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The drum beats at the start of the theme tune were played by May's drummer, Graham Broad. May had originally composed a longer theme that featured a section in "a true cockney piano-type style" and he asked Broad for a drum "fill" to allow the theme to switch back to the main version.
The chorus is minimal, with only one line ("Candy-O / I need you so"), leading to loud guitar and drum fills dividing the rhythm less evenly. [1] AllMusic reviewer Tom Maginnis has described the song as "slightly sinister", and one of the darkest and best songs from Candy-O, The Cars' second album.
The drum parts were a considerable challenge to record - Gabriel requested that Marotta, Manu Katché and Stewart Copeland each play a take over a click track from a LinnDrum. [7] Marotta recorded a drum part with a harder rock feel, but Gabriel instead opted for Copeland's "lighter, poppier approach". [ 9 ]
Bell and Gardener's barnstorming guitars, Steve Queralt's girder-thick bassline, and Colbert's Moon-sized drum fills all could fill canyons individually, yet never once does it sound like something other than four guys in a room." [10] In 2014, NME placed it at No. 273 on its list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. [11]
Tchad Blake achieved some of the tape scratching sounds found on the song by spinning some sampled drum fills around on a tape machine. Some of the vocals were processed with a Lexicon JamMan , which was responsible for creating some of the "elephant-like sounds" as described by engineer Richard Chappell.
"Supernaut" is the fifth song from the album Vol. 4 by British heavy metal band Black Sabbath. In an interview with Q magazine, Beck named the "Supernaut" riff as his all-time favourite, along with Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl".
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The suggestion involved Tom moving one of JR's impromptu drum fills to the beginning of "Higher Love", by assigning a timing offset to one of two tape machines such that they first played the drum fill followed by the song coming in on the beat. [28] Titelman was very happy with the result, and decided to open the album with this drum fill.