As always, melody let Mr. McCartney put across musical and verbal non sequiturs few other songwriters could get away with: songs like "Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five," wits itsuddenen interlude of Beach Boys harmony, or "Let 'Em In," which switches from piano bounce to military tattoo, with whistling, and has lyrics that juxtapose Martin Luther and Phil and Don.
9. MARS VOLTA: 'DE-LOUSED IN THE COMATORIUM' -- (GSL/Strummer/Universal) On a concept album about deathbed delirium, here comes progressive rock again, with songs full of whipsaw tempo changes, sudden interludes, untrammeled momentum and a passion that spills out of every structure.
Even though a recorded score accompanies much of Mr. Pine's monologue, this sudden live interlude seems gratuitous.
It also taxes the band; brows furrow as they move into an offbeat percussion figure or sudden jazzy interlude.
"Lullaby" can be read as a punk novel with sudden synth-pop interludes.
This is a film of lulling interludes punctuated by sudden loud noises, explosions of anger or acts of physical destruction.
All of a sudden the perfection of their romantic interlude is shattered, as blaring adverts are projected on to the surface of the moon itself.
As she does so, Charlotte reflects on the fact that her own life is a narrative, with a chain of events leading to sudden twists (like the mugging), inexplicable interludes of happiness ("like sudden bursts of sunlight") and the inevitable tendency toward closure, a concept for which she has little liking.
Kasabian's belligerent, anthemic choruses are still present, but this time they're interspersed with Eastern interludes, Chicago house beats and sudden, unexpected switches.
With surrealistic interludes, tempo and key changes, and sudden mood shifts Rogers and his simpatico collaborators take the listener on a journey that only the album experience can afford.
An orchestral interlude in the second act provides a sudden reminder of what he can produce, but otherwise it's necessary to listen to what is churning away beneath the anonymous vocal lines (sub Sondheim when reflective, off-Broadway musical when flippant) to find a real musical personality.
