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I was playing my "Odies" tape in the car with Mrs. Veneer one day a few years ago, and Spirit's "I Got a Line On You" came on. I kept up a running commentary during the song, pointing out all the bits I liked (the entry of the bass leading into the first chorus, the piano glissando after the second chorus, the perfect guitar solo in the bridge, the drop-out after the bridge and the entrance of the banging piano, the party atmosphere and runaway electric guitar in the final verses, etc.), when she remarked, "You don't like songs, you like arrangements." Bingo! That single statement proved to be the key to understanding my own music fandom. It explains why I like so much music of negligible consequence (for example, Andy Kim's "Rock Me Gently"-- fabulous Clavinet and backing vocals!). Lyrically "I Got a Line On You" is a cipher, it can be condensed down to "I sure do like you." But it sounds like everyone has a blast playing it, and I have a blast listening to it.
