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Old 03-18-2007, 04:47 PM   #149 (permalink)
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Kings Crossing maybe my favorite song by him right now that just happened with it.
Yeah, it's really innovative and stylish, the way that song is framed by spoken word poetry. Granted the use of poetry in rock recalls Patti Smith and the use of two disparate vocal tracks playing in opposition to each other recalls a Canibus track called "C-quel", but "King's Crossing" brings out a great amalgam of the two.
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