Not his greatest in my book, but it's up there with the classics for sure. Lyrically, it's way up there.

The music is very hypnotic like. Not his best, but great though. But lyrically....that's one of his finest lyrics! Only The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker is better.

zaza said:

The music is very hypnotic like. Not his best, but great though. But lyrically....that's one of his finest lyrics! Only The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker is better.

Dorothy has great lyrics.

squirrelgrease said:

zaza said:

The music is very hypnotic like. Not his best, but great though. But lyrically....that's one of his finest lyrics! Only The Ballad Of Dorothy Parker is better.

Dorothy has great lyrics.

Yeah. The symbolic in it is great. Now compare it to his recent lyrical output..

I like the song, but it comes alive when played live, there are some fantastic versions of it out there.

TheDigitalGardener said:

I like the song, but it comes alive when played live, there are some fantastic versions of it out there.

I haven't heard a live version that tells the story as well and dramatically as the studio version, but I know there are a lot of live versions out there.

It's on my top 10 list of favorite songs. (As evidenced by my current signature....)

Musically - brilliant.

Lyrically - absolutely fantastic.

The live version on the ONA...Live! set - one of the best live recordings of a song, ever.

ufoclub said:

I haven't heard a live version that tells the story as well and dramatically as the studio version, but I know there are a lot of live versions out there.

I think that can be said of many songs in a live situation.

I was thinking more along the lines of musicianship. Joy In Repetition is usually accompanied by some pretty spectacular guitar work.

Other than the album version, are there other known studio versions??

LOVE the song. One of the Gems on GB.

I find that if I play Joy in Repetition i follow it up with The Question of u.

It's the guitar work 4 me! Definately!!!

The Live verison is better.

one of my personal favs and one of his most underrated songs

i often masterbate to this song... in repetition

physco185 said:

zaza said:

physco185 said:

i often masterbate to this song... in repetition

I can't

oh Zaza still!!!!

it would be so hard 4 u.... esp being an orger n all

hope u shake this thing off...real quick

u r making me feel guilty, now i have to stop.... the music ppl the music!!!!

physco185 said:

rap said:

Other than the album version, are there other known studio versions??

Just the original (same) studio version with the longer lonely intro of the beat starting up like a slow heart from silence then echoing over itself to form a rhythm as the organ chords creep in.

Great song! Hynotic track, cool lyric, face-melting guitar ear-gasm at the end. One of my favorite songs. The live version from the One Night Alone set is incindiery!

Great song from a great album (The Prince songs are great).