10 ‘Sad Song’ – Berlin (1973) – Lou Reed
- November 12th, 2011
- Posted in Berlin (1973) - Lou Reed
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- slight crossfade with discordant choir
- flutes phrase repeating as intro
- doubled bass joins, + reed woodwind
- strings and vox
- drums and horns come in in chorus (B)
- searing lead elct gtr outros chorus and into ‘sad song’
- lou vox choir sing ‘sad song’ + lead vox spoken over top
- final ‘sad song’ section: starts with only strings and vox
- drums, elect gtr and bass join
- sliding elect gtr (or synth?) moments
- final few bars; just flutes and reed woodwind
KEY IDEAS to plunder
- lyric: (1. location 2. her 3. him 4. he says/she says 5. drug paranoia 6. hate 7. numb 8. loss 9. the final act) 10. AFTER
- lyric structure; A B C A B C
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