One thing, he didn't say boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom with a base drum.

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The base drum didn't have a strict four-four beat.

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Above the central mass sits the cubic base of the bell tower, which in turn rises solidly as a cylinder, then a drum capped by the dome.

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