| Notes and Quotes: "Interstellar Overdrive" |
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| King (Sounds;
Schaffner 143): [Syd Barrett] would throw the levers on the board up and
down apparently at random, making pretty pictures with his hands. [e.g.,
"Interstellar Overdrive"] |
| Jenner [on how "Overdrive’s" explosive chord progression emerged from a discussion
we’d had with Barrett about Jenner’s favorite West Coast band, Love]: "I
was trying to tell him about this Arthur Lee song I couldn’t remember
the title of, so I just hummed the main riff. Syd picked up the guitar
and followed what I was humming chord-wise. The chord pattern he worked
out [became] the main riff for 'Interstellar Overdrive.'" (NME; Schaffner
143) |
| They build their
second section on other popular "psychedelic jam" pieces of
the time, notably Cream's "Sunshine of Your Love," by taking
part of the bass line for this song and repeating it as an accompaniment
for other extemporizations. |
| Love, "My Little Red Book" (Bacharach and David) [Elektra EK 45603] (US and UK release,
1966) |
| This purely instrumental
performance, like "Astronomy Domine," bears resemblance to the
Sonata form of the Western classical tradition in which (a) an introduction establishes the key center and meter, followed by (b) an exposition in which one or more themes appear, followed by (c) a development of these these musical themes in various guises, followed by (c) a recapitulation in which restatement of the original (but transformed) themes appears,
with (d) a coda concluding the movement. |
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| Schedule |
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24 March, 2012
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