Not strictly following the 1960s streak, I nonetheless tried to keep it roughly within spec - 1972 might be nearer the mark.
The subject matter is a popular role-playing videogame from around 2006. The dragon-bashing sequel came out in 2011 so there's a good chance people will be able to identify the series even if they haven't played this particular one.
I had enormous difficulty getting the vocals done acceptably and came close to ditching the track. Probably a good job I didn't because at least one person really, really liked it.
lyrics
Last Days of the Brotherhood
Lucian came to me and said
"There is an old man I want dead"
I killed him in his bed, in our Father's name
Lucian's rolling down the hill
Completely unconscious as he can't be killed
Set him on fire and he screams so shrill
In our Father's name
...It's all a game... It's not the same, just a game...
Lucian told me that they had to die
All of the Brethren and he told me why
One of the Brotherhood is a spy
In our Father's name
The Speaker came to me and said
"These are the people we want dead"
Where I walked the streets ran red
In our Father's name
Lucian told me that my crimes would stop
Half of my victims were the men on top
Now he had caught me I was for the chop
But it turned out my orders they were all mistakes
Someone had switched them for a bunch of fakes
Someone was playing for tremendous stakes
The Night Mother came to me and said
"These are the people I want dead"
I heard her whispers in my head
In our Father's name
supported by 5 fans who also own “The Last Days of the Brotherhood”
"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