"Is a tree as a rocking horse an ambition fulfilled? And is the sawdust jealous?". My God, have you no hearts? 🙂

....made even more real by the use of "inhuman" vocals. Even as a 14 year old when l got this album l found this song to be terribly sad, and still do.

Also l don't think they ever came across a tech innovation that they wouldn't explore to its fullest, as they did here. Lastly l think Paul hit it when he said it was done to create empathy for inanimate objects.....

Hi Guys! Love the podcast, it is the greatest music podcast out there. Just finished this one about L/Freeze Frame and my opinions line up with yours almost completely, except perhaps with regard to I Pity Inanimate Objects. While l do agree that it does go on a bit long, but l think that is for several reasons. Most importantly as you posit, the lyrics may have been born as a poem or set of lyrics by either Lol or Kev, and they wanted to use all of them.