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From | "Mark Tate" <zumpp99@hotmail.com> |
Subject | Re: What makes a great song? Poll!?!! |
Date | Tue, 16 Sep 2003 21:39:53 -0400 |
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Blah! Blah! Blah! Same old shit, different writer. Jeez.
>From: Lord Granger <glowfriend2003@yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: mkaras@mindspring.com, audities@smoe.org
>Subject: Re: What makes a great song? Poll!?!!
>Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2003 15:03:10 -0700 (PDT)
>
>Matty Karas <mkaras@mindspring.com> wrote:
>
> > interesting that no one's mentioned rhythm yet.
>
>Maybe that's because powerpop (gag, I hate that term)
>is, essentially, rhythmically retarded -- GENERALLY
>SPEAKING, folks. Most powerpop is based on standard
>4/4 rhythm patterns, and tinkering with that formula,
>by default, will render the song unto a genre other
>than powerpop (ie. mathrock, prog, emo). I know, I
>know, some non-4/4 patterns (such as 3/4) often crop
>up in 'lite' pop songs (see Wondermints), but --
>again, IN GENERAL -- powerpoppers eschew rhythmic
>diversity in much the same way Stewart Mason eschews
>good music. Gotcha, Stew-boy! ;)
>
>Personally, I'd like to see a little more rhythmic
>variation in pop music in general, but that takes
>something that 99.9% of powerpop writers lack: musical
>sophistication. Powerpop ain't brain surgery,
>musically speaking, but, as someone posted earlier, it
>DOES take a certain measure of talent (or sheer force
>of will) to play it well. But, for Tracy Partridge's
>sake, does it ALWAYS have to be in 4/4?
>
>It's called imagination, people; use it for a change.
>
>Was that too "Lord"-like of a pronouncement? Sorry,
>but mincing words is not my forte. Social change does
>not arise out of a climate of political correctness;
>powerpop will not rise above the slimey, laughable
>cliche it has become unless YOU change it.
>
>LG
>
>NP: The Fetals -- Abbey Womb
>
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