12 ‘ Bolte and Dunstan Talk Youth’ – Moo, You Bloody Choir (2006) – Augie March

  • doubled lead vox with high falsetto harmony (octave?)
  • piano and gtr picking doubled together

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. doubled lead vox with high falsetto harmony (octave?)
  2. 2 instruments doubling melody
    ie. piano and gtr picking doubled together

11 ‘ The Baron of Sentiment’ – Moo, You Bloody Choir (2006) – Augie March

  • final chorus: long, descending vox melody line, cut short and extended then repeated
    ‘so lo ——— ng, so lo ———- ng, so lo ——— ng,
    so long in the place we should run from
    so lo ——— ng,
    so long in the place we should run from
    so long in the place we should run from
    so long in the place we should run from’

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. long, descending vox melody line, cut short and extended then repeated

10 ‘Mt. Wellington Reverie’ – Moo, You Bloody Choir (2006) – Augie March

  • climbing chord progression
  • vox lines delivered via alternate takes; ends overlap
  • lyric: ‘so many souls were sold, so many lies were told’

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. vox lines delivered via alternate takes; ends overlap
  2. lyric: ‘so many souls were sold, so many lies were told’

09 ‘Bottle Baby’ – Moo, You Bloody Choir (2006) – Augie March

  • piano, ac gtr picking. no percussion.
  • vox enters
  • banjo, elc gtr plucking melody and highlights
  • bv in final chorus
  • ac gtr up close, piano distant

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. no percussion
  2. ac gtr up close, piano distant

08 ‘Thin Captain Crackers’ – Moo, You Bloody Choir (2006) – Augie March

  • bup ba-dup ba-dup ba-dup beat
  • banjo features heavily
  • lyric: ‘don’t bring em up if you can’t put em down’
  • middle: elc gtr – single chord whilst bass etc continue progressions

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. lyric: ‘don’t bring em up if you can’t put em down’
  2. middle: elc gtr – single chord whilst bass etc continue progressions
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