Michael Griffiths
Rock n' Roll Doggie
Just listening to Achtung Baby for the first time in about 3 months, and getting lost in the sounds of 'So Cruel'. There's this violin that beckons, if not implores our molecules to vibrate to a higher order. It's a high society without any pretense. There's a sort of warm sophistication about it, a grand romance about it. It's a calling...and I'm getting lost looking for it ("maybe you're nowhere," indeed). Just isolate it. Focus on it, close your eyes, and follow it. Notice where it takes you.
The sound I'm talking about isn't so much during the chorus (though I'm sure it's mixed in there still). It's the same background violin sound that begins to appear after, "I'm only hanging on to watch you go down, my love," and continues to repeat throughout the song. But the part that I love sort of dips down and can be found after, "Her skin is pale like God's only dirt," and is repeated several more times. I can imagine a young couple walking the streets of Paris or London to this. Anyone know if this is a violin or a keyboard? I've heard it before, but I think it deserves a post. Anyone agree?
The sound I'm talking about isn't so much during the chorus (though I'm sure it's mixed in there still). It's the same background violin sound that begins to appear after, "I'm only hanging on to watch you go down, my love," and continues to repeat throughout the song. But the part that I love sort of dips down and can be found after, "Her skin is pale like God's only dirt," and is repeated several more times. I can imagine a young couple walking the streets of Paris or London to this. Anyone know if this is a violin or a keyboard? I've heard it before, but I think it deserves a post. Anyone agree?