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When correctly filed in a record shop, you should be able to locate this Carpenters song in the section marked "Uneasy Listening". It's a fairly drab truck driver's gear change, which they try to liven up a bit with a flourish on the harp, to little avail. And that's pretty much all you can say about it: fairly drab.

If you are a masochist, you might be sorely disappointed not to get a second modulation, which is what it feels like the drum break is building up to. Thankfully, however, it's harmlessly leading into the end part of the song, where the fuzzy guitar really gets to let rip (though due to file size I've not included the solo in the clip). There's also something unsettling about the repeated chord sequence and backing vocal arrangement they use here, which I can't quite put my finger on. I'm sure Westlife, Boyzone or another boy band have ripped it off wholesale at some point; but maybe I'm imagining it.

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