Cure For Pain (1993) – Morphine
- November 17th, 2011
- Posted in KEY IDEAS to plunder
- Write comment
- baritone vocals, overall ‘low sound’: two string slide bass, baritone sax, drums
- simple elements
- some lyric ideas; ‘Thursday’, ‘Sheila’
01 ‘ Dawna’ – Cure For Pain (1993) – Morphine
- instrumental aside/intro to album, sets the mood/tone
02 ‘Buena’ – Cure For Pain (1993) – Morphine
- simple elements
- monophonic inst. only (vox, sax, bass – well, maybe some polyphony with 2 strings being played at once)
03 ‘I’m Free Now’ – Cure For Pain (1993) – Morphine
- lyric echoes of other tracks on the album
- vocal and other monophonic instrument doubling ’cause you pain, ohhhhhh’
04 ‘All Wrong’ – Cure For Pain (1993) – Morphine
- chorus; no instruments except rim shot ticking like a clock, and vox (harmonies) and sax doubling melody line
- background gurgling atmosphere in chorus, audible because the other instruments drop out
05 ‘Candy’ – Cure For Pain (1993) – Morphine
- verse and chorus are same chords but chorus is led into by a bridge
- hard panned monophonic instruments to create chords
06 ‘A Head With Wings’ – Cure For Pain (1993) – Morphine
- main lyrics line inserted in pause.
- breakdown section; no bass, sax stabs at riff, drums focus on toms
07 ‘In Spite Of Me’ – Cure For Pain (1993) – Morphine
- complete break in style from previous (and later) tracks
- radio effect (EQ) on whispered vox
08 ‘Thursday’ – Cure For Pain (1993) – Morphine
- vox and inst. call and response
- monophonic instr. harmonised riff, hard panned
09 ‘Cure For Pain’ – Cure For Pain (1993) – Morphine
- song title sung in inst. pauses
- vox doubling/chorusing increases throughout track
10 ‘Mary Won’t You Call My Name’ – Cure For Pain (1993) – Morphine
- chorus; title repeated. hi hat only, vox harmonies. hats stop for delivery of title vox
- ending; vox only, slows down
11 ‘Let’s Take A Trip Together’ – Cure For Pain (1993) – Morphine
- vox harmonies; high is distant (with delay/echo) low is close
- strange ending … just peters out
12 ‘Sheila’ – Cure For Pain (1993) – Morphine
- vox ‘sheila’ doubled with sax
- lyric
13 ‘Miles Davis’ Funeral’ – Cure For Pain (1993) – Morphine
- instrumental bookend to album
No comments yet.