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Queso's avatar

Great to see this column again

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Steve Terrell's avatar

You inspired me to play this song on my radio show tonight: https://www.steveterrellmusic.com/2025/06/terrells-sound-world-playlist.html

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Larry L. Smith's avatar

Welcome back! One of my favorites off of the Bawlers CD.

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Kal Hodgson's avatar

Beautiful writing about a beautiful song

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Daniel Moran's avatar

When you write the line, “And even the soldier that pierced the side of the Lord,” you’ve vaulted into a higher sphere.

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Mikael Borg's avatar

Excellent post as usual. One thing though - I don't think Tom re-recorded the song for Orphans. It's featured on the documentary Long Gone which was released in 2003: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364484/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

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Ray Padgett's avatar

Good catch. Funny thing is I once wrote about just that…but forgot. https://everytomwaits.substack.com/p/bottom-of-the-world

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