09 ‘Open Arms’ – Build a Rocket Boys! (2011) – Elbow
- January 15th, 2012
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- hammering high piano – hard left
- 3/4 organ/synth + metallic percussion
- vox
- snr and tamb on 1&2&3&4&, kik on 1
- chorus: bass and kik come in on 1234, choir and vox
- 2nd verse: drums and bass drop out (returns to 1st verse instrumentation)
new string/organ melody - chorus 2: same again
- 2nd repeat of chorus has melodic deviation
- middle: ‘everyone’s here’, long bass notes sliding, new piano melody (slow chord appregios)
- then back into chorus
- ‘everyone’s here’ returns over the top
- final lines – before big ending
- prosody: ‘everyone’s here’ party hubbub sfx – as intro to next track
KEY IDEAS to plunder
- drums: velvet underground train or nothing
- train drums contrasting with long slow bass, and piano/vox melodies
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