[potsie]

I think the pastoral imagery that you enjoy on "Queen" would have been better suited to a Morning Moon/alt-country music treatment. Farming and rural imagery lends itself better to the folk/country music genres than rock, although there are exceptions to this to be sure. I also find the solo to be completely tasteless; it is certainly a strong candidate for Rob's cheesiest work. I can't think of a Hip tune where the solo is more ill-fitting for the overall song. I have would like to have seen it stuck on a track that rocks hard all the way through so that it doesn't just appear to come out of left field, in an off putting manner. I just don't get a "fun" vibe from the song... I think that better describes "Love is a First". I understand that "Love" doesn't check all the boxes of a classic Hip song, but at the very least it is exciting (and fun)... which can't be said for a number of songs on WATS, especially Struggle.

I remember when WATS came out, someone on here made comment that they thought Queen Of The Furrows was about pot farming. Harvesting in the dark, ears to the ground, trying to be quiet, only light is from a distant neighbors yard, etc. Ever since reading that, this is the imagery I get, which makes me look at the song in a more campy/humorous way and makes the solo fit even better to me.

That's an interesting interpretation. Is "toasted western" a pot-related euphemism?