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*The choruses are the same; musically, the verses are only slightly different from each other; and even the prominent string parts in the coda have the same basis as the recurring guitar phrase.
Thursday, December 28, 2023
"Laredo Tornado"
A few years ago, I noted that in "Laredo Tornado," the arrangement becomes rather sparse for "What can you do / When your dream world is gone / And your friends and lovers, too?" and that this reflects that absence. This morning, I was looking at the lyrics in the liner notes and had a related realization: this is the only musically distinct section of the song*, so even structurally, there's a feeling of being alone.
