By: Guided By Voices
Appears on: Surrender Your Poppy Field
In terms of song structures, “Arthur Has Business Elsewhere” is one of the more conventional songs from Surrender Your Poppy Field, and its circus instrumentation and waltz-y ¾ time signature have earned it comparisons to The Kinks and Sgt. Pepper-era Beatles. Beneath it all, though, lies a typical Robert Pollard “open string drone” guitar riff, with fretted notes on the fifth string along with the open fourth string.
