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The Undercover Man (7:23)

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Here at the glass, all the usual problems
All the habitual farce
You ask in uncertain voice, what you should do
As if there were a choice but to carry on miming the song

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  • Bequeathed

    here, at the glass

    6 Apr 4:42pm Reply

  • cynic_liegelord

    I love the part at 04:29

    8 Oct 2012 Reply

  • Weinmacher

    schön ergreifend und so einfühlsam

    28 Apr 2012 Reply

  • andymadden

    still trying to get into VDG, finding it hard but I persevere

    2 Feb 2012 Reply

  • dgmortal

    I hope that it all works out, right, tonight

    28 Nov 2011 Reply

  • Prog_Rocker

    Is this madness just a recurring wave of total emotion or a hide for the undercover man

    25 Oct 2011 Reply

  • myk_

    Hm, still my song, still perfect and still breathtaking.

    28 Sep 2011 Reply

  • wanatimo

    Perfect [113]

    18 Jun 2011 Reply

  • grantmarteeth

    raw. jaw-dropping album

    11 May 2011 Reply

  • s0ulfly2

    I am the undercover man.

    27 Mar 2011 Reply

  • lucyconnuk

    Pretentious 70s prog rock at its best

    28 Jan 2011 Reply

  • Equality7-2521

    Perfect [112]

    27 Jan 2011 Reply

  • jazzydog12

    Saw VDGG at Weely festival in 71 and various gigs around Manchester. It felt like my band back then, so few had heard of them. Very few things from then sound this good now. True genius.

    26 Aug 2010 Reply

  • Led_Zayatts

    I wonder who the "undercover man" refers to and whether the song alludes to something real or the whole scenario is fictional.

    19 Aug 2010 Reply

  • ArrakisYouZebra

    Best opener ever. [1]

    9 Aug 2010 Reply

  • bobgreen623

    Terrific. Saw VdGG a couple of times pre-split/hiatus, and then a few times after they got going again in 75. Always a great intense live show (one time after 'cake' one of our number couldn't take it in the confines of the Marquee and had to run out) and this is one of my favourite VdGG numbers.

    27 Jul 2010 Reply

  • pauldove

    This was one of our favourite songs when I was 16. We used to go out round the pubs in Frodsham and then walk home singing this. Still love it now.

    14 Jul 2010 Reply

  • Great-Deceiver

    I agree with molly_polliwog: "this has one of the most wonderfully bonkers vocal melodies ever."

    12 Jun 2010 Reply

  • nocturana

    Epic Band :)

    14 May 2010 Reply

  • bagcheese

    Commanding stuff. Saw Hammill solo in KC in 2009 . You could've heard a pin drop. He took over the room.

    17 Apr 2010 Reply
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