(Debut) Francisco the Man, "Broken Arrows"

Is this the second golden age of the extended pop song? The first was in the early '70s, when the acid finally broke through to the mainstream in the form of the classical-pop masterpieces produced by groups like Electric Light Orchestra, Vangelis, and Deep Purple. Those artists were obsessed with minutae, pulling from extended musical training to really get the vibe going over long songs that seemed to never end and had movements, verses, choruses, and solos for days. But now, we have a di...

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