I continue to love the intertwining lines, whether synth against piano, or piano against harpsichord, or synth against electric guitar...

I love the grit and edge, the sheer bite of the electric guitar. Much more life than many over-processed prog bits down through the years, but while still maintaining a sweetness... Some of the sustaining and backwards bits in the ending make a nod in the direction of Fripp, but while retaining their own individuality... Some of the choppier double-stops really spice up the piece, too... Almost a Neil Young primitivism in the attack, but again keeping that great melodic feel...

I'll have to compare this with the one that first caught my ear, but in memory at least, this is much improved... Nice stately bed of piano throughout...

Ed

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You're an attentive listener. You mentioned Neil Young. Well I love his "primitive" or rough screaming soloing style, which is obvious a big influence. I have a third version in which I focussed a little bit more on the intermezzos (1 floydish at 2/5 and the avant-garde break in the middle. I thought they were a bit too rough to go along with the rest of the song. A part from that, I still think the whole song is too repetitive. So, I guess I'm the hardest critic for my own songs.

The Floydish elements (clichés) are there for a reason. The woman mentioned in the title as a little girl, was brought up in the seventies with cassettes of Pink Floyd.

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