Courtney and Shane humbly present a musicological listening companion to the song “Ocean Rain”, the title track off the 1984 masterpiece album by Echo & the Bunnymen. They locate the song within the canon of nautical ballads, provide a theoretical analysis of the composition (form, strings, guitar solo and all), breakdown the production, and basically play parts of the song over and over again, while they talk over it. Cheers!

Songs featured:

EATBM - Ocean Rain

The Longest Johns - Banks of Newfoundland

Anna & Elizabeth - Black-eyed Susan

King Crimson - Starless