Flight Facilities - Foreign Language - analysis

Lead-in (3 chords; 2 chords in first bar, 1 chord in second bar)

4 x repetitive vocal refrain (now oh oh) + light shaker + very light Hammond-like synth pad + guitar
chords + light reverse crash swell to lead into intro

0:21

Intro (harmony same as lead in)

8 x bass guitar + busier rhythmic funk guitar + louder rhythmic Hammond like synth + full drums with
snare on 2nd beat and clap on 4th beat; in 8th bar, start crash leading into verse and swell in volume,
drums and bass drop out from 3rd beat though guitar and Hammond synth continues and reverse
crash swells and sustains into 1st bar of verse

0:36

Verse (mini-breakdown)

8 x lyrics + no drums or bass + piano synth pad (louder in last bar of intro and 1st bar of Verse) + light
funk rhythm guitar riff; reverse crash swell to lead in

0:51

Pre-Chorus part 1

2 chords; 1 in each bar

4x bass guitar + full drums with clap + reverb-heavy repetitive lyrics; bass slide to lead in on last beat
of 4th bar

0:59

Pre-Chorus part 2

2 chords; 1 in each bar

8 x chorus hook lyrics + rhythmic Hammond like synth; on 4th bar, clap on & and 4&; on 8th bar (1:13)
drums and bass (drums and bass hit on 4th beat of 7th bar) fall out and strings sustain and swell but
bass and claps hit on 3& and 4& of 8th bar

1:15

Chorus

8 x strings that mirror vocal melody +busy rhythmic funk guitar + rhythmic Hammond like synth + diff
lyrics; in 8th bar strings swell from 3rd beat of 8th bar and cut in 1st beat of 1st bar of next section and
clap on 3& and 4& of 8th bar

1:30



8 x same

1:46

Mini-breakdown

4 x filtered guitar + drums + "now oh oh" refrain

1:53

Verse

16 x verse lyrics + now oh oh refrain on 3rd and 4th and 7th and 8th bars + arpeggio synth (pattern
varies with each bar) + bass guitar + synth pad / ooh vocal chorus; no guitar or Hammond synth; in
16th bar (2:22), reverse crash sustains through and swells and claps on 3& and 4&

2:24

Pre-Chorus

8 x chorus lyrics + funk guitar; on 8th bar (1:13) drums and bass (drums and bass hit on 4th beat of
7th bar) fall out and strings sustain and swell but bass and claps hit on 3& and 4& of 8th bar

2:39

Chorus

16 x strings that mirror vocal melody +busy rhythmic funk guitar + rhythmic Hammond like synth + diff
lyrics; in 8th bar strings swell from 3rd beat of 8th bar and cut in 1st beat of 1st bar of next section and
clap on 3& and 4& of 8th bar

3:11

Instrumental break

8 x cut strings and vocals; 1st 4 bars 16th note plucking of dead notes in ascending way, 2nd 4 bars
mini guitar solo; bass and Hammond synth in background; drums unchanged; in 8th bar (3:24)
reverse crash swells from 1st beat; drums, bass and guitars fade out from 3rd beat and misty crashy
synth sweeps into mini-breakdown and into 1st bar

3:26

Mini breakdown

8 x claps only and on even beats + light flanger guitar + light Hammond synth + lyrics

3:42

Outro

8 x