Every other year, I listen to all of the music in my collection. Often, I discover new things about music I'm familiar with or learn new things about songs I'm not as familiar with. This is where I'll be documenting that.
Showing posts with label Smokey Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Smokey Day. Show all posts
Friday, November 4, 2016
The Zombies' "Smokey Day"
This morning I listened to the second disc of the Zombies' Zombie Heaven (which is the last album I have to listen to before completing Collection Audit this year). I'm pretty sure I'd noticed before that the harpsichord in "Smokey Day" is panned through different channels about halfway through the song (starting at about 1:00), but this morning I realized that that effect is connected to the lyrics. The harpsichord moves from the left channel to the right channel after the line "Soft, serene, she dances," and during the next line "Moving sweetly through my life," it moves back to the left channel. Both of those lines deal with movement, and the harpsichord somewhat literally underscores that movement through that panning.
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Smokey Day,
The Zombies
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