by abc123 » Thu Sep 20, 2007 6:33 pm
Andy McCluskey wrote:The intro was a problem for radio and we did do edited versions where it was shortened.
The idea came about because we actually had the song recorded but thought the track started oddly and needed something else to anounce it's arrival. At the time of A+M we were making a lot of music that was ambient soundscapes. The natural thing was to give the song an intro that set up the feel for the main themes to resolve out of the noises.
It's not meant to "mean" anything specific, just set up a feeling to let the track grow out of the strange noises. I think that it worked well!
BTW.. for the sound anoraks...most of the noises are melotron vocal sounds slowed down/sped up and greatly distorted simply by completely overdriving the old Helios desk in The Manor Studio. Pink noise and snare drum in lots of reverb.
Quite close to my explanation then :lol:
Seriously, I think the intro contradicts perfectly to the song. Also, I imagine EiVT-O could sound like a extended version of the MoO intro spiced up with noises from the TNSA intro and the Sealand metal hammering outro.
I'm dancing like a windmill
In my own world, that's how i feel
And it goes round and round, round and round and around.
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