I used to get really excited (I was like 15 and listening to film soundtracks exclusively) when I would hear what I called "credits music". I guess now that genre can be defined better as merely "cinematic", but at the time, I would always just imagine people's names and a title over certain songs and get all jittery and smiles about the movie that never existed or would exist. The feeling I'm trying to explain is one of promise. A credit sequence promises something about the movie ahead of it, so I have no problem with a long credits sequence (like in old movies when they show all the credits first) if it has a strong sense of promise. This song has SO much promise in it. I see settings, I see pieces being placed, I feel already submerged in story, and on that last drum beat, I want to start something hopefully fascinating.
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Imagine this being the only song on a 65-minute experimental instrumental minimalist noise album. No, don't imagine that. Just at the end when there's like 30 seconds of quiet strumming, I was just thinking what if the whole rest of the album were like this? That would totally change my feelings about this song. But it's not, so it doesn't. And here are they: nailed the verses, missed the chorus. I can swing it like a hammer around my head, but if I throw it it doesn't go very far.