[emperor penguin]

M@W is a fantasic record.

Tiger, Lake, Stay, Completists, Toronto, WM Honey, Sharks, Train, Bear, Pines -- love 'em.

Incidentally, "Pines" was recorded at Kingsway on Esplanade in the French Quarter, and the sirens you hear are NOLA PD. Daniel Lanois suggested that it be left in the record, reminiscent of the airplane passing overhead that is audible in Zeppelin's "Black Country Woman", which was recorded in the cottage garden at Bron-Yr-Aur (that's what Plant is referring to during the intro when he says "Nah - leave it.")

Wow, that is really interesting. I've always felt that that siren fit in very nicely at the start of the song. I thought they put it in on purpose, I'm glad they left it in there.