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| From | Kerry Kompost <kerry_kompost@yahoo.com> |
| Subject | Re: Cinema-esque Songs |
| Date | Tue, 7 Oct 2008 15:26:51 -0700 (PDT) |
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There's quite a few songs in Stew's cannon that are exceptionally visual in nature -- "Le Artist Cafe", "Rehab", "Watering Hole"...the list goes on and on. Of course, this all culmunated in his Tony Award-winning "Passing Strange"...
And, although I really can't stomach Dire Straits, the song "Making Movies" is very visually evocative -- proof of Knopfler's songwriting prowess (however sleep-inducing).
And, prog-rockers unite! Hell, prog has always been about the melding of classical structures with pop and rock sensibilities. There are thousands of hours of prog-rock songs with not only blistering musical passages, but extremely palatable melodic vocal sections that would appeal to any hardcore power-pop fan.
I guess some people just can't stand the musical widdly-widdly aspect of prog (which is my favorite element; after all I'm a musician, so that level of playing/composing has always been a benchmark of sorts). I've always found that old saying -- "don't bore us, get to the chorus" -- to be somewhat short-changing of songs in general.
The chorus will come soon enough, please believe; meanwhile, check out that section in 7/8, the interplay between the guitarist and keyboardist is incredible! LOL.
YMMV...
kErrY
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NP: NEXT -- "Eureka" (melodic prog rock to the core!)
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