Archive for the ‘In Rainbows (2007) – Radiohead’ Category
- piano chords 1234 beat
- vox joins, close small booth sound
- bass enters on 1s (slight edit pop simulates soft kik)
- 1234 beat contrasts with previous/other album tracks
- &1 drum beat; & = rim shot, 1 = kik (simulates backwards sound)
- bvs; oohs
- stuttering delays leading into beat (simulates backwards sound)
- stuttering hi hat enters, more drums join in outro
KEY IDEAS to plunder
- (slight edit pop simulates soft kik)
- &1 drum beat; & = rim shot, 1 = kik (simulates backwards sound)

KEY IDEAS to plunder
- fast, busy bass line & gtr arpeggios (no polyphonic playing)
- lyric: unresolved sentence beginnings “just as you …. before the ….

- great lyric – wish i’d written it
- only 3 chords but unusual constructions (9ths i think …)
- unusual strumming pattern. emphasizing up strokes
- dub gestures at the ends of vocal lines (esp. 2nd verse)
ie verbed percussion, underneath very dry drums
KEY IDEAS to plunder
- unusual strumming pattern. emphasizing up strokes
- dub gestures at the ends of vocal lines ie verbed percussion, underneath very dry drums

- falsetto vox, harmony is chest voice
- odd beat, though still 4/4
- tambourine hard left (in the car, which has lost all but the high frequencies on the left side, this sounds external to the song, like a ghost in the passenger seat rattling their keys
using familiar sounding non-musical objects eg. vibrating mobile
KEY IDEAS to plunder
- falsetto as lead/top, chest vox as backing
- using familiar sounding non-musical objects eg. vibrating mobile
- no drums
- acoustic gtr and strings, and vox
- changes from 4/4 to 3/4 multiple times
1234 1234 123 123 123 1234 1234 1234
- doubles vox at odd times, not the obvious chorus emphasis
KEY IDEAS to plunder
- changes from 4/4 to 3/4 multiple times
1234 1234 123 123 123 1234 1234 1234
- doubles vox at odd times, not the obvious chorus emphasis
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