The horns make the chorus for me. I also see this arrangement as dense. Moon didn't leave any space as a rule. The guitar and the horns just become pads in the chorus to clear space.
The reason this song is so great is because it takes you on a journey. Listen to the lyrics it takes you to a far off place that is like another world. The instrumentals put you into a trance and Robert Plant takes you to another universe
Sweet review! This is my all-time favorite song. I liked your Saturday Night review too. I wish you guys would premiere a video I made for it on my channel.
This song is a shining example of why it is so difficult to define a genre of music that can be associated to Pink Floyd. PF is its own unique genre of music, never duplicated by any others aside from the cover bands like Brit Floyd and Australian Floyd. Genesis might be the closest match (stretching it a bit) of other bands of that era to PF.
ever heard of kashmir wool? kashmir is a place near the himalayas. It has been a hotly contested region with India and Pakistan fighting each other for control for a long long time.
Hi guys, late comment. When I visited your channel, I was set to go and listen to Natural Science, but no, you's have a huge background noise going on, so I hope this helps.
Keep going... it keeps gettin' better into and through the 2nd album. To this day, I toss Boston on the turntable to enjoy and... share with all my neighbors. I just can't help it. Boston MUST be played LOUD!
No... he didn't sing but he had enough sense to bring in arguably the best male rock vocalist ever to hold a microphone, Brad Delp (RIP). Tom Scholz was an MIT grad in engineering and invented so much proprietary technology used on this album that he had to introduce it to other producers. Mind you, in 1976 no sophisticated computers, no synthesizers used, no auto-tune. Best debut album at the time (if not forever) and every song on their first two albums stands on its own. In '76, Boston hit and minds were blown.
It is one guy's voice (Brad Delp) being layered by the genius of Tom Scholz engineeing innovation. The bassline in this song is beyond compare and I dare you to find one better. In 1976 this debut album blew everyone's mind. Sholtz was an MIT graduate in engineering and the technology was proprietary. And... yes, the guitarist was the founder and created all the music.
The instrumentals & vocals may indeed be complex, but the message is as simple as it gets. How a blue sky can have such a profoundly positive effect upon anyone and everyone, especially if they've ever been in the gloom of depression or depressed by gloomy weather that has gone on for way too long. Thanks for a great generational reaction.
the spaceship is the size of the stage and comes from above the stage and lands at the intro to the concept i saw it live at the apollo concert hall in glasgow in 1977 used to be the greens dance hall and johnny cash was the first performer when it opened in 1977 it’s the ELO emblem john lanarkshire Scotland
Bizarrely this song was a charted hit three times, and Elton released all three versions. This is from 1974, a live version from a concert in Australia in 1886 (Elton received news that he had nodules on his vocal cords that could be cancer. He wanted to finish the tour before he got surgery so he didn't disappoint the fans. The nodules were removed afterwards and were benign, but the damage to his vocal cords changed his voice. And the live version at his close friend Princess Diana's funeral in 1997.
Love the analysis of this by you both. The song is raw, unrestrained emotion. My fave version though is the re-recording by Badfinger - the echoey fade-outs are haunting. Knew Tom's dad, Tommy, when I was a young'n. He was always such a lovely bloke. Never knew till later on the tears behind the smiles.
