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Cloud Busting - Kate Bush (Melody (hook with 'but every time it…
Cloud Busting - Kate Bush
Context
about the relationship between an inventor and his son
the father got arrested and killed and the song is from the son's perspective after he tries to use his father's 'cloud busting' machine
Harmony and Tonality
C#m modal
no key changes
verse chords: C#m-Badd9-A6/9-Badd9
chorus chords: C#m7-Badd9-F#7sus4-Badd9
Rhythm, Metre and Tempo
regular metre changes
4/4 then bar 2 is 6/4 to accommodate the lyrics
6/4 is really 3/2
polyrhythmic feel in the chorus where the violin riff acts as a counter point to the vocal phrases
polyrhythmic interplay of three lines - lead vocal, keyboard2 and vocable backing phrases
fast tempo of 112bmp
Melody
vocal range of a 10th (G# - B)
rising min7th on ee-ay in the outro
wordless vocables
stepwise fall in vocables
counter melody in octaves in the violins
stepwise line in the chorus
hook with 'but every time it rains'
rising 5th rapid repeating notes in syncopated anticipation
hook with 'your son's coming out'
first three notes of vocals are G#, E and B which is triadic
Instrumentation
no bass guitar
no electric guitar
restrained use of percussion
main accompaniment is the string sextet
plays short staccato chords and creates a strong crotchet pulse like in Eleanor Rigby
violins play a riff at the beginning of the chorus each time
treated vocal sample
two sampled tracks used as the melody and accompanying chords for the instrumental
syllabic vocal setting
Structure
extended conventional song structure
no intro
long outro
goes to the final chorus after the instrumental, rather than going into a third verse
Texture
homorhythmic strings broken only at the bridge
counter melody doubled in octaves
polyphonic in chorus