I think I fell in love with this song, simply because of:
"Steven A. Douglas was a great debater,
But Abraham Lincoln was the great emancipator"
I had been listening to it on the radio and not really paying attention and then that line came out of NOWHERE; it was a done-deal, it became my new favorite song. Then I bought the album and now I am in love with Mr. Stevens. The song just WORKS because it's descriptive and informative without being dry. Plus, the glockenspiel (sp??)...well, nuff said bout that.
I know I'm like 7 years late, but... glockenspiel?!?!
I know I'm like 7 years late, but... glockenspiel?!?!
What are you hearing in this song that sounds like a glockenspiel? There is no percussion in this song at all. I think the only instrumentation is an accordion, electric guitar, and acoustic guitar or maybe a different kind of guitar like a banjo or mandolin.
What are you hearing in this song that sounds like a glockenspiel? There is no percussion in this song at all. I think the only instrumentation is an accordion, electric guitar, and acoustic guitar or maybe a different kind of guitar like a banjo or mandolin.
There's lots of mallet percussion like glockenspiel and vibraphone in the other songs of the album, maybe that's what you were referring to?
There's lots of mallet percussion like glockenspiel and vibraphone in the other songs of the album, maybe that's what you were referring to?
I think I fell in love with this song, simply because of:
"Steven A. Douglas was a great debater, But Abraham Lincoln was the great emancipator"
I had been listening to it on the radio and not really paying attention and then that line came out of NOWHERE; it was a done-deal, it became my new favorite song. Then I bought the album and now I am in love with Mr. Stevens. The song just WORKS because it's descriptive and informative without being dry. Plus, the glockenspiel (sp??)...well, nuff said bout that.
I know I'm like 7 years late, but... glockenspiel?!?!
I know I'm like 7 years late, but... glockenspiel?!?!
What are you hearing in this song that sounds like a glockenspiel? There is no percussion in this song at all. I think the only instrumentation is an accordion, electric guitar, and acoustic guitar or maybe a different kind of guitar like a banjo or mandolin.
What are you hearing in this song that sounds like a glockenspiel? There is no percussion in this song at all. I think the only instrumentation is an accordion, electric guitar, and acoustic guitar or maybe a different kind of guitar like a banjo or mandolin.
There's lots of mallet percussion like glockenspiel and vibraphone in the other songs of the album, maybe that's what you were referring to?
There's lots of mallet percussion like glockenspiel and vibraphone in the other songs of the album, maybe that's what you were referring to?