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Originally Posted by thewyrm

Shouldn't Take a Bow be aimed more at Tony Blair than "A past President?"

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British people can hate "A past President" too :p

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Originally Posted by woofmix

British people can hate "A past President" too :p

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Well, technically, sure. But I think its intent is clearly closer to home.

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Originally Posted by TakeABow

Well, technically, sure. But I think its intent is clearly closer to home.

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I'm aware of that but USA college students won't be aware of the reasoning behind the attack on Blair, plus more or less Blair tied in with Bush so the shoe would still fit either way.

@ Little_Buster: "Take A Bow" can be about BOTH Bush and Blair.

I'm a U.S. college student, and I knew that the first time I heard it. It is more directed at Blair, but people in the U.S. (given their feelings about Bush) adopted it to be about him.


Although, to be fair, the song is written in such a way that it can be about ANY politician that has f**ked up their country and f**ked the people they were elected to lead.

^Yeah thats true.

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Originally Posted by The_Little_Buster

^Yeah thats true.

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One can also draw a link between "Take A Bow", "Map of the Problematique", "Assassin" and "Knights of Cydonia".


Personally, I like to think Absolution and Black Holes and Revelations are connected (I hope The Resistance continues that theory).

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Originally Posted by RockBandRocker

Personally, I like to think Absolution and Black Holes and Revelations are connected (I hope The Resistance continues that theory).

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:confused: in what ways?

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Originally Posted by neckermanncj

:confused: in what ways?

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It's a weird explanation.

The short of it is that if you listen to both albums from start to finish, back to back, you get a feeling that they are in the same "universe".

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Originally Posted by RockBandRocker

It's a weird explanation.

The short of it is that if you listen to both albums from start to finish, back to back, you get a feeling that they are in the same "universe".

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hmmm... i will have to do that sometime, although i really can't stand BH&R for the most part... but i would still see if you're right ;)

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Originally Posted by neckermanncj

hmmm... i will have to do that sometime, although i really can't stand BH&R for the most part... but i would still see if you're right ;)

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I was slightly intoxicated when I came up with the theory, but even sober, I feel it still fits. :D

Key tracks (on each album):

Absolution
Intro/Apocalypse Please
Time Is Running Out
Sing For Absolution
Stockholm Syndrome
Interlude/Hysteria
Butterflies & Hurricanes
The Small Print
Thoughts Of A Dying Atheist
Ruled By Secrecy


Black Holes and Revelations
Take A Bow
Starlight
Map of the Problematique
Soldier's Poem
Invincible
Assassin
Exo-Politics
City of Delusion
Knights of Cydonia