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• all inst come in together
• slide gtr, drums with shaker, bass, ac gtr
• vox enters
• chorus: elc keys – chords and melody
• noises: low res white noise explosions, reverbered
• big verb tambourine on the 3rd beat of every 2nd bar
• elc noises in the outro
• final bars: chords in holding pattern – keys play melody

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. atmos: noises: low res white noise explosions, reverbered
2. atmos: big verb tambourine on the 3rd beat of every 2nd bar

• backwards sounds intro
• ac gtr picking, percussion drums, backwards strings
• vox
• chorus: extra gtr picking, glock, doubled vox
• middle: bass and keys thicken sound, hi harmony bvs
• white noise percussion, fizzing
• outro: backwards sounds, radio or studio chatter

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. backwards sounds
2. white noise percussion fizzing

• sounds like Air
• close miked drums, slow strings, languid bass gtr, breathy vox
• chorus: big drama orchestral build, vox doubled and harmonised
• electronic keys in the second verse (rhodes)
• verbed tambourine hits every 4 bars
• climbing strings at the end, noise climax – like Beatles ‘I am the Walrus’

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. orchestrate like Air; dry drums, slow strings, languid bass, rhodes keys, breathy vox
2. climbing melody – shepard tone

• ac gtr picking intro
• bass, drums and elc gtr (siren)
• elc gtr – tremelo verbed slide
• vox enter
• piano, harmonica
• bvs after chorus

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. tension and release: sliding note – down to correct pitch on the 1
2. tension and release: bvs come in on the tonic chord

• tom fill intro
• drums, bass vox only
• elc gtr flourishes, siren sound
• string interjections, between vox lines
• chorus: strings, dbled vox
• middle: phased vox for 2 lines
• solo: strings get busy, busy bass gtr solo
• end: strips back to vox, drums and bass
  inst. fade out

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. middle: phased vox for 2 lines
2. low key, bored/depressed vox vs. dramatic bombastic interjections (strings, elc gtr)