I'm about halfway through this thing, and am unable to continue listening without replaying certain tracks. It's really amazing, and a super artistic work in its own right.
It's also inspired me to focus here on what people may be asking for without knowing how to ask it. I'm talking about the "devices" used in rock as opposed to overall songs.
For example, look at "Here Comes the Sun." I can't remember what key it's in, but I think it's G. I also seem to recall that being a 12-string with a capo on the fifth fret, so he's fingering D chords and sounding G chords.
The chorus is pretty simple, with one really cool device:
| G | G | C | A(maj) | G/D | C G/B etc...
Did you catch it? It's the G/D chord. I think the best effect of this is to cross-direct the harmony to the bass line. A major (which is not usually in G) wants to resolve up a fourth (standard) to D. Normally a song would go A major (out of the key) to a D major ( in the key) then to a G major (the key itself).
Since we're in the key of G, we get to hear the strength of a I chord (G in G) with the proper resolution of A to D in the harmony, or bass.
So he kind of "skips a step" to get us home to G, but we still get our expected A to D. So we are kind of doubly satisfied.
Thoughts? I'm going to go listen to the next track now. I have more to say on this, but I'll wait fro preliminary responses.
