Now You're Taken
"Now You're Taken" | |
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Song by Mogwai | |
from the EP 4 Satin | |
Released | 26 May 1997 |
Recorded | Edinburgh, Scotland |
Length | 7:00 |
Label | Chemikal Underground, Jetset |
Songwriter(s) | Dominic Aitchison, Aidan Moffat |
Producer(s) | Jamie Harley |
4 Satin EP | |
3 Tracks
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Audio sample | |
EP+6 track listing | |
10 tracks
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"Now You're Taken" is a song by Scottish post-rock group Mogwai, which originally appeared on the 4 Satin EP in 1997, then later on the compilation album EP+6 in 2000.[1]
Overview
[edit]"Now You're Taken" is the first song to feature Aidan Moffat on guest vocals for Mogwai; he later wrote lyrics and sang vocals on the song "R U Still in 2 It" from Mogwai Young Team. It is one of the few early Mogwai songs to feature vocals. It was only performed live a few times in 1997 with Aidan Moffat as a live guest on vocals in Stoke-on-Trent and at the Duchess of York pub in Leeds (amongst other cities).
Musical composition
[edit]The song begins with a guitar playing a quiet harmonic-laden melody, with an additional guitar playing a soft counter melody first audible at (0:13). At (0:27), the main melody of the song begins, being played by guitar and bass:
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4d/Mogwai.now.youre.taken.melody.jpg)
with a ride cymbal keeping the beat. After repeating the melody, a simple drumbeat enters at (0:51). The melody is repeated, until (2:21), when Aidan Moffat begins singing. A (2:41), (on the line "Will he be in the pub tonight?"), the drumbeat ends. At (3:34), the drums enter once again, and all the instruments repeat the main melody until (4:42), when the drums stop, and Moffat sings the final lines of the song ("Like a bird, a feather bed, my sister says, and we'll get wed/And I should tell you that I adore you, but I'm sure that I'd just bore you"). The bass continues to play the main melody, while the guitars play separate counter-melodies. At (6:00) the bass stops playing the melody, leaving the guitars to play the counter-melodies, until (6:51), when the song ends.
Personnel
[edit]- Stuart Braithwaite – guitar
- Dominic Aitchison – bass guitar
- John Cummings – guitar
- Martin Bulloch – drums
- Aidan Moffat – vocals
- Jamie Harley – producer, mixer
References
[edit]- ^ "Mogwai (Ft. Aidan Moffat) – Now You're Taken". Genius Lyrics. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
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