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Old 08-10-2013, 22:14
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The Inherit Drama of Anthem For A Lost Cause

I'm playing Call of Duty - Black Ops II on multiplayer with AFALC playing in the background and everytime I saw another player shot and slump to the ground it somehow seemed really apt.

If it's not made a single I'd love to see Patrick get a massive budget and do his own video for it. Maybe have a Blackadder Goes Forth scene of soliders going over the top just to be mown down.
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Old 08-10-2013, 22:15
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Old 08-10-2013, 22:17
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Bizarre.
hahah or genius.
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Whenever I hear this song I see a 'big band' style video, with the band in tuxes and a synchronised swaying brass section behind them. I discussed it on Twitter with Shug a few weeks ago and she agreed, so it's not just me
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Old 08-10-2013, 22:24
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That's not a Call of Duty soundtrack. This is a Call of Duty soundtrack.

http://youtu.be/UUb6P6DaHYQ
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Old 08-10-2013, 22:26
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That's not a Call of Duty soundtrack. This is a Call of Duty soundtrack.

http://youtu.be/UUb6P6DaHYQ
No. This is Call of Duty Soundtrack : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hj4mMf895NQ

(Am I now contradicting myself?)
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Old 08-10-2013, 22:29
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oooh 30 Years War is working well too. Guess it's stirring my class warrior instincts.
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Old 08-10-2013, 22:35
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I never got past shooting the guy going "Shoot the target! Shoot the target!" in the game. You didn't even see him die! It just popped up a message saying "Friendly Fire Will Not Be Tolerated".

As for the song, I see it more as a late Christmas party near the end.
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Old 08-10-2013, 22:55
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I always imagine Jeff Lynne singing it with his shades and big hair! Should've been a duet with Jeff!
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Old 09-10-2013, 06:34
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It's a suicide song for me, in that it's dreary as they come. Maybe for when you run into the middle of your fellow CoDites holding a grenade.
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Old 09-10-2013, 06:44
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what's Call Of Duty, then? is it one of them game things, is it?
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Old 09-10-2013, 14:08
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Anyone got any idea what the song is actually about? My first thought was that is was a lament on the death of the art of songwriting but the words 'take this-it's yours' and the idea that composition rights are no longer such a glittering prize makes me think that maybe it's about people downloading stuff without paying. Dunno what that Paris and St Petersberg is all about though.
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