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• ac gtr plucked on changes / delayed
• sliding bass, keys enter
• vox; close mic / a little reverb
• strings enter and build

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. add string section
2. ac gtr plucked on changes / delayed

• loop of ac gtr
• click of edit used as beat
• 3/4 + 1 beat
  (C) 123 / 123 / 123 / 123
  (Em) 123 / 123 / 123 /12 / 12
• the 2 and 3 of the waltz on alternate pan sides
• woody bass enters
• then replaced by buzzing synth bass
• drums, keys, synth and strings
• vox: 4 line nursery rhyme;
  ‘brick, brock, tick, tock, stone the dead duck, dead’
  a word on each 1
• change: no vox, drops odd beat, straight 3/4
  Dm, Am
• first section repeats
• 2nd change: rapid note repeats (digital loop) with clicks, hard pan action
• delayed gtr solo over the top
• breakdown: ac gtr, verbed keys, panning elc rhythm
• drums return – theremin solo
• big low bass gong
• elc sfx – effected gong?
• simmering metal – ends with this alone

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. edit clicks used as beat
2. odd beat by adding an extra repeat

• ac gtr – 2 or 3 harmonising, wide stereo
• subtle piano?
• dry vox – small room sound or double?
• bass enter during 2nd verse
• drums enter in 3rd verse but only for 2 lines
• last word gets extended into ‘ooh’
• bvs (choir) enter – verbed
• bass only inst. -maybe distant wailing organ
• all fade out
• return to original instrumentation for last two lines
• gentle ac number between el trks – bookends ‘gun’

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. drums enter in 3rd verse but only for 2 lines
2. last word gets extended into ‘ooh’ and choir

• big verbed clap start – sets reverb tone
• verbed elc gtr – rhythmic
• finger snaps/vox breath ‘ha!’ – alternate on the 4. stops for singing
• vox – big ‘essy’ verb
• 7 verses, no chorus. same chord sequence
• 2nd elc gtr noises in 3rd verse in back ground
• end of 4th verse; drums enter – distant, stop start – maybe just verbs?
• wailing background elc gtr
• 6th verse: low bass rumble – sounds like a truck
• after final verse vox plinky gtr action on top
• false ending: big bass rumble swamps everything but when it fades rhythm is still going

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. finger snaps/vox breath ‘ha!’ – alternate on the 4. stops for singing
2. 6th verse: low bass rumble – sounds like a truck

• ac gtr – subtle verb
• vox – verbed but close miked
• structure: v1 ch v2
• ends with close mic lip smack ‘defeat … ed’

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. close mic lip smacking
2. short ac song between big electric numbers

• shuffle snr
• bass and gtr rhythm
• ‘drill’ elc sfx
• vox
• chorus: C G D (Bm)
• stop except for low gtr rhythm and scat vox
• middle: hold Em chord. ‘drum solo’, no snr, big elc gtr, panning action, scat vox
• key change: up a minor 3rd (Eb, Bb, F)
• sudden stop

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. ‘drill’ elc sfx
2. key change: up a minor 3rd

• ac gtrs, drums and bass
• triangle rhythm
• vox
• chorus: vox doubled
• middle: all the same except different chords and melody
• pause: strums and vox
• back into verse
• final chorus repeat backwards sounds
• ‘doop doodoop’ ending builds
• tripled vox harmonies
• elc gtr rhythm

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. triangle rhythm
2. ‘doop doodoop’ ending builds

• no drums, no bass
• ac gtr or elc/ac gtr rhythmic – verbed, delayed, emphasising fret squeak
• vox – verbed
• chorus: distant high keys, ‘strums’ and vibrato elc gtr chord strums
• v2: keys augment  – verbed, distant, pan movement
• v3: just strums, no rhythm
• subtle woosh, left to right
• chorus: minimal rhythm continues

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. vibrato elc gtr chord strums
2. inverted song arrangement: ac low key verse/chorus at end of song

• starts suddenly
• drums, bass, organ stabs
• claps and bongo percussion, wide
• vox verbed
• keys, high
• gtrs join organ stabs
• chorus: mandolin rapids
• gtrs more prominent in chorus
• verse 3: builds toward middle
• middle: no beat, just vox and bits and bobs of gtrs
• chorus: builds from start again
• ending: other material enters , gtr and piano
• textural gtr solo
• all fade out
• vox: oohs

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. claps and bongos percussion
2. mandolin rapids

• ac gtr picking (2 gtrs?)
• vox
• bird sfx
• chorus: ooh oooh verbed
• piano enters
• no drums, no bass
• transition into one chord jam: elc gtr wail, verbed and delayed
• drums & bass fade in
• 2nd gtr, reggae offbeat, delayed
• off key jazzy piano
• organ build
• war of the worlds theremin
• back to verse with full band, including theremin
• band fades out
• ‘ooh ooh’ verbed out
• ac gtr and bass meandering end

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. song in 2 halves;
   1. ac version = instrumental transition = 2. band version
2. theremin
3. chorus: oohs only