The Moffs
The Moffs - Another Day in the Sun
Back in the eighties, this little Sydney band unlocked one of the secrets of the timeless pop song and they wisely but tragically never made another song like it.
The pacing is perfect. Lead the listener in with a simple drum beat, then introduce an elementary bass line. Ok, now for some church organ chords. Nice. Now the key to the song - a studied guitar solo of simple beauty that drives the song forward. Hold those vocals, though, they're not needed yet. Let the guitar play out the song's inspired melody. That's the secret - put the solo up front. Ok, we're 2:13 into the song - the vocals come in now and suddenly you can visualise the group - a moppy fringed lead singer, some stage smoke obscuring the band, their heads are down and nodding to the beat, there's probably some paisley in there somewhere. They know they've got it right so they do the right thing and bring the song home the way they built it up - piece by piece. There's a guitar solo refrain and it ebbs away to leave a piano to trace the remnants of the tune.
Back in the eighties, this little Sydney band unlocked one of the secrets of the timeless pop song and they wisely but tragically never made another song like it.
The pacing is perfect. Lead the listener in with a simple drum beat, then introduce an elementary bass line. Ok, now for some church organ chords. Nice. Now the key to the song - a studied guitar solo of simple beauty that drives the song forward. Hold those vocals, though, they're not needed yet. Let the guitar play out the song's inspired melody. That's the secret - put the solo up front. Ok, we're 2:13 into the song - the vocals come in now and suddenly you can visualise the group - a moppy fringed lead singer, some stage smoke obscuring the band, their heads are down and nodding to the beat, there's probably some paisley in there somewhere. They know they've got it right so they do the right thing and bring the song home the way they built it up - piece by piece. There's a guitar solo refrain and it ebbs away to leave a piano to trace the remnants of the tune.
posted by Steve at
12:35 PM
2 Comments:
But where can I buy The Moffs music now ?
Damn being old now & young then !
By
Anonymous, at 11:46 PM
you can buy they're 2 cd set called the moffs the collection just released through feelpresents.com
By
db, at 1:04 PM
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