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Posted by zippetydoodaddy on 06-02-2003 at19:46:

  Album structure?

Did anyone ever notice Terry's tendency to have a welcome-to-the-new-album song at the start of DA albums. It is usually slightly disconnected from the main meat or theme of the album but kind of sits you down and gets your attention for the good stuff (ie Beat Menace, Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You, This Is The One, Banquet At The World's End, etc.) It's like the "Live from New York, It's..." of SNL

But more obviously is his use of a wrap-up song to close the albums. It's always a what-have-we-learned-today song that revisits the thoughts and themes of the album. These are most noticeable in MBD, Motorcycle and DFBB, but it's a very effective tv show approach to album continuity. Almost like Gilligan's "So this is the tale of our castaways..." closer.

Check me out. It's true.

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Posted by arcticsunburn on 06-03-2003 at00:17:

 

I definitely like how it worked out on Motorcycle.

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Posted by Dr Rich on 06-03-2003 at15:28:

 

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Originally posted by zippetydoodaddy Did anyone ever notice Terry's tendency to have a welcome-to-the-new-album song at the start of DA albums. It is usually slightly disconnected from the main meat or theme of the album but kind of sits you down and gets your attention for the good stuff (ie Beat Menace, Can't Take My Eyes Off Of You, This Is The One, Banquet At The World's End, etc.) It's like the "Live from New York, It's..." of SNL But more obviously is his use of a wrap-up song to close the albums. It's always a what-have-we-learned-today song that revisits the thoughts and themes of the album. These are most noticeable in MBD, Motorcycle and DFBB, but it's a very effective tv show approach to album continuity. Almost like Gilligan's "So this is the tale of our castaways..." closer. Check me out. It's true.

It's the form perfected in albums like The Beatles "Revolver", "Sgt Pepper" and "The White Album" as well as Dylan's "Blonde on Blonde."