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Old 01-16-2009, 12:33 PM   #52
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Thick as a Brick?
Yes. What gave it away? Biggles? Cornwall?

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Free Will
Yes. It deleted "will" as a common English word. What gave it away? Lotus-land?
By the way, none of the dudes in Vancouver I used to talk to at my old job had ever heard of it being called that.

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I *love* Thick as a Brick.
Of course. Because you have ears, and you've heard it. I have a copy (bought it from my wife, who worked at a music shop when I met her) with both sides, a live version, and interviews talking about the making of. Apparently they would work all day on one of these odd-ball sections, get it down on tape, and then move on to the next bit of madness.
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