Radio DAZZ - Music Breaks To Make Your Day!: Goth

Wednesday, September 15, 2010

The Left Banke - "Walk Away Renee."

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British. Nasal. Beautiful, sweet vocal harmony. Moody song, with beautiful string section counterpoint harmony, tangy harpsicord. A mournful, pre-goth classic lamentation about lost love that has a permanent place in my heart, and in the hearts of many of us who were growing up in the USA during a time of unlimited potential and infinite dreams -- of craving a kiss, or the chance to hold slightly sweaty hands. If you really liked a girl ("Liked!"), you would ask if you could carry her books for her and feel like a conquering soldier as you walked nobly through the halls at school...with her at your side. Ah, to be a hero again...

"Walk Away Renee." Enjoy this wonderfully musical, richly orchestrated mini-masterpiece. Listen for the beautiful, elegant recorder solo instrumental in the middle of the song (sounds rather like a flute, eh?). I still get a lump in my throat....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqAh1dQu_pg&feature=related

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Monday, September 13, 2010

The Zombies - "She's Not There" - 1965

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British. Genuine rock n' roll from the sixties. Moody, fast moving , haunting in A minor. Trap drums. Primitive Wurlitzer electric piano (the same kind used by Ray Charles in "What I Say"). Unforgettable signature bass line. The Zombies where a wonderful 1960's group. "She's Not There," and "Time Of The Season," are perhaps two of the most memorable and cherished songs from this era.

Enjoy this original record version (overdubbed) of "She's Not There." In the middle ("well it's too late to say you're sorry/"), listen for the transition from D major (F# in the bass accentuates this) to D minor (F in the bass) before the repetitive bass riff in A minor begins again. Very sophisticated. A touch of Goth before its time. Excellent.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sjn99YTh4U&feature=related