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08-01-2010, 22:52
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Door to the River (a random appreciation topic)
Okay so it's always been pretty obvious that it's a fantastic song with a fantastic set of lyrics, but as it just came up in my playlist and I hadn't heard the song in a fair while before right now again, I can't help but once again realise how utterly, utterly blissfully perfect, powerful and soul-shakingly gorgeous this song is in every single freaking way. The vocals, the strings, the keyboards, the lyrics, oh lord.
And then the band dumps it to a compilation and therefore guarantees they'll never ever play it again. Bastards. Needs more love right now. Also amazing live.
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08-01-2010, 23:03
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A great song - I remember how excited I was to get the full version after hearing a snippet of it before the album came out. One of their most majestic choruses I think.
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08-01-2010, 23:05
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No. Boring.
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08-01-2010, 23:09
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It would have made a good stand alone single, but that's from memory?...
It's been a while since I've heard it to be honest. I'll hear it and come back to this thread.
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09-01-2010, 08:47
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I love it! Cinematic and spacious!
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09-01-2010, 09:13
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09-01-2010, 10:19
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09-01-2010, 14:16
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It's far superior to Grace of God, but I'd lie if I said that I listen to it very often. Nice song.
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09-01-2010, 14:40
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There By The Grace Of God is way better; in fact it's probably in my Top 10 MSP songs.
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09-01-2010, 14:49
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It's always good to hear it when it comes on, shame it was just jammed onto Forever Delayed as that meant I paid it little attention. Some of James' best singing.
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09-01-2010, 15:28
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'Door To The River' took a very long time to grow on me. The opening is a bit of a red herring in some respects, because it's not until you've heard that beautifully lush chorus that the tranquility of the verse seems to make sense. On first listen, the opening verse just seems rather tame as opposed to being a contrast to the chorus. But now I would rate it as one of my favourite non-album tracks.
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I'd love to hear it again mind with a full orchestra rather than a puny string section, but yeah I like it 
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