Composition
The song is roughly divided into three parts; The first part features two lead guitars playing separate melodies over a bolero rhythm modelled after Ravel's: the first a rock lead in a moderately overdriven tone, the other playing a slide piece in a cleaner tone resembling a steel guitar. A simultaneous drum break and vocal scream is heard roughly halfway through the recording (courtesy of Moon, who knocked over his recording mic in the process, resulting in his crash cymbal being heard over the other percussion for the rest of the piece), after which the band begins playing a powerful blues-rock section. The first fuzzbox-distorted lead guitar eventually emerges with the bolero rhythm, this time played with percussive flourishes. Shortly thereafter, another lead guitar emerges, playing its own melody. The song then comes to an abrupt end.
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