[Dandy Warhols|The Dandy Warhols] - [Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia] / 01 - [Godless] .mp3

Maybe my [ear|ears] aren't what they used to be (being at the grand old age of [22]) but the start of Godless is even more identical to [George Harrison]'s '[My Sweet Lord]' than [Oasis]' '[Don't Look Back In Anger]' is to [John Lennon]'s '[Imagine]'. See [Songs that are blatantly stolen from other songs|this] node for others.

Luckily unlike [My Sweet Lord] this track keeps the same tune throughout, which is great as the beginning is one of the best set of [chord|chords] I've heard.

[Feedback] floods out of the speakers, casually weaving into the tune. Then the guitar strumming starts. Then the [horn|horns] kick in gently. Finally the finishing touch: [Courtney Taylor|Courtney]'s voice.

He doesn't have the best [voice] in the world, but some bands rely on the tunes more than a [Beth Orton|singer who can rescue a shit track].

Sung very quietly, at least in comparison to the instruments, the [lyrics] always pass me by. Firstly because they are not obvious enough to jump out at me, secondly because I'm always slightly out of it when I play this song!

The track is 5 minutes 20 seconds of [atmospheric] rock. However, it seems that you couldn't possibly give up 5 minutes 20 seconds of radio airtime to one track, so a [fucking awful] 'radio edit', with harsh guitars was released. Because being 1 minute shorter means so much, doesn't it?

Thus a load of people, who haven't bought [Thirteen tales from Urban Bohemia|the album] think the song is a bit weird after hearing the [radio edit], won't be encouraged to buy the album, won't heard the proper version, and so ends the tale of the wonderful song kept from the [General Public].

On a lighter note, [snob|snobs] like me who get some [perverse pleasure] from being in a minority who like/know a band, get to grin like [Cheshire Cat|Cheshire Cats].

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