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One of very few “political” lyrics in the CBQ canon, this is a song about invasion, written from the perspective of the invaders – or rather the people carrying out, rather than ordering, the invasion. It also take a swipe at armchair critics who are not on the front line facing danger. The song was written at the time of the invasion of Iraq, in a defiant mood regarding the hippy dippy claptrap being bandied around by many of my fellow songwriters. They didn’t get it though...
Favourite Line : “The instruments shine in your eyes, for all I know they blind you to the plight of those beneath your wheels. There’s nobody quite like you.“

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from Aftersilence​:​Songs, released May 7, 2011
Still We Doubt You
(David Reilly)
Original Source : Deeperdown
David Reilly – Vocals, Guitars, SFX
Recording Date : February 2003 – October 2005

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Cloudland Blue Quartet Edinburgh, UK

A quartet in name only, initially influenced by Fripp & Eno's "No Pussyfooting" and The Velvet Underground's debut, songwriter & soundscaper David Reilly started musicking in 1977 by creating drones using sellotape on the keys of his dad's Bontempi Organ. The subsequent junk shop purchases of an electric guitar & fuzzbox and the acquisition of an old Beatles songbook, led him into songwriting... ... more

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