Thread: Distant Colours
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Old 19-02-2018, 16:09
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Originally Posted by burnleybassman View Post
I see a lot of people saying that it "sounds" like a B-side. Can anyone actually clarify what they mean by that? Do you mean it sounds a bit unfinished, there's something missing, a bit crap etc?
Yes, all three.

It is fair to ask what people mean by it sounding like a b-side, though. It is a very imprecise description; many of the band's b-sides are wondrously good - better than many of their singles.

So to be clearer I will say that Distant Colours is like a forgettable b-side - I can't even recall what its chorus sounds like without playing it again. It doesn't enthrall me musically or lyrically; I haven't found it becoming familiar even by playing it back to back. It is yawning by-rote tedium.

It is a chore of a track which, in fairness to your original point, most of their b-sides rarely are.

The one upshot is the bit between 3.00 and 3.30 with the riff.
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