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A silly blog about silly discoveries in my favourite songs

Month: December 2021

Renee Phoenix is Drunk Like a Mad-Ass

Posted on 18/12/2021 by Naln1

The first time I listened to Hallelujah by Fit For Rivals, I was immediately distracted by how drunk Renee Phoenix sounds. Her voice itself sounds kind of ‘gravely’ in the way one would expect a voice to sound after drinking an amount of hard liqueur, and she’s somewhat out of time and slurring her speech….

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Update to Ritchie Blackmore’s Secondary Bass

Posted on 06/12/202109/12/2021 by Naln1

I figured out that it’s not actually a bass, and the original post has been edited to reflect that.

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The Black Parade cover art

TTA: Welcome to The Black Parade

Posted on 06/12/202106/12/2021 by Naln1

When listening to Welcome to The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance, I noticed the distinctive hiss of a tape recording. Although tape was still relatively common in 2006, I found it to be a bit of a strange choice for a band with so many members, and a song with even more instruments. So,…

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Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow cover art

Ritchie Blackmore’s Secondary Bass

Posted on 05/12/202106/12/2021 by Naln1

I was listening to The Man on the Silver Mountain by Rainbow (my latest musical obsession), when I noticed that I heard something bass-like in the right channel (that wasn’t playing the same notes, nor did it have the same timbre as the bass guitar panned to the center). I shifted all my focus there…

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