Staypress
As an old original Jam fan it is a delight to hear this wonderful song again. Your interpretation is very touching…
Here is what I like:
The (what sounds like) double tracked vocals that come in at 1:12 – nice
The dramatic uplift at 1:53.some nice instrumentation there and lifts the whole feeling up nicely along with the key step… love that..is that a timpani in there? what else is in there and what did you use?
The backing instrument drop out at 2:27…very effective…adds a nice dramatic touch…
2:23 – the mournful, lonesome piano onwards….with the string backing.....lovely… again - what did you use for this?
It is very interesting to hear your work on this as this is a song I know so well…ingrained since I first heard it on All Mod Cons more than 30 years ago…..
Personal thought…as some others have mentioned – I think the vocals a little bit further back in the mix would may add to the mournful, longing feeling….maybe a little more reverb, echo, whatever to add some wistfulness….
And maybe a little more sustain (or reverb?) on some of the ending notes on the keys at the end of some of the measures
However, as you may have guessed I am just a newcomer to this stuff and … hey….what do I know!
Really nice work and as I say….to hear your version of this really made an old mod glow inside….
Peace man and thanks for sharing it…