When the Arrangement Tells the Story
Can an arrangement tell a story? In today's episode of Dave’s Side One, Dave continues Seven Things to Listen For with The Who's Quadrophenia. Instead of concentrating entirely on lyrics, Dave listens for: changes in density, instrumental entrances, shifts in scale, recurring themes, and musical ideas that return in new contexts. The listening framework is: ESTABLISH SHIFT RECALL RESOLVE A lyric may tell us what happened. The arrangement can tell us what the moment felt like. And when a musical theme returns later in the record, repetition can become something more: memory. Side One Spin…
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