Archive for the ‘Cure For Pain (1993) – Morphine’ Category

08 ‘Thursday’ – Cure For Pain (1993) – Morphine

  • return to 3 piece inst.
  • fuzz gtr intro (& outro)
  • then all in (bass, sax and drums)
  • vox enters, drums only
  • bass responds to vox lines
  • sax enter instrumental break + distant distorted gtr
  • sax is two harmonising lines, hard panned
  • 2nd verse; sax responds to vox lines
  • 4th verse; vox harmonies

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. vox and inst. call and response
  2. monophonic instr. harmonised riff, hard panned

07 ‘In Spite Of Me’ – Cure For Pain (1993) – Morphine

  • break from style and instr. of previous tracks (and later tracks)
  • no sax, no drums, no 2 string bass
  • mandolin, acoustic gtr, vox
  • radio effect (EQ) on whispered vox

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. complete break in style from previous (and later) tracks
  2. radio effect (EQ) on whispered vox

06 ‘A Head With Wings’ – Cure For Pain (1993) – Morphine

  • doubled sax riff, hard panned
  • main lyrics line inserted in pause.
  • bass riff constant throughout, sections modulated by arrangement
  • breakdown section; no bass, sax stabs at riff, drums focus on toms
  • ‘jet plane’ fuzz/hum sound effect in final section

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. main lyrics line inserted in pause.
  2. breakdown section; no bass, sax stabs at riff, drums focus on toms

05 ‘Candy’ – Cure For Pain (1993) – Morphine

  • chorused bass (or is it just the 2 strings playing the same note?)
  • two saxes, hard panned, playing different long notes – creating almost chords
  • verse and chorus are same chords but chorus is led into by a bridge

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. verse and chorus are same chords but chorus is led into by a bridge
  2. hard panned monophonic instruments to create chords

04 ‘All Wrong’ – Cure For Pain (1993) – Morphine

  • 2 string (fretless) sliding riff, drums and sax
  • chorus; no instruments except rim shot ticking like a clock, and vox (harmonies) and sax doubling melody line
  • background gurgling atmosphere in chorus, audible because the other instruments drop out
  • sax solo through wah wah

KEY IDEAS to plunder

  1. chorus; no instruments except rim shot ticking like a clock, and vox (harmonies) and sax doubling melody line
  2. background gurgling atmosphere in chorus, audible because the other instruments drop out
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