Loved this one especially. I always loved the way the song keeps modulating upward as the singer's urgency mounts. The drums are great, too, slightly syncopated and hesitating just a hair at times, racing at other points, like the pulse of a person who's coming apart.
It's not a very easy song to dance to, without dancing all herky-jerky, and I got into the Kinks when I was still young enough to dance around in my room, which is no doubt why I noticed the way the stop-start power chords lock into the slightly staggered drums and percussion. This is one of those songs that might seem primitive to an undiscerning fool--it's more of a savage and radical simplicity, like Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.
Loved this one especially. I always loved the way the song keeps modulating upward as the singer's urgency mounts. The drums are great, too, slightly syncopated and hesitating just a hair at times, racing at other points, like the pulse of a person who's coming apart.
Thanks. Now I wish I’d thought more about the drums. You’re absolutely right in your description here.
It's not a very easy song to dance to, without dancing all herky-jerky, and I got into the Kinks when I was still young enough to dance around in my room, which is no doubt why I noticed the way the stop-start power chords lock into the slightly staggered drums and percussion. This is one of those songs that might seem primitive to an undiscerning fool--it's more of a savage and radical simplicity, like Stravinsky's Rite of Spring.
Nice read. Definitely one of the songs that made me want to play guitar when I was a kid.