What defines a “perfect song “? It may be perfect to someone and not to someone else. So it’s personal really, but we can try to analyse it a bit.
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Great intros
You can’t beat a great intro to a song. The second it starts, you’re gone, solid gone to (mis)quote Baloo in Jungle Book.
Whistling in songs
Exactly like the time I thought I’d write about talking sections on songs, I figured whistling on songs would apply to just a select few. Wrong, as everybody seems to have had a crack at it, from The Beatles, to Bruno Mars, David Bowie to Selena Gomez, Guns and Roses...
Brothers in Arms
Having brothers in rock bands together can be a recipe for disaster. They often fall out. There are numerous examples, some of which lead to the break-up of the band, some ended in very acrimonious lawsuits and some where sadly the brothers never spoke to each...
Plagiarism
Plagiarism (taking the work or idea of someone else and passing it off as one's own --Oxford Dictionary) is back in the news as we learn that Ed Sheeran had settled a $20 million copyright infringement claim out of court over his song Photograph . It was claimed that...
Spoken sections in songs
Done right, a spoken section can be great, adding drama, emphasis and emotion, as well as providing a contrast with the rest of the song. Done badly, it’s just naff. Of course, what sounds great to some people, sounds terrible to others, and vice versa. Because there is this thin line between great and naff !
Just awful lyrics
Some lyrics are just awful, terrible ….and there’s no getting away from it…crap. Sometimes they are by otherwise great musicians, rightly famous and praised.
Things we hate in lyrics…….
We all have our pet hates about most things in life, and usually this is irrational and very personal. I can't stand the taste of olives, can't remotely understand how anyone could possibly like them. But many people do. So what follows is just one person's very...
“Yeah” in lyrics
“Yeah”, “look out”, “whoa” “la”and other such words are sometimes not only very effective in songs, they can be the best part.
Mishearing Lyrics
“Excuse me while I kiss this guy”, instead of “Excuse me, while I kiss the sky”. Misheard lyrics ? Me too.
I’m All Done
Writing a blues song ? This is how……..
Samuel Colt Did
“God didn’t make all men equal, Samuel Colt Did”. Children killed by guns in the USA. Is it right to put these things in a song ? Change the Second Amendment ?