Oct 18, 2025
The Beautiful Lie: Fiction Factory's "(Feels Like) Heaven"
Fiction Factory, clockwise from left: Eddie Jordan (keyboards), Mike Ogletree (drums), Graham McGregor (bass), Chic Medley (guitar), and Kevin Patterson (vocals) I’ve been listening to Fiction Factory’s “(Feels Like) Heaven)” for years now, and I only recently discovered that I’ve been getting it completely wrong the entire time. The lush synthesizers, that dreamy opening line about heaven being…
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