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Old 01-06-2010, 01:43 PM   #29 (permalink)
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The particular aspect about it that I love is the multiple vocal melodies per song. Look at Brothersport, one of my favorites from the album. Three different melodies come in quick succession, each one being built upon with the electronic instrumentation and African sounding percussion. It starts off with the "Open Up Ya, Open up ya, Open up ya throat" melody for a while and then suddenly goes into the "You got to weigh what he said to help you shape the way you play, You gotta get rid of the mourning, Sort out the habits of your mind"

Totally hit me like a brick when that happened. But that's not even the full extent of the depth of this song, because after a minute or two a totally different melody comes in, the "Until Fully Grown, you've got a real good shot" part. Awesome!

Maybe this is naive, but at that point I hadn't heard anything like this before.
My Girls was my favorite song, and yeah they use some overlapping vocal harmonies in that as well. It's done pretty nicely.
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