Ha! I know what you mean, but I think it was ruined for me the moment I figured out the words.
Oh, smacked in the noggin with a 2x4 wrapped in velvet. Yeah, that's what it felt like.
Lorne ,'Smile Time'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
Jon B. - Mar 26, 2007 1:26:24 am PDT #5442 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Tom Scola - Mar 26, 2007 1:34:16 am PDT #5443 of 10003
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
I can't listen to it without picturing Viking kittens.
How do you know that wasn't Robert Plant's intention when he wrote the song?
Dana - Mar 26, 2007 7:11:08 am PDT #5444 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Hey, can anyone explain "drop-tuning", as in this example:
Guns N' Roses used to drop-tune at least a half step quite frequently, such as Sweet Child O' Mine. Rage Against the Machine would frequently drop a whole step, as in Killing in the Name. That is the kind of depth and power I wanted to infuse into my arrangement of Watchtower, while simultaneously acknowledging Dylan's original choice of key.
I know both of the songs referenced, and I don't get what's being referrenced. I don't think he's talking about a modulation in the song -- does it have something to do with the tuning of the instruments?
sumi - Mar 26, 2007 7:13:50 am PDT #5445 of 10003
Art Crawl!!!
I would guess so.
Dana - Mar 26, 2007 7:15:18 am PDT #5446 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Okay, so having looked at Wikipedia, he means that the instruments are tuned a half step or whole step below standard guitar tuning?
Jon B. - Mar 26, 2007 7:29:48 am PDT #5447 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
There are many different drop tunings. The most common is where the top E-string, the lowest-note string, is tuned down to a D. So instead of E-A-D-G-B-E, you have D-A-D-G-B-E. This makes it easier to play certain chords.
In this case, it looks like they may be talking about lowering all the strings by a half or whole step, making it easier to transpose a song down a half or whole step. You can use a capo to transpose a song UP, but tuning all the strings down is one way to easily do the opposite.
Dana - Mar 26, 2007 7:33:02 am PDT #5448 of 10003
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
"Capo" means something totally different to a singer, so I had to go to wikipedia on that one too.
So I guess, if you're a strong enough instrumentalist, you can actually tell just by listening when instruments are drop-tuned? Cool.
Sheryl - Mar 26, 2007 8:13:09 am PDT #5449 of 10003
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
A common alternate tuning is D-A-D-G-A-D, which drops the top and the bottom .(This is as much as I know about it, since my guitar never leaves standard tuning)
Hayden - Mar 26, 2007 8:16:06 am PDT #5450 of 10003
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Many metal bands drop-tune all 6 strings to make the music heavier.
lisah - Mar 26, 2007 8:18:30 am PDT #5451 of 10003
Punishingly Intricate
Many metal bands drop-tune all 6 strings to make the music heavier.
OMG I'm amazed I understand this but that's exactly what my guitarist had to figure out and do when we played a set (an AWESOME set) of Motley Crue songs last year.