shut up and listen

• dirge
• mid section vox: monotone
  ‘in a berth of the port wharf the song of the penitent sailor…’
• leads into melodic instrumental break with piano melody progression reminiscent of Nick Cave’s ‘People Ain’t No Good’

KEY IDEAS to plunder

1. mid section vox: monotone
   eg. ‘in a berth of the port wharf the song of the penitent sailor…’
2. melody progression reminiscent of Nick Cave’s ‘People Ain’t No Good’

• 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

• 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

• 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’

• 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