production

produced at mcm studios in hamilton, scotland during the july to august 1997 sessions for mogwai young team. recorded, engineered, mixed and mastered by paul savage and mogwai.

composition and writing

composed by mogwai bassist dominic aitchison. 5 minutes and 58 seconds long, in 4/4 time and the key of a major. monologues written by mari myren and barry burns.

trivia

tablature

instrument	filename	by
electric guitar	yesmogwai.txt	graeme tait

lyrics

the following monologue appears at the beginning of the track, and is spoken by mari myren from bergen, norway; a friend of the band who helped organise a trip to norway, which was the first time the band ever played outside the uk. she was reading a preview of the band's gig from a bergen student newspaper. the speech is followed by the sound of clapping.

'cause this music can put a human being in a trance-like state, and deprive them of the sneaking feeling of existing. 'cause music is bigger than words and wider than pictures. if someone said that mogwai are the stars, i would not object. if the stars had a sound, it would sound like this. the punishment for these solemn words can be hard. can blood boil like this at the sound of a noisy tape that i've heard? i know one thing, on saturday, the skies will crumble together with a huge bang to fit into the tape.

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page created by thom campbell, november 2008.