Intro: Robot Lady returns, trying to elicit help for the suffering podcast hosts.
Broken Heart (Thirteen Valleys) – song DEEP DIVE by Svein and Tom
- The title of the song. “Broken Heart” or “Thirteen Valleys”?
- The approach of recording guitar lines, and the sound of hitting the guitar strings, and playing it back on the keyboards.
- The inspiration for the song.
- A song about unrequited love?
- A laidback song on a laidback album. Dangerous combo, and the hosts are not lit on fire by it.
“Thirteen Valleys” (acoustic version) – Stuart Adamson live on German radio, August 1988. Taken from the b-side to “Heart of the World” 12’’ single.
Speakpipe by Lance Eagan.
Thousand Yard Stare – song DEEP DIVE by Tom and Svein.
- Demo comparisons – examples of great rearrangements for the album version.
- A story based on Vietnam war experiences.
- Interesting guitar sounds – the story about how Bruce built a Jazzmaster sitar from scratch, which he played on the story.
- The drum set-up, and the “air-splash” drum moment.
- The chorus of the song – does it work or does it drag on? Disagreement ensues.
Speakpipe from Mark Dunne-Willow.
From Here To Eternity – song DEEP DIVE by Svein and Tom.
- This song was intended to be a fourth single from the album.
- A song about waiting, and the willingness to wait – perhaps despite his better judgment and knowledge, and very likely in vain.
- The lengthy Peter Wolf-created keyboard intro – why? Tony Butler’s grievances with this approach.
- A keyboard-drenched version of the song, but with a great core melody.
- A good example of Stuart’s over-clear diction/enunciation on this album?
- The e-bow discussion: is it an e-bow or is it a keyboard? A sampled e-bow?
- A wider tracking issue with the album: side 1 is mid-tempo song after mid-tempo song. Very few rousing rock moments until side 2 of the album.
- We discuss the one time this song was played live, at Stuart’s memorial gig.
- The sound of the instruments – very clean, not very processed at all.
- The continuing tendency to use movie/book titles as song titles.
- The outro, with a very muted – but nice – playout moment (for this album).
Speakpipe from Dermot Owens.
Speakpipe from Kenny Henderson.
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