Trousdale - Sometimes & Point the Finger (from Out of My Mind album)
Whilst I was on my Toulouse excursion I desperately needed something to listen to and reached for the earlier Trousedale albums hoping that they would have something peppy and diverting. AND OH BOY I WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED. Here are two of the songs that I liked. 1. Sometimes This is a great “I’m going on a journey, perhaps on Route 66, perhaps in a car with a fold down roof, perhaps with my gals, perhaps after we’ve committed a crime or escaped an abusive relationship etc”...song. Traditionally pop and rock songs are built around chords 1,4 and 5. Now i'm not the best at harmony but i'm pretty sure this song has a 6, a 2 and even a dimished 7th in it. Whatever the weather, the harmony of this song takes me on a journey from the humdrum mundanity of my present to the wonder of the great tomorrow. I basically just love songs that are a bit crunchy and chromatic. I like a crunchy blues note (0.52) I like the chromatic bass line. It makes the harmony 'feel li...