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Hocus Pocus
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2016 1:37 pm
by sound science
I feel this track also deserves its own thread.
It's my personal favorite...very "atypical" in "so many ways"
Re: Hocus Pocus
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2016 2:08 pm
by matthwq
some of my favorite lyrics (or what we've come up with for them) on the album
the song is like classic ac to me, everything about it
Re: Hocus Pocus
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2016 2:47 pm
by Hellomark
The hocketing is handled so nicely on the chorus of this song. I think the dive bombs are my fav part tho.
So many WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYSSSS
Re: Hocus Pocus
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2016 3:34 pm
by scrambledgreggs
This is in my top two along with Summing the Wretch (Panda really outdid himself on this album)
Hearing the opening sample about dinosaurs coming on right after FloriDada never fails to brighten my mood, especially if I'm driving
And replacing the second verse with the dive bombs is pretty genius
Re: Hocus Pocus
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2016 8:47 pm
by Tropic
One of my faves. Has this sort of dark, sinister sort of sound to it reminiscent of Crosswords live. Also think the hocketing works best on the LP here. And the dragging beat is a great mood-setter. Think is the perfect foil to FloriDada's high octane welcome.
Re: Hocus Pocus
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 12:39 am
by valar602
So do we think John Cale's parts were on the dive bombs?
Re: Hocus Pocus
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2016 3:27 am
by jetski
valar602 wrote:
So do we think John Cale's parts were on the dive bombs?
Looks like he plays in the choruses and at the end
wrote:
For John we thought it would be cool to play his viola on a song because we heard it as a stringy kind of sound. He plays on "Hocus Pocus" in the chorus-y parts and the end, and he's sort of in the outro that leads into "Vertical", the next song.
But he had the insight that he didn't think it was going to sound very good tuning-wise and pitch-wise - the song's in F and he thought the viola was going to sound strange. He was right. So he did a bunch of other stuff and we affected it all together in the studio.
http://rollingstoneaus.com/music/post/a ... 174-page-2
Re: Hocus Pocus
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 3:52 am
by Compost
Love this track - it turns into a jaunty, nautical tune in the chorus. The lyrics seem pro-legalization.
Re: Hocus Pocus
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 5:51 am
by zaltakid2000
Compost wrote:
Love this track - it turns into a jaunty, nautical tune in the chorus. The lyrics seem pro-legalization.
came here to say that ^^. anyone else see that in the lyrics?
Re: Hocus Pocus
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 5:55 am
by dio
it does kinda work in that sense since he uses the word "legalize". feel like its a more universal messag than just that but it totally serves that purpose. and i think we can assume ac's stance on the issue..
Re: Hocus Pocus
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 8:58 am
by roopn
Diomedes wrote:
it does kinda work in that sense since he uses the word "legalize".
lol
Re: Hocus Pocus
Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 12:48 pm
by amber
This song is ruling my mornings in the best way
Also ughhhhh love those dive bomb things
Re: Hocus Pocus
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 12:28 am
by kingo
yeah this song's definitely about smoking weed
Re: Hocus Pocus
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 1:27 am
by rohcti
I love this song
Re: Hocus Pocus
Posted: Wed Feb 24, 2016 11:25 pm
by thespectrum
eat the weed. feel the hocus pocus.
