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* [[Sequel]]: ''Five Past Dreams'' is effectively a sequel to ''[[Lady in Red]]'', while ''Say Goodbye to it All'' is a sequel to ''Borderline''. |
* [[Sequel]]: ''Five Past Dreams'' is effectively a sequel to ''[[Lady in Red]]'', while ''Say Goodbye to it All'' is a sequel to ''Borderline''. |
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* [[Shout-Out]]: Fairly often to [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]], who are one of his major influences. |
* [[Shout-Out]]: Fairly often to [[The Beatles (band)|The Beatles]], who are one of his major influences. |
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** The title of his album ''Footsteps'', as is made explicit in the original [[Book Ends]] songs at the start and end, is a reference to the famous disputed-authorship poem [[wikipedia:Footprints |
** The title of his album ''Footsteps'', as is made explicit in the original [[Book Ends]] songs at the start and end, is a reference to the famous disputed-authorship poem [[wikipedia:Footprints (poem)|"Footprints in the Sand"]]. This is also referenced in the song ''Snows of New York'': |
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{{quote|''In my dream we walked, you and I, to the shore'' |
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''Leaving footprints by the sea'' |
''Leaving footprints by the sea'' |
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''And when there was just one set of prints in the sand'' |
''And when there was just one set of prints in the sand'' |
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''That was when you carried me''. }} |
''That was when you carried me''. }} |
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** ''Where We Will Be Going'' consists almost entirely of oblique references (compare [[Don McLean]]'s ''American Pie'', which de Burgh covers as one of his influences on ''Footsteps''). The readily identifiable ones include the Apollo moon landing, the assassinations of [[John F Kennedy]] and [[John Lennon]], and ''2001ASpaceOdyssey''. |
** ''Where We Will Be Going'' consists almost entirely of oblique references (compare [[Don McLean]]'s ''American Pie'', which de Burgh covers as one of his influences on ''Footsteps''). The readily identifiable ones include the Apollo moon landing, the assassinations of [[John F Kennedy]] and [[John Lennon]], and ''2001ASpaceOdyssey''. |
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