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Old 08-26-2023, 09:01 AM
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Default Music that sounds like the lyrics

jbrownsjr's comment in another thread that Christine's keyboards in the outro to Crystal sound like the waves of the "sea" being referred to in the lyrics made me think of other moments when the music has sounded like the lyrics.


Albatross is literally just music designed to sound like the word in the title, and does a killer job of it

Dreams has a pre-chorus cymbal crash that coincides with the lyric "Thunder"

You Make Loving Fun has the tinkling chimes when Chris sings the word "magic"

Silver Springs (carpark version) has that wavering guitar that sounds like a flowing river

Sara has a rhythm part throughout that's akin to a heartbeat

Storms has a subtle drum roll near the end that sounds like thunder

Tango In The Night has a guitar glissando that evokes "the wind on the water"

Goodbye Baby has a metronome-like percussion evocative of the references to hourglasses and time


As subjective as it is, I'm sure there are many other instances.
Which have you noticed?
(Need not be limited to the Rumours lineup.)
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