• ‘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

  1. use of field recording to set place and mood
  2. softly sung/spoken vocals ‘it was paradise’
  3. lyric: 1. LOCATION (2. her)
  4. lyric structure; A B A B