
Kyan Rowse
Song Analysis - The Stone Roses - I wanna be adored
For the SoundAlike project for AUD210 my group is doing the song I wanna be adored by the Stone Roses.
BPM: 112 Time Signature: 4/4
Occasionally slight tempo changes throughout the song from 112 to 114.
Structure

Intro - 25 Bars
-Noise
-Sound of Guitar strings out of tune
-Sounds of a violin bow against Guitar strings
-Synthy sounds
-Bass fades in then drums then followed by a guitar melody, then rest of the instruments. come in
-1.27 Sharp snare comes in, then big rift from guitar takes off.
-Reverb on Guitar
-Gated reverb on Snare
Verse 1 - 4 Bars
Vocals - Lots of Reverb
Vocals sound casual, but have a message.
Chorus - 4 Bars
Verse 1 - 4 Bars
Chorus - 4 Bars
Bridge - 6 Bars
Large Bridge that builds up to the ending chorus.
Chorus - 10 Bars
Chorus picks up in intensity and leads into the Outro.
Outro - 6 Bars
Panned Instruments
Guitar
High hats
Snare
Vocal
Centre Instruments
Bass
Kick
Melody
It starts off slow then slowly picks up pace.
Harmony – the individual chords as well as the overall chord progression
E Minor Chords
A four-bar G-D-G-D-EM Chord progression
Rhythm
The rhythm starts slow and builds up over the length of the song. Song has a chill, almost stoner like feel to it.