So Sprach Milan Rakovac

Gori Ussi Winnetou “So Sprach Mil…” Songs progress in cabaret-esque stylistic cycles, moving from calmer, often folksy music w/ thick, belly-rumbling male spoken vocals to hard rockin electric guitars & bellowing yells. Theme of repeated vowel sounds in choruses. Sings in a mix of languages (Italian, Croatian, English, German) & singer called “the Istrian Frank Zappa” NO FCCs

1) Doom vibe of bone-crunching guitars, descending pianos; calms down to a chipper, harmonized kumbaya sound (7:03)
2) **Talking over crunchy guitars & cymbals about fascism & Baldini (6:13)
3) Peppy mix of polka & country; cowbell, harmonica progress to harder electric guitar (6:47)
4) Starts out slow w/ nirvana-esque guitars, “bam bahm” pounding harmonies, sounds of mourning, yearning (8:03)
5) Up-beat guitar lick drives song a la rage against the machine; fast & hard rockin; ten dead seconds at end (4:31)
6) rumbling drums & spoken diatribe; sparse harmonica, guitar; fades for last 0:50 (10:28)
7) *upbeat; punk guitar, relentless drums, hummed classical chords; last :05 are empty (4:12)
8) * chants, punctuated guitar & drums; slows for a bit; ends w/ :07 to go (7:11)
9) crunchy guitars, slow & steady drums; picks up tempo halfway thru (6:59)

Bailey Richardson baileyr@stanford.edu