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   Message 868 of 2,181   
   "johndrake"    
   Re: Track by track : nr 3 , What I do   
   21 Jul 06 08:38:41   
   
   From: questo_@tin.it   
      
   "David Golden"  ha scritto nel messaggio   
   news:davidgolden-881B9B.21005920072006@news.optonline.net...   
   > In article ,   
   > "R-ton"  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Hello,   
   >>   
   >> we're talking about the "tritone", also called the "Devil's interval" .   
   >> I think this one is rarely used by DF.   
   >> There's one, indeed,  in I.G.Y just before the lyrics start.   
   >>   
   >> R-ton   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> "ikr"  schreef in bericht   
   >> news:vMxgg.1664$1Z2.176@newsfe7-win.ntli.net...   
   >> > "R-ton"  wrote in message   
   >> > news:KHlgg.463305$gg6.11794529@phobos.telenet-ops.be...   
   >> > > (The only somewhat strange thing is the chord just after aDORE at   
   >> > > "she's   
   >> > > the   
   >> > > one you aDORE".)   
   >> >   
   >> > That's a clasic Fagen change - there are some like that on Nightfly.   
   >> >   
   >> >   
   >   
   > The coda's too damn long. Otherwise I like this song as the bright,   
   > shiny side of "THings I Miss The Most."   
      
   I thought the same but maybe the coda is an omage to Ray's mood. He liked to   
   sing and to talk on the long orchestra's coda of his songs (or maybe just   
   playing the harmonica, in the same way of "What I Do").   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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