But you can't muffle that melody, so upbeat the lyrics but so low key are the vocals, Rafferty often sang in close to a monotone with the slightest inflection saying so much more than the more histrionic singers could muster naturally. Never overblown in his music, Rafferty manages to he keeps things so intimate amongst the big sounding production.
Wednesday 25 April 2018
Stealers Wheel (1974) Over My Head - LOST 70s GEMS
From their sophomore album, Ferguslie Park, gone was their debut's upbeat folksy, semi acoustic hoedowns, replaced by harder rock and grim piano ballads hinting at Gerry Rafferty's solo career as well as his inner demons such as alcoholism seeping into the band's music was a sense of despair and deep melancholy. However this building strings ballad built on pounded piano notes and a wall of sound production of strings and electric guitar that almost muffle Gerry Rafferty's vocals.
But you can't muffle that melody, so upbeat the lyrics but so low key are the vocals, Rafferty often sang in close to a monotone with the slightest inflection saying so much more than the more histrionic singers could muster naturally. Never overblown in his music, Rafferty manages to he keeps things so intimate amongst the big sounding production.
But you can't muffle that melody, so upbeat the lyrics but so low key are the vocals, Rafferty often sang in close to a monotone with the slightest inflection saying so much more than the more histrionic singers could muster naturally. Never overblown in his music, Rafferty manages to he keeps things so intimate amongst the big sounding production.
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