0:01 -- 0:22 Random guitar noises. And it starts to build. I recommend listening to this with head phones on.
0:23 -- 0:36 Classic, yet top notch, Rage guitar riff. Probably their very best.
Durning the verse, while Zack de la Rocha thrash raps Bruce Springstein's lyrics, Tom Morello plays a simplified version of the above mentioned riff.
At 1:11, what I can only describe as guitar squeaks begin. And the songs continues to build. Note the clicking that starts a 1:24.
2:06 -- 2:19 A riff variation with a sort of drum solo adds some diversity and more building.
2:19 -- Esspecial not worth is the solo-type riff that begins now. I will continue through much of the rest of the song. Another very cool riff.
2:50 -- First riff, second riff and squeaking. Tell me that something is not building.
3:30 -- An almost siren sound begins.
4:24 -- What I call the frustrated guitar/drums begin. By this point de la Rocha is paraphrasing the famous lines from the story of Tom Joad, Grapes of Wrath, which I think is essence of the song.
4:39 -- He first ends the list of antecedents true to the book, "I'll be there." But at this moment in the song, noise is building to accentuate the paraphrased version, "You'll see me," which is repeated several times.
"Now the highway is alive tonight
No one is fooling no one as to where it goes
I'm sitting down here to the campfire light
with the ghost of Tom Joad"
3 comments:
I love the analysis.
last time i ranked my songs, this one was 4th
By the way, I couldn't find the version that you mentioned.
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