Don't You Feel
Lyrics — Martin
Music — Martin
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Vocals — Martin
Guitar — Martin
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Recorded — 18 December 1969
Key: Bb major
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Now is the time of our passing
Here is the place of our shame
Then, when we were right
There, when we were game
We were without place, outside space
Every single day
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Don’t you feel like that the moon is bright
And you know it shines white for you
Though it’s slightly sneering
At a new man who knows he can’t hide his face away
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You take a look at the starlight
I take a drag of my cigarette
I still long for “us”
You yawn and forget
We were without place, outside space
Every single day
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Don’t you feel like that the moon is bright
And you know it shines white for you
Though it’s slightly sneering
At a new man who knows he can’t hide his face away
"Don't You Feel"
Review by Jonatan Sigurdsson
Simple pieces where Martin really demonstrates a profound knowledge of the limits of his instrument are Martin's greatest, and while "Don't You Feel" isn't quite a hit like others in the aforementioned category, it is perfectly serviceable.
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I believe it's a least his best piece since "Make Off With the Music" on Sunshine Winery. But at the same time, Martin needs a change of subject. Enigmatic though Davy's and Brugin's subject matter is, at the very least, occasional speculation permits the listener's mind to wander. But if you're listening to a Martin track, the humour of it all unfailingly swirls boringly around love and obsession, if not outright lust (see "Molly Be Bonny").
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The key choice is interesting, being one of the only Plutos works - much less, Martin works - that is in Bb. Played relatively high on the neck of the guitar, the rich but brief arpeggios underscore martin's pining lyrics quite well, with absolutely no sense of overdoing it, or grandiosity.
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On an otherwise lackluster album as far as Martin is concerned, the musicality of "Don't You Feel" is rich, playing very well to his strengths of falsetto, lyricism, and complex musicality that is understated beneath simple arpeggios.
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There isn't much to say about "Don't You Feel." It assumes little and accomplishes little. But with Martin's track record, that is something to be thankful for, as there have been many glorious and cataclysmic ways in which a composition of his can fail.
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★★★☆☆