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Originally Posted by michelej1
Yes, a song like Thoughts on a Grey Day. It's not a song. It's largely not even sung. It has music, but the words aren't set to that music and the words and are largely independent of the instrumentation. The words? They're not really in a full-fledged conversation. It's just rambling.
Of course, I've already noted that most people here do like it. That's what made is so surprising to me when I finally heard it, because the descriptions of it and it's transformation from the demo set me up to expect something completely different.
Michele
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Maybe it's because I never heard the demo, I'm not sure, but I don't find "Mabel Normand" to be as meandering as some Nicks songs are. She's telling a definite story here, whereas some of her lyrics are so obtuse that they can seem like non-sequiturs. Musically it seems to fit the lyrical tale quite well, and I think that's what makes this whole song work....at least many people seem to have gravitated towards and like it.
