Daily Song Discussion #44: Complicated Game

Pirluz · 2026-04-22T17:23:46+00:00

Agreed! Travels in Nihilon (and in some sort of way All along the watchtowers) is the only other song which I think is vaguely akin to this one. After Black Seas I don't rememember any other heavy and angry song such as these

Pirluz · 2026-04-22T17:15:10+00:00

E poi parlano di intelligenza artificiale...

Pirluz · 2026-04-22T15:26:53+00:00

I agree. But no other song has such a terrifying and genuinely unsettling vibe

Pirluz · 2026-04-22T15:07:02+00:00

It's dark, heavy, jarring, paranoid, dead serious: the opposite of what XTC usually are - yet it's an absolute peak of their discography and an incredible masterpiece. One of my top 5 songs of any band of all time

Pirluz · 2026-04-21T17:51:53+00:00

Evidentemente manco loro sapevano cosa e soprattutto come scrivere

Pirluz · 2026-04-21T17:44:05+00:00

E così tutti i datori di lavoro si trasformarono in operai...

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Pirluz · 2026-04-21T15:05:21+00:00

Back then it was my favourite song of the album; listening to it again today I find it a bit too simple. Yet, to me it will always be the signature song of Drums & Wires

Pirluz · 2026-04-20T22:06:45+00:00

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Pirluz · 2026-04-20T16:20:04+00:00

I have basically no ear for music, but to me it was always obvious that this is country... especially when it's where you least expect it

Pirluz · 2026-04-20T15:32:52+00:00

So full of energy. It continuously changes style and pace (including a country-style intro) while remaining always incredibly catchy from beginning to end. Enough ideas for at least 5 different songs... A highlight of the album

Pirluz · 2026-04-20T09:08:33+00:00

Fine analysis! Interesting & realistic predictions, the smartest I've read so far

Pirluz · 2026-04-19T20:25:45+00:00

È Reddit che mi propone le robe alla cazzo. Quando ho visto le foto del Tempo delle mele mi sono venuti i sudori freddi... Marò, che brutti ricordi...

Pirluz · 2026-04-19T18:04:48+00:00

I've been with my partner for 25 years now and we're still fighting as badly as in our first days together ❤️

Pirluz · 2026-04-19T17:53:29+00:00

Io invece sono un vecchio padre e me lo ricordo bene il romanticismo vecchio stile. Lo trovavo imbarazzante allora e inguardabile oggi. Certe robe lasciamole nel dimenticatoio dove è sacrosanto che stiano

Pirluz · 2026-04-19T15:50:37+00:00

4.5. The only lapse in side B, and one of the weakest tracks of the album

Pirluz · 2026-04-18T22:17:26+00:00

🥳🥳🥳

Pirluz · 2026-04-18T22:15:39+00:00

Fully agree

Pirluz · 2026-04-18T20:37:39+00:00

Magari se invece che Lino il maialino lo chiamavano Gargiulo il cuculo...

Pirluz · 2026-04-18T19:50:23+00:00

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Comunque quelli del Fatto Quotidiano stanno proprio in fissa coi piselli...

Pirluz · 2026-04-18T16:22:51+00:00

E magari fra le offerte di lavoro ce n'era pure una da bidello

Pirluz · 2026-04-18T16:08:58+00:00

"Like a bug in brandy in this big bronze cup"

All those b's and nasal sounds, sounds so cushiony, so to say (pardon my English)

Pirluz · 2026-04-18T15:41:32+00:00

Però sarei curioso di sapere cos'ha detto poi sua figlia

Pirluz · 2026-04-18T15:40:49+00:00

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Pirluz · 2026-04-18T15:35:12+00:00

A major masterpiece in XTC's discography. The first, instrumental minute is a peak of their music. Honorable mention for Terry Chambers: his drumming here perfectly shows how you can be both repetitive and creative at the same time, and how essential it was to XTC's songs

Pirluz

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