-- This was in a message from Clark Ray to Josh Ryman --
CR> "Don't Kill The Whale" is alright, especially the ending, but one
CR> song
CR> does not an album make...er, or words to that effect.
Agreed.  I may like "Owner of a Lonely Heart" and "Leave It", but I ain't 
gonna go buy _90125_.  I'll just get that Highlights album, and get a bunch 
of other spiffy songs with 'em.
CR> Well, he wasn't the first, probably.  Certainly it had been done
CR> before
CR> 1977.  I wouldn't know one organ from another [I'm talking about
CR> the
CR> keyboard instrument here :-) ], but Genesis was using organs in
CR> 1970.  I
CR> don't know if they ever used a church organ.
Not alot of bands seem to have embraced the church organ.  I think it's a Yes 
thing.
CR> As for "Parallels," I've never understood the fascination with
CR> that
CR> song.  It's the one I typically pass over when listening to that
CR> album.
CR> I do, however, like that middle section with the vocal "Parallel
CR> our
CR> sights" etc.
Well, one day I just started listening to the album, I got to "Parallels", 
and something clicked.  It wouldn't be as cool without the church organ, I 
think, although it has a pretty cool bass line.  The lyrics are good, too.
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