I'm somewhat alienated in the iPod era, being an old-fashioned devotee of the notion that performers choosing to arrange the songs in some semblance of an intended order is a good thing. Really, would "Won't Get Fooled Again" make any sense NOT coming at the end of "Who's Next"?
"Sea Fog" not only is the last song on the new Keane album, but it's also the perfect candidate for the last song of the encore during a live concert. Leave the stage, come back, do something fast and up tempo ... and then this; something slow and very melodic. I can hear the crowd singing along with the wordless vocals at song's end, fading into a cappella. Warm glows all around.
Just my luck: I'd not bothered to look and see if Keane would be coming to perform in America as a whole, much less anywhere near here, but while writing this post, I checked, and it turns out the band is performing in Nashville on Thursday and Chicago on Friday -- both relatively close, although not possible for me to make.
I'll just have to go to England again.
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In its May 26, 2006 issue, the conservative National Review magazine published a list of "The 50 greatest conservative rock songs." "
Won't Get Fooled Again" was ranked song number one.
Pete Townsend responded on his blog as follows:
"It is not precisely a song that decries revolution - it suggests that we will indeed fight in the streets - but that revolution, like all action can have results we cannot predict. Don't expect to see what you expect to see. Expect nothing and you might gain everything.''
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