{"id":262,"date":"2013-01-28T07:00:29","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T11:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chameleonred.com\/blog\/?p=262"},"modified":"2013-03-01T09:11:33","modified_gmt":"2013-03-01T13:11:33","slug":"stories-behind-the-songs-the-curse-reprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chameleonred.com\/blog\/?p=262","title":{"rendered":"Stories Behind the Songs: &#8220;The Curse (Reprise)&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chameleonred.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/transcoversm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-41\" alt=\"Transposition Album Cover\" src=\"http:\/\/chameleonred.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/transcoversm-150x150.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chameleonred.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/transcoversm-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/chameleonred.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/transcoversm.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Obviously, the genesis of this tune is the same as \u201cThe Curse\u201d, though the verse here was written slightly later than the two in \u201cThe Curse\u201d.\u00a0 I knew that I wanted this version to be different, more claustrophobic, and the synth over heartbeat thing seemed to work.\u00a0 The sharp intake of breath at the end, meant to signify Jack\u2019s surprise and fear at being discovered again, was inspired by the end of Queen\u2019s \u201cShe Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettos)\u201d (from <em>Sheer Heart Attack<\/em>).\u00a0 This is one of only three songs on the album in which no other musicians participated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Obviously, the genesis of this tune is the same as \u201cThe Curse\u201d, though the verse here was written slightly later than the two in \u201cThe Curse\u201d.\u00a0 I knew that I wanted this version to be different, more claustrophobic, and the synth over heartbeat thing seemed to work.\u00a0 The sharp intake of breath at the end, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[19,8,10,58,26,68,32],"class_list":["post-262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-chameleon-red","tag-independent-music","tag-indie-music","tag-queen","tag-rock-music","tag-rock-opera","tag-transposition"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p30IoQ-4e","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chameleonred.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chameleonred.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chameleonred.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chameleonred.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chameleonred.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=262"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/chameleonred.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":370,"href":"http:\/\/chameleonred.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262\/revisions\/370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chameleonred.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chameleonred.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chameleonred.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}