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Old 20-09-2010, 11:50 PM #17
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Originally Posted by setanta View Post


This song could have been written any time over the last 30 years, and the fact it was performed in 1969 or so is astonishing considering how fresh it still sounds. I suppose that's kinda what timeless music is about really, right? Doesn't belong to any particular era.
Great band, I'm glad they never went down the same road as Kraftwerk in the 70's who became very synthy and, by turn, became more tied to their time.
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