Kate Bush wider listening Flashcards
Echoes
Pink Floyd
How is Echoes by Pink Floyd similar to Cloudbusting?
Has an extensive outro, blending various instrumental passages and soundscapes
Wider listening for an unusually short intro
Her majesty by the Beatles
Homorhythm wider listening
Imagine by John Lennon
Speech rhythms wider listening
Shut up and dance by Walk the moon
Phrase extension wider listening
Dark side of the moon by Pink Floyd
Lombardic rhythms wider listening
Mr Brightside by the killers
Crotchet pulse wider listening
I wanna dance with somebody by Whitney Houston
Syncopated anticipation wider listening
Walking on Sunshine, by Katrina and the waves
I want to hold your hand, by the beatles
Dotted rhythms
Piano man by Billy Joel
I want to hold your hand, by the Beatles
Syncopated countermelodies
Rolling in the deep by Adele
Don’t stop til you get enough, Michael Jackson
Militaristic figure
Another brick in the wall (part 2), by Pink Floyd
Dramatic manipulation of pulse
Take me to church, by Hozier
Ritardando
Hey Jude, by Beatles
Quaver Ostinato, 3 quavers
Seven nation army, by the White Stripes
Royals, by Lorde
Backing vocals, vocalisation
It’s all coming back to me now, by Celine Dion
Vocal range of a 9th
I will be here, by Steven Chapman
Repeated perfect 5ths
Imagine, by John Lennon
Prominent use of minor 3rds
Every breath you take, by The Police
Melody descends to mimic the action
Total eclipse of the heart, by Bonnie Tyler
Mostly conjunct phrases each starting with a major 6th
Let it be, by the Beatles
Melody descending at the end of the phrase
Across the universe, by the Beatles
Low vocal register
Chain of fools, by Aretha Franklin
3 part backing vocals
Bohemian Rhapsody, by Queen
Voice contains a portamento
I feel love, by Donna Summer
Spoken words
Thriller, by Michael Jackson
Fairlight CMI synthesiser sampler
Eureka, by Robin Scott
Balalaika
Those were the days, Mary Hopkin
Strings, no vibrato
The sound of silence, by Simon Garfunkel
Percussion, gated reverb
In the air tonight, by Phil Collins
Bouzouki
“Rubylove” by Cat Stevens
I feel love, by Donna Summer
Irish whistle multitracked
Fairytale of New York
Samples of shipping forecasts
This is a low, by Blur
Artificial synthesised sounds
Sweet dreams, by Eurythmics
Make singer
Don’t you want me, by the Human League
Strings play a tremolo
The sound of silence, by Simon and Garfunkel
Backing vocals against Kate’s singing creates counterpoint
California Dreaming, by the Mamas and Papas
Octave baseline and ostinato
Take a walk on the wild side, by Lou Reed
Homorhythm
Under pressure, Queen
Tonic pedal on E
Venus in Furs, by The Velvet Underground
Perfect cadence to separate the bridge from the sample of shipping forecast
Stairway to Heaven, by Led Zeppelin
Extended 7ths, 9ths, slash chords
Norwegian Wood, by the Beatles
Multitracked chords
Good vibrations, by the beach boys
Ambiguous unresolved dominant 7th
Hey Jude, Beatles