I could actually call this my favorite moment of the album. It uses my favorite piano, the old proggy Yamaha, the vocals are so pretty. it's so well written and put together. I love how it's like a cute little self orchestration, like having a party on your own in your house for your birthday. Yet it's very lonely, lost, drifting away from the album clinging on just at the end...
Thank you, Jem.
...Discuss?
Just waiting for those little fading away piano chords...each a little tug on the heartstrings.
It's beauty in a CP70-shaped box.
Love it... it's very Peter Gabriel. A bit of Biko, a bit of Wallflower.
In my humble opinion!
I still want to know if those are toms Andy's playing... sure sounds that way!
Quote from: "LivingForever"Love it... it's very Peter Gabriel. A bit of Biko, a bit of Wallflower.
In my humble opinion!
To me... it's very very Alan Parsons Project.
Almost there currently at Toys 8-)
I'm pretty sure there is talking at the very start, but its very distorted, and mangled.
I've tried reversing it, retuning it (all after boosting the levels) and I'm still clueless :D
All I've got is "...the detail was..."
Quote from: "James_S"I'm pretty sure there is talking at the very start, but its very distorted, and mangled.
Sounds like it to me as well it needs further investigation :)
Quote from: "James_S"I'm pretty sure there is talking at the very start, but its very distorted, and mangled.
I've tried reversing it, retuning it (all after boosting the levels) and I'm still clueless :D
Yes I spent a little while at lunch time trying to iron it flat but it's just so creased-up. I'm pretty sure I can hear very shipping-forecast-type phrases like "15 miles" and "falling more slowly" in there so my money is still on Mr Kettley :)
I think I hear:
"To hear this message clearly [...] four four fifty one"
Anyone managed to work anything out? :(
Jem might be giving us the settings or the code for use in a particular tool, to decifer the message. Could be something in the Pro Tools family but then again he'd know that very few of us have access to this, so perhaps it's more simple...
where is the secret song?
Just after 'Wonderland'. Starts at about 6 minutes into the running time (quietly) and goes on for about 10 minutes... in fact, I think it's the longest track on the album (correct me if I'm wrong...)
Quote from: "El_Presidente"Jem might be giving us the settings or the code for use in a particular tool, to decifer the message. Could be something in the Pro Tools family but then again he'd know that very few of us have access to this, so perhaps it's more simple...
It does mostly sounds like numbers...maybe they're coordinates to a secret location?
:D
Quote from: "LivingForever"Love it... it's very Peter Gabriel. A bit of Biko, a bit of Wallflower.
No I was wrong, it's a bit 'Lead a Normal Life'... and when the piano comes in, it reminds me of 'Across the River'.
Oh holy cow it's just amazing and beautiful and great and and oooh :shock:
Something I wrote in one of the other threads, but which is relevant here too, p'raps:
QuoteThe ending of Secret Song sounds very much like a storm fading off into the distance, with the dummy-things (I've been told that saying "toms" is a bad thing, although I've sort of forgotten exactly why :) ) taking the part of the thunder accompanied by Jem's beautiful distorted keys, both slowly disappearing over the horizon.
Of course, EIMA-the-song plays in with a similar pulsing heartbeat, rain, and a real thunder sample, so all in all, one could say that EIMA-the-album represents the perfect storm rolling by. And given the intensity of the divine noise that crashes in over the intervening 57 minutes, that storm is damn near in your back garden.
By now, the album is playing itself back in my head constantly, snippets from here and there, albeit mostly DDD, which I
cannot wait to hear live ...
Quote from: "LivingForever"Quote from: "El_Presidente"Jem might be giving us the settings or the code for use in a particular tool, to decifer the message. Could be something in the Pro Tools family but then again he'd know that very few of us have access to this, so perhaps it's more simple...
It does mostly sounds like numbers...maybe they're coordinates to a secret location?
:D
I'm now almost certain that its the shipping forecast that Jem used for the gigs. I can definately pick out something like "... ?? miles, falling slowly" (repeated often)
Pedro, there can't be too much wrong with your ears if you can hear it as well :)
Have you noticed how well it segues into Hyperventilate in a playlist?
Quote from: "Tricky"I'm now almost certain that its the shipping forecast that Jem used for the gigs.
It has the right timbre
Quote from: "Tricky"Have you noticed how well it segues into Hyperventilate in a playlist?
I added Hyperventilate, BLM & The Other Me onto the CD with the downloads, works well for me :D :D :D