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• soft drone intro
• elc gtr hi riff – slightly left
• piano chords – slightly right
• drums and ac gtr centred
• ac gtr swell (with elc gtr texture ringing out) before vox enter
• vox verbed and delayed
• after final lines: bvs, oohs and ahs verbed, bass enters
• final ac gtr swell, bass and piano drop out
• horns enter final section
• ac gtr and drums fade out
• leaving horns alone – verbed

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. ac gtr swell (with elc gtr texture ringing out) before vox enter
2. horns enter final section, ac gtr and drums fade out, leaving horns alone – verbed

• choir humming chords
• old fashioned guest vocalist & singing style (melody?)

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. reprise previous track in a completely different style
2. crowd hubbub sfx bridging from previous track – create contrast with lead vox creating a lonely feel

• hammering high piano – hard left
• 3/4 organ/synth + metallic percussion
• vox
• snr and tamb on 1&2&3&4&, kik on 1
• chorus: bass and kik come in on 1234, choir and vox
• 2nd verse: drums and bass drop out (returns to 1st verse instrumentation)
  new string/organ melody
• chorus 2: same again
• 2nd repeat of chorus has melodic deviation
• middle: ‘everyone’s here’, long bass notes sliding, new piano melody (slow chord appregios)
• then back into chorus
• ‘everyone’s here’ returns over the top
• final lines – before big ending
• prosody: ‘everyone’s here’ party hubbub sfx – as intro to next track

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. drums: velvet underground train or nothing
2. train drums contrasting with long slow bass, and piano/vox melodies

• piano intro
• piano, vox & choir (oohs)
• piano doubled and hard panned
• sawing wood rhythm? – maybe hammond rotating speakers…

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. sawing wood rhythm? – maybe hammond rotating speakers…
2. piano, vox & choir (oohs)

• drumstick clatter
• shaker
• beat and distorted bass on 1 2 3 4
• call and response
  elc gtr melody/riff,
  horns and strings
• string sustain rises in pitch before 1st verse
• verse: piano and vox over beat
• key change?
  G   G   G   G   G   G   F    F
  Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Bb Ab Ab
• elc gtr riff between verses, and before chorus
• chorus: no beat, just organ drone + vox
• middle: piano and horn interplay
• pause – drums and bass drop out for a moment
  string sustain rises in pitch then holds
• then strings, bass and drums return
• all fade

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. chorus: no beat, just organ drone + vox
2. string sustain rises in pitch before 1st verse