Here Comes the Sun is setting the sunset temperature on the dial.
Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles off Abbey Road (1969) is coming through with a slow-burn glide, a soulful / slow-burn honey lean, and a touch of slow-burn honey. Wild Honey Pie is already changing how the current record reads.
Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles off Abbey Road (1969) belongs here because A Clean Break (Let's Work) (Live; 2004 Remaster) by Talking Heads. Wild Honey Pie is waiting as the answer, so this record is doing more than setting a mood; it is shaping the turn.
Here Comes the Sun comes through with a slow-burn glide and rock around the edges, giving the sequence a 1960s depth instead of a quick disposable hit. The crowd response around Me And Mrs. Jones by Billy Paul suggests listeners are leaning toward texture and detail, not just impact.
Listen for how Wild Honey Pie answers the color and pressure of the current record instead of simply matching its tempo. The real hook is in how the rock grain keeps glowing even as the transition opens up.
Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles lands here because A Clean Break (Let's Work) (Live; 2004 Remaster) by Talking Heads. The rock edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match. Wild Honey Pie can step in after it without the handoff feeling pre-chewed.
On Abbey Road (1969), Here Comes the Sun shows The Beatles working in a 1960s pocket with rock in the grain. The cut moves with a slow-burn glide, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it.
Listen for the rock texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. It also leaves a lane for Wild Honey Pie to arrive without the segue feeling forced.
Wild Honey Pie answers Here Comes the Sun by The Beatles with a related tension instead of a copycat move, so the sequence keeps opening out. The alternative rock edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match. A Clean Break (Let's Work) (Live; 2004 Remaster) can step in after it without the handoff feeling pre-chewed.
On Pixies at the Bbc (1998), Wild Honey Pie shows Pixies working in a 1990s pocket with alternative rock in the grain. The cut moves with a candlelit drift, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it.
Listen for the alternative rock texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. You can hear how it answers Here Comes the Sun without borrowing the same emotional weight. It also leaves a lane for A Clean Break (Let's Work) (Live; 2004 Remaster) to arrive without the segue feeling forced.
A Clean Break (Let's Work) (Live; 2004 Remaster) answers Wild Honey Pie by Pixies with a related tension instead of a copycat move, so the sequence keeps opening out. The alternative / indie rock edge gives the turn a more precise contour than a plain mood match.
On The Name of This Band Is Talking Heads (Expanded 2004 Remaster) (2004), A Clean Break (Let's Work) (Live; 2004 Remaster) shows Talking Heads working in a 2000s pocket with alternative / indie rock in the grain. The cut moves with a slow-burn glide, which is why it can hold this turn without flattening it.
Listen for the alternative / indie rock texture in the pocket, especially in the way the arrangement keeps color moving under the lead. You can hear how it answers Wild Honey Pie without borrowing the same emotional weight.
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Mr Rassy is lining up Wild Honey Pie by Pixies off Pixies at the Bbc (1998). It hit in 1998, it comes off Pixies at the Bbc, Alternative Rock on the edges. The transition feels clean and alive. A Clean Break (Let's Work) (Live; 2004 Remaster) by Talking Heads.