"keep it simple... one foot in front of the other... who loves to be touched"
 

this is audible at 19:00 and on to about 22:00 or so in "I'm a big sister, and I'm a girl, and I'm a princess, and this is my horse". it's extremely vocoded and way in the background, though.
i was just listening to this today, it's very strange, the whole thing. it's much different from 'pizza for eggs' and 'lovely broken thing'. much more experimental, it's like stream-of-conciousness writing in musical form. it reminds me of when i was bored when i was little and i would put my hands over my ears and close them and open them making a 'ah-ah-ah-ah-ah' sound... the whole thing is like listening to someone's head. very cool.

Re: "keep it simple... one foot in front of the other... who loves to be touched"
 

i listened to all 4 of the RiverRun projects today. enjoyed them all much more than i had the last time i listened.

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are you referring to the misterons mix as #4? i don't know, for some reason i never listen to that one. i always listen to the first three in a row, like an album. it makes sense that way, too. it starts out really techno (lovely broken thing) and then it goes into a thing that borders on prog (pizza for eggs) and it concludes with a 30 minute long stream of conciousness thing (i'm a big sister, and i'm a girl, and i'm a princess, and this is my horse') that concludes in a very classical style piano track... it's great. i like each one successively more than the one before it.

i think i like the riverrun project more than 'oblivion with bells'. maybe it's just me.

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i was *wondering* where i heard 'touched' said just like that before.
thanks.

as long as we're spotting, it may be obscure, but that's what we do, so i can't believe no one else has spotted the live sample they used to use years ago in live gigs for ring road.

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I usually play "I'm a big sister, and I'm a girl, and I'm a princess, and this is my horse", or just IABSAIAGAIAPATIMH if you'd like to keep it simple :p before i go to sleep. It serves as an interlude to unwinding the mind from the day behind me.

Re: "keep it simple... one foot in front of the other... who loves to be touched"
 

no you're not the only one - I said the same thing in one of the other OWB threads.

Re: "keep it simple... one foot in front of the other... who loves to be touched"
 

Someone did mention it, in the official OwB thread. Someone also mentioned the "keep it simple..." lyrics appearing in the RiverRun Project.

Re: "keep it simple... one foot in front of the other... who loves to be touched"
 

yea - it was mongoose

Re: "keep it simple... one foot in front of the other... who loves to be touched"
 

someone a lot like me!

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well technically OWB is part of Riverrun as well. Just as Tokyo Live was part of Riverrun.
I'm not really into LovelyBrokenThing, but the other two are great. Especially the opening of Pizza for Eggs, that one-two combo of Food-a-Ready and Back in the Fears is just amazing.

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Yep.;)


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Oooooold news.:p

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bless you :D

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What a great find! Nice to know. And it's true, "Girly Princess" is a lot different than the other two Riverruns.

I just listened to it again the other day for the first time in some months and I had forgotten how low key and experimental it was. It's a great run.

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I agree. Every time i hear that RiverRun, new pieces emerge for me. All three of the series (not counting Misterons) have unique vibes to them and conjure up different memories. For me, hearing "Lovely Broken Thing" will always remind me of running home in the fall rain in Ithaca, NY, listening to the disc the day it came out, the real rain sounds mixing with the recorded sounds before Lenne Penne. "Pizza For Eggs" seems colder, gray, and was in my car in the winter, visiting my grandmother at the nursing home before she passed away. "I'm a Big Sister..." filled my headphones in hotel rooms in Holland last fall.
Music truly is the soundtrack to your life. i feel fortunate to have had great tunes from UW score many moments.

Re: "keep it simple... one foot in front of the other... who loves to be touched"
 

i really only listened to these briefly when they came
out...

now, i'm digging into them hard now...honestly,
there is so much variety and creativity in these
compared to the new album...

really, they should be re-released and pushed out
more..

later
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Holden, I always find it interesting to hear how UW has "soundtracked" people's lives in different ways...also interesting that Karl's lyrics can be "interpreted" to fit everyone's unique situation.

The Riverrun releases soundtracked my life in London...wandering the streets, riding the tube to and from class, and sitting in cafes. I can still remember the day LBT was released...sitting over my laptop at a cafe overlooking Clapham Common on a chilly grey morning.

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The misterons mix reminds me of some of the old live tracks where songs were mixed on top of each other.