I've long been a fan of a few GC songs. I decided to look into the what & why & I discovered an interesting writing arrangement correlation.
I mostly like the Jimmy Webb songs done by G.C. but there are a couple of others.
The thing I noted is that the songs he recorded that i like have inventive or attention grabbing intros while the rest of his hits don't.
I know Webb was keen on doing good intros, and short songs aside from his Richard Harris trove, and made a point of adding something to Wichita Lineman after the initial recording sessions, (he hadn't expected it to be recorded as he hadn't finished writing it so wasn't at the initial sessions). From Carol Kaye bass lines to G.C.'s own guitar parts the intros are hooks in their own right.
The BIAB intro feature is a good one to keep in mind for this sort of thing...slightly different chords can be the lift needed.

Cheers
rayc
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