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Originally Posted by aleuzzi
These are exquisite songs. Her singing on both of them is inspired, particularly on "Warm Ways," which is a bit of an aberration for Christine: it is written in E-flat, one of the only songs with a "black" root note. As Christine has said, she is comfortable playing in any key as long as the root note is a "white" note--the ivory key over the ebony ones. As a player of the keys myself, I completely sympathize with her comment. Playing in a sharp or flat key can be a bit more difficult on the fingers. Still, one of the reasons "Warm Ways" sounds different and fresh is because it revels in a musical texture she doesn't normally explore.
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Which is why I also believe Lindsey would play with the tape speeds, especially on his songs. Even lowering it a quarter of a step gives it a different sound.
That said, growing up learning guitar and keyboards by playing along, I HATED him for it. For guitar, you had to retune for every *&^%ing song, and on keys(unless it was something you could manually change the pitch), you were screwed!
Back to WW, it's never been a favorite of mine. The production sounds horribly dated, with all those tom fills.