt! Eric Bana! Orlando Bloom! (Any relation to Leopold, I wonder?) Peter O'Toole! Brian Cox! And finally, last but not least, Sean Bean, in the title role, as Odysseus! What a brilliant bit of casting that was! Anyway, my point was, when Barney, on track 11, sings "the city gates are open wide," does it make anybody else think of the end of that movie, with the city in flames, and Brad getting an arrow in his foot, and some guy carrying his father? Or am I thinking instead of Return of the King? So many movies, so little time. Where is Ade when you need him? Burroughs fans don't grow on trees, after all. I myself have tried to model my prose style on one of those people who write for movie magazines. I think her name is Libby.

The soup thickens!

I didn't mention soup.

You did in a roundabout kind of way.

The only thing I can remember from the end of Troy was working out whether or not I had enough time left to get back to Blockbutter before it shut to hire a decent film out and still save the night!

But what about track 11, H? But then again you only listened to it once, right?

Technically I think I stopped it before it reached the end, I do have my own limits.

I have two coincidences which emanate from your theory P but in the current climate who would believe me.

Quite frankly I'm about to log-off and watch the clone war from a far.

I'll be looking forward to a report on those coincidences, H, almost as much as DC's answer on best ever musical item.

The two coincidences are thus:

A short while ago (perhaps mid-last week) I attempted to thwart the advances of TTH with my Badger army. At that moment, they were at rest, domicile in the 'Bay of Biscay'.

A couple of weeks ago, entirely not related to anything NO, I ordered Homer's The Iliad.

Henry Bakefield announced that one of the pictures from the album was from the 'Bay of Biscay', and then P identified his Odyssey theory to the masses.

Strange, but true.

Was the Iliad filmed in the Bay of Biscay, H? And what're the best tracks on the Iliad, in your view?

I forgot to also include that I am currently reading a book, on coincidence, which I thought was even more of a coincidence. Beyond coincidence, in fact - which is the name of the book.

huntsman wrote: I forgot to also include that I am currently reading a book, on coincidence, which I thought was even more of a coincidence. Beyond coincidence, in fact - which is the name of the book.

That's a coincidence.

hank_wiseass wrote:

huntsman wrote: I forgot to also include that I am currently reading a book, on coincidence, which I thought was even more of a coincidence. Beyond coincidence, in fact - which is the name of the book.

That's a coincidence.

But don't you recall, HW, H's long been fascinated by coincidences.

P, would the new dreamscapes of the sirens nudge, 'the grass was ten foot high' to one side?

huntsman wrote: P, would the new dreamscapes of the sirens nudge, 'the grass was ten foot high' to one side?

Well, H, I feel certain that the particular moment on GR that you refer to will always remain my favorite moment on GR (and the album's climax) as well as my third favorite song from GR (with nothing else anywhere close).

However, since Turn is both the very best thing (for me) on WFTSC, and the climax of the album, in addition to being the very best song (to me) that they have ever done, it is sort of multiply climactic.

That said, however, there is no one single moment on Turn that is comparably the one single moment of climax, and thus the situations remain somewhat different.

I hope that was a clear response to your question, H.

It started well, but I felt a sense of anti-climax at the end.

Perhaps the grass and the sirens both have their own, very special place - one which we can visit from time to time.

I must say, I tease myself with Turn almost daily, dancing around with the other classic tracks from WFTSC, eventually hitting home with the sucker punch.

With the Homer-esque imagery, the incredibly invigorating music and now the rabbit ... well who could ask for anything more.

huntsman wrote: It started well, but I felt a sense of anti-climax at the end. Perhaps the grass and the sirens both have their own, very special place - one which we can visit from time to time. I must say, I tease myself with Turn almost daily, dancing around with the other classic tracks from WFTSC, eventually hitting home with the sucker punch. With the Homer-esque imagery, the incredibly invigorating music and now the rabbit ... well who could ask for anything more.

I'm not suggesting, H, that I have actually listened to anything on GR since WFTSC became available.

I am somewhat trying to ration my listens to Turn; I don't want to ruin it for myself.

But actually that's not too hard, because I do in fact like every single track on the album, and I feel there is much there that remains to be discovered that is still hidden.

Was that any better?

huntsman wrote: ... I must say, I tease myself with Turn almost daily, dancing around with the other classic tracks from WFTSC, eventually hitting home with the sucker punch. With the Homer-esque imagery, the incredibly invigorating music and now the rabbit ... well who could ask for anything more.

I experienced a little Homer-esque imagery in my head imagining you dancing around, but it was more Simpson than Ulysses.