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Old 02-16-2012, 10:19 AM   #4 (permalink)
Euronomus
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Originally Posted by MoonlitSunshine View Post
I prefer what it turns into than I do the start of the song
Yeah, it took about 3 listens before I realized that the arrhythmic section at the beginning was throwing the rest of the song off for me. The second half of the song is really quite awesome and the beginning is def growing on me, but why it's so off kilter is really bugging me. At first I felt like they time-shifted the guitar, but after a close listen and some counting I realized it's the drums that throw the feel off. The guitar is just doing some fairly standard syncopation in 4/4 but I still can't wrap my head around what the drums are doing. As a musician it fascinates me, but as music fan I'm still not so sure about the choice they made here.
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