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   Message 679 of 2,181   
   jimbo to R-ton   
   Re: Track by track : on nr 1, Morph The    
   23 May 06 20:37:25   
   
   From: owl2@herandnow.com   
      
   What about the crap chorus vocal arrangement ?   
      
   I defy anyone who doesn't have the lyrics/be a dan fan/ etc to decipher what   
   the hell he's on about the key also sounds off ....FFS !   
      
   Jim   
      
   Apart from that....... almost decent - but certainly no nightfly !   
      
      
   "R-ton"  wrote in message   
   news:534cg.439123$xc7.11704365@phobos.telenet-ops.be...   
   > Hello,   
   >   
   > after two months listening to MTC, the CD,  I am able to give some   
   > comments   
   > now.   
   >   
   > I gave scores to all tracks  the day after I purchased it ;  not at first   
   > ,   
   > but at  second listening.  This one got 7/10 at that moment.   
   > Now I give new scores, without looking at the first score.   It's 8.5/10   
   > now.   
   >   
   > Specific comments :   
   >   
   > *) From the first seconds, my impression was : "waw this is really an SD   
   > song" (which, in fact, it isn't...) . Especially, the flanged Rhodes sound   
   > is so typical...   
   > *) The bass riff is very strong, and consistently repeated or varied   
   > during   
   > the song.   
   > *) Excellent vocals during chorus   
   > *) This song, contains almost no syncopes -- remarkable / rare !   
   > *) The guitar solo from 4:06 is very strong, very well building-up however   
   > -) it is spoiled by the background muted trumpet.  Personally, I don't   
   > like   
   > at all the sound of a muted trumpet.  And, it's a pity that the sound is   
   > used in more tracks on the album.     Without that trumpet, the song would   
   > definitely deserve a 9/10.   
   >   
   > *)The reprise is in fact nothing more than a chorus and a quite solo   
   > which,   
   > fortunately, ends without the muted trumpet.   
   > *)The end of the reprise is very very strange, in a  key totally different   
   > from the song.   
   > It reminds me of the first notes of "Jerusalem", by Hubert Parry.   
   >   
   > Any comments or other ideas on these tracks welcome !! !!   
   > If the idea seems positive, I suggest to discuss track 2 next week.   
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