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Punched Purgatory
June 20th, 2009Nothing like a broken leg to afford some extra studio time.
I was thumbing through my recording roster to see what I might work on next and decided to punch-up Purgatory of Your Love, not out of affection for the tune but because it supposedly had the least amount of necessary overhaul. But like a writer who intends to pen a poem and delivers a seven volume dissertation on the essence of love, so to goes studio time.
In this latest (and hopefully last) version of this song about romantic malady, I went south with the bass, keeping it simple and spooky, to carry the weight of depression from the mixing board into your soul. Since my keyboard skills are limited, I also went light on the total ivory note count and once again discovered that less can be more. It occurs to me that Johnny Cash was doing the same thing with pianos on his last records.
Purgatory of Your Love
If you have ever felt good about romance, this will put and end to it.
