Spoiler clearance: Memories of Ice
Ever since I first read Memories of Ice, there is one song that took a whole new meaning for
me. When I listen to That Feel, I just
cannot help but hear those few surviving Bridgeburners. Of course, the real subject
matter of that song, is quite different; but don’t pay too much attention to its exact
wording, and just ‘listen’ to the mood.
Tom Waits is Sergeant Antsy – the one
singing –, and then, you can hear Mallet’s deep tones in the background, and
Spindle’s cracked voice, and even Picker, and Blend, and Toes… I must have
listened to this one thousand times, in the last few years. I am perfectly used to
it by now. I know exactly which voice is Picker’s, and which is Spindle’s, and
so on, and so forth… What a great song!
Tom Waits is an Ascendant, if you ask me.
