NUR EIN
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Where The Streets Have No Name
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Grumpy Mike

Entry from Where The Streets Have No Name in Nur Ein XIV.

Tell a story from the end to the beginning

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glennny

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This reminds me of October 18th, 1993. In those days you would hear a new album was being released, and then you’d drive to the Tower Records in West Covina which would stay open until midnight. They would stay open a little longer when a big release was happening. So that night at midnight (technically Oct 19th) the new album by Pearl Jam “Vs.” was released. I showed up and I was there to buy that album, but I was more excited about the other album being released at that moment - Counterparts by Rush. This is a nice hybrid somewhere between those two albums. The ⅝ riff reminds me of Double Agent on Counterparts. I love the music. I wish you did your Chris Cornell vocals for this. This does lean towards Spoonman. Vocals are good, just too nice I think. The switching between the 6/8 and the ⅝ is done very well. Cool song!

vowlvom

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more interesting texture / layering stuff here, I like that interesting acoustic / guitar harmonics (?) bit that comes in and adds some light to the churning distorted guitars. Odd-time-signature songs don't tend to be my favourites as a whole but you do it well. Not my favourite lyrics of the round, and some of the vocal layering feels like it could be tighter but it's possible I'm just over-sensitive in this area after spending hours editing the 4,000 vocal layers in our song!

Spintown

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Thanks for the “spoiler” at the end of your lyrics post. I mean I’d have got most of it anyways, but I never even heard the term “Glorious Mysteries” before, so reading up on all the 5 points made this easier. I think the idea & execution are fine. I can’t say much negative about it. At the moment this hasn’t created an earworm for me...the hook isn’t sticking… I’m not a very religious person so the topic you picked isn’t for me, maybe that’s part of it. But you did find a creative way to tell a touching story. That’s about all I got sorry.