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02 ‘Paper Tiger’ – Sea Change (2002) – Beck

  • 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)

01 ‘The Golden Age’ – Sea Change (2002) – Beck

  • ac gtr, slide gtr, keys, drums and bass (slow)
  • vox
  • background electronics
  • bvs, verbed, left
  • dist elc gtr flourishes
  • keys
  • glock

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. bvs: (from 2nd verse)
    monotone, verbed. alternating with wordless falsetto ‘oohs’
  2. b/ground electronics – spacey delayed feedback
    builds to a climax, filter swept, stops at the peak

Sea Change (2002) – Beck

  • sincere, heartfelt, direct lyrics
  • singer-songwriter album
  • themes of desolation, loneliness, heartbreak, solitude
  • mix of straight acoustic instrumentation with  electronic gestures and effects
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