Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Staccato

This isn't a great song (like this one) but something really fascinates me about that stabby little organ through the verses. Did she hire a praying mantis or something?

6 comments:

ifthethunderdontgetya™³²®© said...

Mantids have a union, you know.
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Big Bad Bald Bastard said...

Did she hire a praying mantis or something?

Wiki says the Praying Mantis Style originated during the Song dynasty... this is central to my point!

zombie rotten mcdonald said...

is that stabby thing an organ or a guitar? Sounds like real simple rhythm guitar to me.

could still be a praying mantis though. Also,I bet it was recorded in a barn.

Substance McGravitas said...

I thought the same as you at first, but organs and plucky guitars are surprisingly similar in their attack tone, but the rotating speakery sound and the evenness of the volume are the most obvious tip-offs.

That and the stabby sound vanishing whenever organ chords sustain.

Substance McGravitas said...

I am all about the but.

Dr.KennethNoisewater said...

Yeah, that is funny. And I immediately pictured a little praying mantis banging away at a keyboard.

And every time I see the name "Skeeter" I giggle. It doesn't seem like it should be a woman's name or nickname.