Archive for November, 2011

09 ‘Cure For Pain’ – Cure For Pain (1993) – Morphine

  • all in from start – 3 piece (sax, 2 string bass, drums)
  • subtle vox doubling (or chorus/delay?)
  • more obvious doubling in outro/refrain
  • song title sung in inst. pauses

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. song title sung in inst. pauses
  2. vox doubling/chorusing increases throughout track

08 ‘Thursday’ – Cure For Pain (1993) – Morphine

  • return to 3 piece inst.
  • fuzz gtr intro (& outro)
  • then all in (bass, sax and drums)
  • vox enters, drums only
  • bass responds to vox lines
  • sax enter instrumental break + distant distorted gtr
  • sax is two harmonising lines, hard panned
  • 2nd verse; sax responds to vox lines
  • 4th verse; vox harmonies

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. vox and inst. call and response
  2. monophonic instr. harmonised riff, hard panned

07 ‘In Spite Of Me’ – Cure For Pain (1993) – Morphine

  • break from style and instr. of previous tracks (and later tracks)
  • no sax, no drums, no 2 string bass
  • mandolin, acoustic gtr, vox
  • radio effect (EQ) on whispered vox

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. complete break in style from previous (and later) tracks
  2. radio effect (EQ) on whispered vox

06 ‘A Head With Wings’ – Cure For Pain (1993) – Morphine

  • doubled sax riff, hard panned
  • main lyrics line inserted in pause.
  • bass riff constant throughout, sections modulated by arrangement
  • breakdown section; no bass, sax stabs at riff, drums focus on toms
  • ‘jet plane’ fuzz/hum sound effect in final section

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. main lyrics line inserted in pause.
  2. breakdown section; no bass, sax stabs at riff, drums focus on toms

05 ‘Candy’ – Cure For Pain (1993) – Morphine

  • chorused bass (or is it just the 2 strings playing the same note?)
  • two saxes, hard panned, playing different long notes – creating almost chords
  • verse and chorus are same chords but chorus is led into by a bridge

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. verse and chorus are same chords but chorus is led into by a bridge
  2. hard panned monophonic instruments to create chords
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