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What’s That Sound? The creaking in Prince’s classic ‘Sometimes It Snows in April’

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/creaking-sound-prince-sometimes-it-snows-in-april/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPHuYdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeAvuqDARbGdf_BQ84FP3RUBhWlwX4Y4SZpzha36x6dbtIYTa7SFIIiZJ13yg_aem_YlW9n4s2nY2iCPmMxfBScA

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Reply #1 posted 01/05/26 12:22am

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The rocking chair
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Reply #2 posted 01/05/26 1:23pm

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accoustic guitar

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Reply #3 posted 01/05/26 6:16pm

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I always figured it was a wood stool or chair they were sitting on while recording.

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Reply #4 posted 01/05/26 9:17pm

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I love these recorded mysteries! My rational guesses would be either a creaky guitar string or a squeaky swivel chair.

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My strange guess--perhaps the noisy crank of a hurdy-gurdy warming up for an alternative version of the song that we don't get to hear?

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