Sensual World: new thought on "noise burst"

[Andrew Gough <agough@primenet.com>]

Hi All,
     I've recently been listening to the song "The Sensual World" and
think I've heard a piece of it in a new way.
     I'm speaking about a small sound the occurs between the wedding
bells and the beginning of the music.  Right in the gap one is a short
noise that I thought previously was a short burst of noise (like a
"bssst")--which really annoyed me as a very audible example of poor
engineering on the album.
     However, I've recently heard it in a new way.  It now sounds like
an intentional sound.  It sounds like a "swop" or "swip" sound--like
the sound one makes when swishing a switch (i.e., a thin tree branch)
or similar object (sword, dowel rod, cardboard tube, etc.) through the
air.  I believe I also hear this sound a points later in the song (but
less distinct).
     So now I'm thinking the "swop" is intentional--perhaps as a way
of signaling the beginning of the music.  Imagine someone swinging a
sword quickly from vertical to horizontal to indicate "begin".  The
song then has a new construction:  wedding bells--swop--(transition,
begin)--music starts.

Regards,
Andy

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