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* FaceOfTheBand: Greg Dulli, given that he's the main vocalist and also writes most of the music and lyrics.
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* EarWorm: "Parked Outside", both the main riff and the chorus.
** "Faded" has the long piano intro.
** "So I wait! And I wait!"
** "Amphetamines and coffee! Amphetamines and coffee!"
** "Tonight I go to hell, for what I've done to you..."
** "Oh, I saw you back last Halloween..."

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** There's also the guitar riffs of "Kiss The Floor", "What Jail Is Like", "Into The Floor", and "Be Sweet", as well as the bassline that drives "Debonair" and the plaintive piano line that recurs throughout "It Kills".



** As does "Step Into The Light"

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** As does do "It Kills", "Step Into The Light"Light", and ''especially'' "Into The Floor"
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** "Faded" qualifies as well.

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** "Faded" qualifies as well.well.
** As does "Step Into The Light"
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** Most of ''Gentlemen'' can qualify, but "When We Two Parted" is another big one. The guitar itself sounds like it's crying.
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** "Oh, I saw you back last Halloween..."
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* CommonKnowledge: There's a story floating around that ''Black Love'' grew out of Dulli's plans for a noir film he was writing. Dulli has denied this- he was planning a screenplay (''Spoken In Darkness'', by Ann Imbrie'') that never made it, but ''Black Love'' had nothing to do with it.

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* CommonKnowledge: There's a story floating around that ''Black Love'' grew out of Dulli's plans for a noir film he was writing. Dulli has denied this- he was planning a screenplay (''Spoken In Darkness'', by Ann Imbrie'') Imbrie) that never made it, but ''Black Love'' had nothing to do with it.
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* CommonKnowledge: There's a story floating around that ''Black Love'' grew out of Dulli's plans for a noir film he was writing. Dulli has denied this- he was planning a screenplay that never made it, but ''Black Love'' had nothing to do with it.

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* CommonKnowledge: There's a story floating around that ''Black Love'' grew out of Dulli's plans for a noir film he was writing. Dulli has denied this- he was planning a screenplay (''Spoken In Darkness'', by Ann Imbrie'') that never made it, but ''Black Love'' had nothing to do with it.

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* CommonKnowledge: There's a story floating around that ''Black Love'' grew out of Dulli's plans for a noir film he was writing. Dulli has denied this- he was planning a screenplay that never made it, but ''Black Love'' had nothing to do with it.



* EpicRiff: The intros to "Parked Outside" and "Faded", and all of "Algiers", "Amphetamines And Coffee" and "My Enemy".

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** "Amphetamines and coffee! Amphetamines and coffee!"
** "Tonight I go to hell, for what I've done to you..."
* EpicRiff: The intros to "Parked Outside" and "Faded", and all of "Algiers", "Amphetamines And Coffee" Coffee", "Matamoros", "Somethin' Hot" and "My Enemy".


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* JerkassWoobie: Arguably, the protagonist of ''Gentlemen''.
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* EpicRiff: The intros to "Parked Outside" and "Faded", and all of "Algiers" and "My Enemy".

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* EpicRiff: The intros to "Parked Outside" and "Faded", and all of "Algiers" "Algiers", "Amphetamines And Coffee" and "My Enemy".
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* EpicRiff: The intros to "Parked Outside" and "Faded", and all of "Algiers".

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* EpicRiff: The intros to "Parked Outside" and "Faded", and all of "Algiers"."Algiers" and "My Enemy".
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** "So I wait! And I wait!"
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** "Crime Scene Part One"- it's about [[https://www.facebook.com/TheAfghanWhigsOfficial/posts/440365989357183 a friend of Dulli's who committed suicide.]]

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** "Crime Scene Part One"- it's about [[https://www.facebook.com/TheAfghanWhigsOfficial/posts/440365989357183 a friend of Dulli's who committed suicide.]]]]
** "Faded" qualifies as well.
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* {{Narm}}: The bit in "Faded" where the narrator sings "I wish I could remember what you said/when I said 'Enough'." He then immediately starts recounting what was said, without so much as an 'oh' or 'right' to signal that he's suddenly remembered.
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** "Crime Scene Part One"- it's about a friend of Dulli's [[https://www.facebook.com/TheAfghanWhigsOfficial/posts/440365989357183 who committed suicide.]]

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** "Crime Scene Part One"- it's about a friend of Dulli's [[https://www.facebook.com/TheAfghanWhigsOfficial/posts/440365989357183 a friend of Dulli's who committed suicide.]]
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** "Crime Scene Part One" becomes this once you realise that it's about a friend of Dulli's [[https://www.facebook.com/TheAfghanWhigsOfficial/posts/440365989357183 who committed suicide.]]

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** "Crime Scene Part One" becomes this once you realise that One"- it's about a friend of Dulli's [[https://www.facebook.com/TheAfghanWhigsOfficial/posts/440365989357183 who committed suicide.]]
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* TearJerker: "My Curse" is heartbreaking, both because of the lyrics and the sheer emotion Marcy Mays puts into it.

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* TearJerker: "My Curse" is heartbreaking, both because of the lyrics and the sheer emotion Marcy Mays puts into it.it.
** "Crime Scene Part One" becomes this once you realise that it's about a friend of Dulli's [[https://www.facebook.com/TheAfghanWhigsOfficial/posts/440365989357183 who committed suicide.]]

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* EpicRiff: "Parked Outside", "Faded", "Algiers".
* FaceOfTheBand: Greg Dulli.
* TearJerker: "My Curse" is heartbreaking.

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** "Faded" has the long piano intro.
* EpicRiff: The intros to "Parked Outside", Outside" and "Faded", and all of "Algiers".
* FaceOfTheBand: Greg Dulli.
Dulli, given that he's the main vocalist and also writes most of the music and lyrics.
* TearJerker: "My Curse" is heartbreaking.heartbreaking, both because of the lyrics and the sheer emotion Marcy Mays puts into it.
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* EarWorm: "Parked Outside", both the main riff and the chorus.
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* EpicRiff: "Parked Outside", "Faded", "Algiers".
* FaceOfTheBand: Greg Dulli.
* TearJerker: "My Curse" is heartbreaking.

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