I think my this point I'd pretty much given up on the 1960s theme. Daniel LaGrange is the character who appears as the protagonist/narrator in the title track, '...And Daryil Answered'.
This song covers one of my pet themes of 'If I go around killing evil people, doesn't that make me evil too?'.
Along with the title track, this is one of the songs I'm most pleased with on the album.
lyrics
The Ballad of Daniel LaGrange
My name is Daniel and a spent my whole life
Hunting and destroying evil - that's what I do.
One day I saw that what I did was also evil
From a different point of view
Judge not, lest ye be judged
Things are not as simple as could be
Everything seems different now to me
The realisation that my life had been spent
poorly left my thoughts all tangled - left me confused
I sought a way to make amends and live my life more wisely
This I pursued
Things I'd done were never as they'd seem
Everything before was like a dream
Judge not, lest ye be judged
I thought that I could find the truth
But I all I found was twisted blasphemy
The hymns of praise I thought I'd sung
Were only songs of lies and larceny
My name is Daniel and I spent my whole life
Hunting and destroying evil - but I was wrong.
Since then I've found a little evil helps bring balance
To an over-righteous throng
Even good is bad if took too far
Neutral shades of grey is all we are
Judge not, lest ye be judged
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"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)
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Alas, the third and last album of this exceptional Argentine symphonic rock band... frankly, not a masterpiece like the preceding works, due to the fact that it's sort of a "The Rest Of" album. It contains early unreleased material, as well as recordings that probably were intended for another regular album, canceled due to the death of Jorge Antún. Some tracks reflect the band's typical symphonic style, others already exhibit a trend towards a more mainstream sound, quite obviously inspired by the albums released by "Genesis" in the early 80's, which already started creeping in on "2". 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