According to the tapes this was originally titled 'The Android Song' and was recorded during the end of the 'Three Little Pigs' sessions. It makes a good opening track for the second 'side' of the album, and the switch to the more modern sounds.
If I remember correctly the drums were recorded on an edge track of the tape and got damaged - I ended up mixing the song down with the drums coming in live from the computer rather than on tape. Which means that remixing it would be a pain...
Not one of my personal favourites, but I do like the synth textures and I think the melody was pretty strong.
lyrics
All Machine
Joshua:
I remember my death, it wasn't good it wasn't fun
I remember the flash just as they fired the gun
They brought me back to life, the way I'd been...
...but all machine
Dorcan:
I remember my death, it wasn't good it wasn't fun
I remember the pain I felt when I was hung
They brought me back to life, just how I'd been...
...but all machine
Sethir:
I remember my death, it wasn't good it wasn't fun
I remember the crash and how my neck was wrung
They brought me back to life, just like a dream...
...I'm all machine
"There is lambswool under my naked feet..." - those words always come to my mind while listening to the first bars of "Wide Of The Mark". There's undoubtedly quite some "Genesis" heritage to be found in the music on this album. However, the band that is most closely related to "The ID" is certainly "IQ", which is among the favorite bands and artists named by both Peter Albrektsen (gtr, kbd) and Tim Pepper (v, kbd). So the similarity of the names "ID" vs. "IQ" is obviously not purely coincidental. Being a long-time admirer of the creative output of "IQ", this album inevitably reaches my heart. Sven B. Schreiber (sbs)
The hard-hitting, genre-agnostic songs on the latest from Dan Webb were inspired by conversations he had with a wide range of musicians. Bandcamp New & Notable Jun 18, 2023