One King - SLight Difference?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 5:24 am

Right, here's one for you musical types...

Am I nuts (wait, there's more!) or is there a "difference" between the section of One King from 5.16 to 5.30 on Lex Rex and its counterpart on Live@NEARFest? It's the small section immediatedly after the fusion-y Rhodes(?) type keyboard bit that begins with a pair of 4-notes descending.

I find that it doesn't seem just as fluid live as on album. Admittedly its just a minor thing but I am curious if anyone can

a) hear what I'm talking about, and

b) know how to describe it without my furious handwaving

OK, all musicians reading this can now stop bloody laughing

SuperTed · Post by **SuperTed** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 6:16 am

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It's me up there folks!

Post by **Bnielsen** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 11:01 am

yeah ted, you gotta realize in the studio they had the ability to record more than one keyboard part, and do it over and over until perfect. In a live setting, certian things have to be changed for the sake of 1. complexity, available equiptment, having only one fred and 2 fred hands lol...

rox · Post by **rox** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 3:19 pm

There's a bass part that seems different to me, with the double division or something...

Post by **Bnielsen** » Tue Dec 21, 2004 3:23 pm

i gotta listen to both again...

Post by **Bnielsen** » Wed Dec 22, 2004 12:34 pm

Ok, I notice that the clavichord sounding keys in teh background arent there/not as lond for the live part- im not sure, besides the balance and sound of the instruments, what else is realyl different...

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 7:05 am

I think I know what I'm getting at now. Brian's right that the counterpointing clavichord (I knew that!

) isn't there or as prominent live but I think primarily its the drums. In the studio the drum parts are moe understated and (dare I say it) a touch more elaborate. Live, the drums are more "go-ahead" and the beat sort of dominates the piece, which means it doesn't flow just as smoothly.

But whadda I know anyway

Tell you what though, Chronotheme live is smokin'!! If I'd never heard GH and was sitting there and the first thing they played was Chronotheme I'd be grinning like the Cheshire Cat! In fact, my smile would be so broad that the top of my head would probably fall off

Chronotheme is GH's very own "Firebird Suite"!

SuperTed · Post by **SuperTed** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 7:11 am

Me again. My computer hates me...

Post by **MayorOfLongview** » Thu Dec 23, 2004 9:02 am

If it's the part I think it is - Matt never quiet locked into the rythym of the studio version during rehearsels, so we changed it up a bit. There are other changes in 1 King which we thought made improvements to the song.
Steve