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Yep. Amazing how one line can kill a song.

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I love the chorus personally.

That's the only part I hate. More so when he first says it.

To be fair, my Mrs on the first listen of MFG said 'oo I don't like this one' but likes it now.

The last two minutes are excellent.

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I don't understand the grief about Jon being in love with his first guitar. Why is that any worse that writing about seeds/weeds/waves/walls/house etc.?

I think it just comes across as much more twee than it probably feels to him? It sounds earnest, and I am too English to find other people’s earnestness comfortable to witness

Also, for me, it’s the singalong factor - it’s crystal clear in the mix and absolutely something that I will feel a twit singing. It’s so very clearly someone else’s experience that doesn’t translate at all to mine in the way that other sentiments can.

I also, fwiw, can’t connect with KTB, even though objectively I quite like it - just can’t hook into the sentiment, in the absence of kids or having been a bride-with-adoring-dad myself.

My First Guitar is my first choice for skipping. Right from the beginning I couldn't get into it. I just find it incredibly ridiculous. And it always makes me think of Queen's I'm In Love With My Car.

But besides that I was surprised very positively by that album. Some nice songs, catchy melodies. Nothing ground-breaking but a solid album which makes a good listen. Favourites so far are Living Proof, Waves, The People's House and Walls of Jericho.
The intro of Waves is masterclass. When I first listened to it (I didn't listen to the snippets before) during the intro I expected a Scorpions-like rocker and was disappointed when it only led to Jon singing over some acoustic strumming. But the rest of the songs develops nicely.

I think you need to persevere with MFG. The second half of it is a really good jamming song.

I like My First Guitar. Yeah it seems cheesy maybe I'm seeing it differently because I'm a guitarist and I have my first guitar displayed on a wall. Not in love with it though, it's cheap and terrible and doesn't play anymore.

And now that you mention Queen - a band I feel had many cheesy and silly songs - I don't thing My First Guitar is any sillier or worse than I Want to Ride my Bicycle.

We were talking about This Was Then, This is Now here a few days ago and it magically appeared on my YouTube recommendations yesterday. Would it be far-fetched to think they're listening to us?

Anyway, it's another good song that I'd rather have on the record than KTB or Walls of Jericho. But I get it, KTB is only on there because Jon wrote it for his daughter.

That's not the reason, I'm a guitarist, too, and still own (and cherishing) the first one as well without playing it anymore.
But it's absolutely fine that you like the song. I don't want to convince anybody, it's simply a matter of taste

I agree with you. And I find I'm In Love With My Car ridiculous as well.
But it's not about which band has more songs that are silly or not. Their Car-song just came to my mind because I find both equally ridiculous and at least that very sentence I Love My First Guitar and I'm In Love With My Car is sung with the same melody.