You Set The Scene (track)
by Love
Year: 1967
From the album Forever Changes (track #11)
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You Set The Scene appears on the following album(s) by Love:
- Forever Changes (track #11) (this album) (1967)
- The Forever Changes Concert (track #11) (2003)
- Love Story: 1966-1972 (track #29) (compilation) (1997)
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| ! | 07/28/2026 20:09 |  dihansse | 68,739 | 76/100 |
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This song definitely has my favorite lyrics of all time. As an example:
"Everything I've seen needs rearranging
And for anyone who thinks it's strange
Then you should be the first to want to make this change
And for everyone who thinks that life is just a game
Do you like the part you're playing?"
Arthur Lee truly believed that he was going to die when he penned these words. This song is the obituary that he wrote for himself, it's a letter to the entire world. In it he reminds us all that life is short and that we need to be the positive change that we want to see in the world.
Lee and his band were critiquing the hippie movement with this entire album, yet in this last song he shares the same message as a hippie would, but it is conveyed in a much more grounded and realistic way.
This is the best way you could possibly close an album (Edited)
Perhaps: Lee's mini rock-opera? It pulls together all the wayward threads on what has been rightfully viewed as the peak of Love's first era.
One of the best album closers ever.
Given a greater pathos after Lee's passing on.
Wonderful arranging. Lee's vocals are sharp, but wry.
I was fortunate to see Arthur and Baby Lemonade tackle the 'Love legend' in an out of the way date c. 2000 or so. Portland OR.
They NAILED everything they assayed. No museum curating that night. Still one of the best gigs I've ever witnessed
(Edited)
Graeme2 TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/26/2020 00:32 | #247179
I effing love this track. You've just sat through a masterpiece, then this last track you get that bit in where it changes and they somehow manage to up things. Incredible lyrics and at times near the end he even sounds like Scott walker. (Edited)
Few songs have ever effected me emotionally and spiritually like this song. Musically and lyrically the apex of this era of music.
If you dont feel a tear listening to this your not human. (Edited)
The best track on the best album that I've ever heard. (Edited)
