01 ‘Berlin ‘ – Berlin (1973) – Lou Reed
- November 10th, 2011
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- ‘field’ recording of a bar ie. cuts in abruptly, noisy/distorted, off key singing ‘happy birthday’
- underneath a well recorded piano tinkles sadly
- ‘bar’ fades out and moves off to the left
- piano emerges and the chord progression becomes evident
- lyrics establishes place, and characters, and emotion (sadness)
- subtle delay/reverb on vocal
KEY IDEAS to plunder
- use of field recording to set place and mood
- softly sung/spoken vocals ‘it was paradise’
- lyric: 1. LOCATION (2. her)
- lyric structure; A B A B
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