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Fascinated / saddened by the effect of modern economic trends on music, but it is what it is. However, > Before the Temptations sing a word, an instrumental in
by piker 3y ago
Fascinated / saddened by the effect of modern economic trends on music, but it is what it is. However,
> Before the Temptations sing a word, an instrumental introduction featuring organ, guitar, bass, and a hi-hat cymbal ebbs and flows for more than four minutes.
Seems like this should refer to about 2 minutes of instrumental intro based (ironically?) on my listening to the ca. 7 minute version on Spotify. Am I missing something?
- spatley 3y agoThis article is pretty sloppy. There are 2 different versions. The 7 minute release has vocals coming in just under 2 minutes. The 12 minute version has vocals kicking in just under 4 minutes. So the characterization that the intro "ebbs and flows for more than four minutes" is incorrect in all possible counts. And in aggregate pop music has always been objectively terrible.
- plorkyeran 3y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJV2pWFyfn4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJV2pWFyfn4 has the vocals come in at 4:02 which I guess very technically is over 4 minutes, but it's a vinyl recording that starts ~5 seconds before the beginning of the song.
- rchaud 3y agoAn oldies band from the 1940s, The Ink Spots, would play a 3-second bass guitar melody before every song. Back then, if the DJ did not announce the name of the band or song, the melody would act as an identifier.
- carrozo 3y agoOh wow! Found here: https://youtu.be/rzTFKTi_cZ4?si=R514OgVC-I0vXTFf https://youtu.be/rzTFKTi_cZ4?si=R514OgVC-I0vXTFf