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PRESENTATION BY CAMDEN KRUSEC

PRESENTATION BY CAMDEN KRUSEC. BACKGROUND. OK COMPUTER - Released 1997 - Widespread acclaim “ PARANOID ANDROID ” - 2 nd track - Longest song on album - Many accolades Music Video - Magnus Carlsson - “ Robin ”. SONG COMPOSITION. -1 ST MOVEMENT: - 84 BPM

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PRESENTATION BY CAMDEN KRUSEC

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  1. PRESENTATION BYCAMDEN KRUSEC

  2. BACKGROUND OK COMPUTER - Released 1997 - Widespread acclaim “PARANOID ANDROID” - 2nd track - Longest song on album - Many accolades Music Video - Magnus Carlsson - “Robin”

  3. SONG COMPOSITION -1ST MOVEMENT: - 84 BPM - ACOUSTIC GUITAR RIFF - THE DRUMS W/ SYNCOPATED CABASA AND CLAVES - ELECTRIC GUITAR - THOM YORKE SINGS FALSETTO - THE CHORUS (AT 0:46) ADDS LAYER OF ELECTRIC GUITAR AND BASS GUITAR - A COMPUTER-MODIFIED VOICE - VERSE AND THE CHORUS REPEAT

  4. SONG COMPOSITION CONT. -2ND MOVEMENT (2:00) - NEW RIFF - THOM SINGS VOCABLES - TIME SIG. SWITCHES BETWEEN 7/8 AND 4/4 - ELECTRIC GUITAR - DIGITAL BLIPS - 2:43 HEAVY GUITAR - INCREASE IN DYNAMICS - THOM SHOUTS - HEAVILY DISTORTED ELECTRIC GUITAR SOLO - DECRESCENDO INTO THE THIRD MOVEMENT

  5. SONG COMPOSITION CONT. - 3RD MOVEMENT (3:37) - 63 BPM - DECREASED DYNAMICS - MULTI-LAYERED CHORAL ARRANGEMENT - STRINGS/SYNTH PART - 4TH MOVEMENT (5:40) - CODA OF SECOND MOVEMENT - HEAVILY DISTORTED GUITAR SOLO

  6. LYRICAL CONTENT DARK AND HUMOROUS: - ANTI-CAPITALISM- CONSUMERISM AND TECHNOLOGY - MARKETING SLOGANS - INSANITY “The ‘kicking squealing gucci little piggy’ in Paranoid Android was inhuman. There was a look in this woman's eyes that I'd never seen before anywhere. Whether that was down to me being exhausted and hallucinating... no, I know what I saw in her face. couldn't sleep that night because of it. I was in a bar. Someone spilt a drink over her and she turned into this fiend. I mean, everyone was out of their minds on coke and I'm sure it was that.” –THOM YORKE “Again, that’s just a joke. It’s actually the other way around — it’s actually my opinion that is of no consequence at all.” –THOM YORKE

  7. MUSICAL SEMIOTICS ICONS - RAIN - CAR CRASHS - MACHINES MALFUNCTIONING INDEX - CYMBALS IMPLY A CHANGE IN TEMPO, KEY, THEMATIC CONTENT SYMBOL - MOVEMENTS SYMBOLIZE FEELINGS TOWARDS SOCIETY

  8. AMERICAN ASPECTS • INSTRUMENTATION OF THE ELECTRIC GUITARS • THE GENRE OF ROCK, AND THE SUBGENRES OF ALTERNATIVE • THE SOUND IS INSPIRED HEAVILY BY ALTERNATIVE ROCK ACTS SUCH AS R.E.M AND THE PIXIES • THE DISTORTION IS REALLY A FAR-CRY OF THE UTILIZATION OF LO-FI AMPLIFIERS IN BLUES • THE LYRICAL CONTENT

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