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Question: urrgh, Foreign affair is so annoying!!!!! :: Total Votes:66 Poll choices Votes Statistics I believe that this track is a little repetitive but still good enough for me to be in the same room without fingers in ears. 31  [46.97%] It is painfully repetitive and uber dull!! 12  [18.18%] I felt like putting my fist down Mikes/Maggies throat when I heard it. 2  [3.03%] Its one of my favourite songs!! 17  [25.76%] Beautiful but boring. 4  [6.06%] Guests cannot vote

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wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Nov. 11 2010, 01:16 Quote (nightspore @ Nov. 11 2010, 05:50) Quote (wiga @ Sep. 13 2010, 08:58) Nightspore; - do you think of the colour green because the CD cover is very green? That's a good question, Wiga. The music has a kind of cold, sparse precision about it that reminds me of water - perhaps that's it. The colour that comes to mind for me is slate blue. -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4761 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Nov. 11 2010, 01:26 Quote (milamber @ Nov. 11 2010, 01:04) Parody Time. Momento Mori A new book to read A tome of 5 page story's None of them boring Semi detached you'll see Not a place you would be It really fills your quota Cant wait for Dakota       Thanks, Milamber. "Foreign Affair" seems to be a song that really inspires you! Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4761 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Nov. 11 2010, 01:27 Quote (wiga @ Nov. 11 2010, 01:16) Quote (nightspore @ Nov. 11 2010, 05:50) Quote (wiga @ Sep. 13 2010, 08:58) Nightspore; - do you think of the colour green because the CD cover is very green? That's a good question, Wiga. The music has a kind of cold, sparse precision about it that reminds me of water - perhaps that's it. The colour that comes to mind for me is slate blue. Well, blue is a cool colour too (I mean 'cool' literally, here!, so perhaps we're responding in a similar way. Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Nov. 11 2010, 01:41 Yes, I'm thinking particularly at the start of Crisis I, it has a cool logical and precise blue about it. Not baby blue - more slate blue or watery blue. -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Nov. 11 2010, 02:47 Actually, I probably think in colours more than I thought. "Foreign Affair" has a rust or burnt orange colour. -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

Scatterplot Group: Members Posts: 1980 Joined: Dec. 2007 Posted: Nov. 11 2010, 10:57 I heart Foreign Affair! -------------- We raise our voices in the night Crying to heaven And will our voices be heard Or will they break Like the wind Back to top

Scatterplot Group: Members Posts: 1980 Joined: Dec. 2007 Posted: Nov. 12 2010, 13:30 No, we do not agree, wholeheartedly. Foreign Affair rules! -------------- We raise our voices in the night Crying to heaven And will our voices be heard Or will they break Like the wind Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Nov. 13 2010, 03:54 Check out, did you check your heart ...this cloudless blue... -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4761 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Nov. 13 2010, 05:28 I always think of the organ as having a blue colour, and the trumpet an orange. Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Nov. 14 2010, 04:55 Quote (nightspore @ Nov. 13 2010, 10:28) I always think of the organ as having a blue colour, and the trumpet an orange. ... in Crises, or just generally speaking? Are there any trumpets in Crises? -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

nightspore Group: Members Posts: 4761 Joined: Mar. 2008 Posted: Nov. 14 2010, 05:04 In general...I was thinking of a sonata for trumpet and organ that I have (by a composer called Viviani - not to be confused with Vivaldi). I don't think there are any trumpets on Crises! Back to top

kazav Group: Members Posts: 136 Joined: Oct. 2010 Posted: Nov. 14 2010, 07:55 FA - yes, at times boring, repetitive, lyrically wonting but...somehow very hummable. -------------- The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one. Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Nov. 14 2010, 15:34 Quote (kazav @ Nov. 14 2010, 12:55) FA - yes, at times boring, repetitive, lyrically wonting but...somehow very hummable. ... singable, and well rhyming - "a new terr-it-ory for an inti-mate-story".. -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

kazav Group: Members Posts: 136 Joined: Oct. 2010 Posted: Nov. 17 2010, 12:05 Nah. As it's "lyrically wonting", singing it is not for me. Humming the tune is as much of it as i like. -------------- The purpose of education is to replace an empty mind with an open one. Back to top

wiga Group: Members Posts: 2113 Joined: Sep. 2008 Posted: Nov. 19 2010, 02:46 A magical pO-tiOn - a cool lO-cO-mO-tion.... -------------- Barn's burnt down - now I can see the moon. Back to top

Delfín Group: Members Posts: 667 Joined: Nov. 2000 Posted: Dec. 21 2010, 21:45 It's a gorgeous song. Full of mystery and beauty, the repetitiveness is the quality that makes the song shine. I think this song, more than 'Moonlight Shadow' is the quintessential track from 'Crises', the one that best summarizes the spirit of the album. Dark, beautiful and mystical. -------------- The most precious thing I possess, is knowing the answer's yes Back to top

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