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Old 12-08-2016, 08:34
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Faster: Lyrics essay

Randomly trawling through Twitter last night. Because I'm totally rock n roll I follow lots of people to do with work (creative stuff.) Anyway, it turns out that a couple of the super cool guys on my feed are into lyrics. And James Caig, Director of Strategy at TrueDigital has written a "love letter" to the lyrics of Faster. Also discusses where it came from and what it meant at the time. Not entirely what I'd expect from those guys but a pleasant surprise nonetheless.

A nice little read I think. Have a look.
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That was a great bit of analysis. I'll have to reread it at some point when i'm a little less tired.
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Liked that! I wonder if he knows that people on here have read it or not...
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