It would be easy to dismiss the title song of Remote Luxury as just another instrumental, even though it´s just their second instrumental. The first one being the b-side The Golden Dawn. I listen to The Church mainly because SK sings there and the instrumentals are not so interesting by default. Listening to the instrumental repeatedly however reveals many things about it. It feels like a bridge between The Blurred Crusade-period and Heyday-period. A touch of Happy Hunting Ground there with the slow rhythym and feeling. The guitar washes and jangles that promise something for the future. That promise was definitely taken to the extreme with Heyday. Then the Blurred Crusade build-up with the keys. You know that keyboard sound used so many times in TBC? Like ancient organ creating a chant of mourning viking warriors or crusaders (heh, or something). I would like to know how it was created as it hasn´t been that widely used elesewhere. Mixed with higher sounding organ and the guitars it creates a quite dense atmosphere that makes the mind wonder to distant places. Almost as well as the songs with lyrics. I like to see it as an ancient story with crusaders and moments after the battle. Like a memory from the Blurred Crusade that is long gone and the new glorious era will soon begin. To me this song most of all represents a transitional period and the album between their masterpieces.
The most important thing to me with this song is that the next phase of their saga is perhaps one of their finest moments. I can hear a stadium full of people shouting and chanting for Heyday. Okay, let´s make it a theatre full of people...talking, muttering or even just thinking...the opening riff of Myrrh looped to hypnotic heights...a promise of a ride to heaven and back...
Heyday
Heyday
Heyday
Heyday
Heyday
Heyday
Heyday
Heyday
Heyday
Heyday!
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