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October 20th, 2021 11:57am

A Planet Rich In Symbols


Guided by Voices “Dance of Gurus”

“Dance of Gurus” almost tricks you into thinking it’s a straight ahead rock song in the style of The Cars for the first 30 seconds or so before veering off into a more eccentric path that disrupts the expectations of pop structure while amping up the drama. Condensing the dynamic shifts of prog down into the tight minimalism of punk and new wave is a classic Bob Pollard move but it’s particularly effective here in that his lyrics about an epiphany brought on by a chance encounter with an unusually chipper homeless man click into the song so that his big ideas hit when the music suddenly accelerates. He’s playing around with ideas of societal expectations but when it comes down to it he’s essentially delivering a message of solidarity – winners, sinners, all arm in arm and collapsed in laughter.

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