nightspore
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Posted: April 11 2008, 21:12 |
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| Quote (Alan D @ Aug. 06 2007, 12:37) | | Quote (Sir Mustapha @ Aug. 06 2007, 17:17) | | as far as pop songs are concerned, once you have said everything you have to say, move over and let the next song in. Don't repeat the chorus a bajillion times in a row just because you can. |
I can't let this pass without saying that it's a statement of such good sense (and lightness of wit) that a copy of it should be sent to every performing artist and recording studio.
Nice one, Sir M. |
It depends on the song. Sometimes the content will justify terminal, fading repetition (for example, it would work quite well on a song about falling asleep after a day's work at the factory! But yes, generally the form is overused.
Another blight on pop music is the tendency for the beat of the music to fall on unimportant words (or, worse, syllables of the words so that the word is distorted). Mr Oldfield is sometimes guilty of the first of these: for example, in "Runaway Son", where the song's emphasis falls on the unimportant word "for" (in "Salvation for the runaway son"). Still, even Brahms' songs have the occasional "false stress", when he's unwilling to distort the melody to change things.
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