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14 ‘Vernoona’ – Moo, You Bloody Choir (2006) – Augie March

  • 3/4 or 6/8
  • call and response vox
  • 1. call: high vox, multi harmonies
    ‘autumn leaves are flying’
    2. response: low, doubled with bass
    ‘time to find yr wintercoat’

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. 1. call: high vox, multi harmonies
    ‘autumn leaves are flying’
    2. response: low, doubled with bass
    ‘time to find yr wintercoat’

13 ‘Clockwork’ – Moo, You Bloody Choir (2006) – Augie March

  • dirge
  • mid section vox: monotone
    ‘in a berth of the port wharf the song of the penitent sailor…’
  • leads into melodic instrumental break with piano melody progression reminiscent of Nick Cave’s ‘People Ain’t No Good’

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. mid section vox: monotone
    eg. ‘in a berth of the port wharf the song of the penitent sailor…’
  2. melody progression reminiscent of Nick Cave’s ‘People Ain’t No Good’

12 ‘ Bolte and Dunstan Talk Youth’ – Moo, You Bloody Choir (2006) – Augie March

  • doubled lead vox with high falsetto harmony (octave?)
  • piano and gtr picking doubled together

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. doubled lead vox with high falsetto harmony (octave?)
  2. 2 instruments doubling melody
    ie. piano and gtr picking doubled together

11 ‘ The Baron of Sentiment’ – Moo, You Bloody Choir (2006) – Augie March

  • final chorus: long, descending vox melody line, cut short and extended then repeated
    ‘so lo ——— ng, so lo ———- ng, so lo ——— ng,
    so long in the place we should run from
    so lo ——— ng,
    so long in the place we should run from
    so long in the place we should run from
    so long in the place we should run from’

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. long, descending vox melody line, cut short and extended then repeated

10 ‘Mt. Wellington Reverie’ – Moo, You Bloody Choir (2006) – Augie March

  • climbing chord progression
  • vox lines delivered via alternate takes; ends overlap
  • lyric: ‘so many souls were sold, so many lies were told’

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. vox lines delivered via alternate takes; ends overlap
  2. lyric: ‘so many souls were sold, so many lies were told’
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