03-07-2012, 00:46
Three reasons I see/hear:
1. It is based on a prayer - "Now I lay me down 'to sleep'" repeating that rythmic motif over and over - Now I lay me down, now I lay me down..... - that is the spoken part later in the song too.
2. The sound of the riff is "fuzzed" to give the smooth/sleepy (not a lot of high end in the sound mostly mid & low) sound that eventually hardens (adding in the higher end of the guitar up in sound) letting you hear crispness of the guitar
3. They also increase the volume of the recording, starting quieter building than taking it back down when the spoken part comes in.
1. It is based on a prayer - "Now I lay me down 'to sleep'" repeating that rythmic motif over and over - Now I lay me down, now I lay me down..... - that is the spoken part later in the song too.
2. The sound of the riff is "fuzzed" to give the smooth/sleepy (not a lot of high end in the sound mostly mid & low) sound that eventually hardens (adding in the higher end of the guitar up in sound) letting you hear crispness of the guitar
3. They also increase the volume of the recording, starting quieter building than taking it back down when the spoken part comes in.