Pipa
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Post by Pipa on May 18, 2009 20:25:36 GMT -5
I must be one of the few people that doesn't really pay attention to a song's lyrics. Unless they're absolutely incredible or atrocious (in an obvious enough way that I notice). Is it too late to be putting up hands?
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PHOBES
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Post by PHOBES on May 18, 2009 20:27:55 GMT -5
Oh, I think he was doing it so that we'd emphasize both beats of the 2/4. When you have just two beats, it's difficult for a lot of people to put emphasis on both beats of every measure. Thus, by directing as if it were 6/12, we were emphasizing the first and fourth beats. I have to admit, it didn't feel nearly as awkward once I began thinking of it that way. But still, it felt very unorthodox.
2/4 with emphasis on both notes: ONE TWO ONE TWO 6/12 with emphasis on first and fourth: ONE two three FOUR five six ONE two three FOUR five six
And yet they were the same.
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lockebox
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Post by lockebox on Jun 22, 2009 10:14:15 GMT -5
A few songs going recurrent have propelled this into the top 40.
41 36 PAPERCUT MASSACRE - Left 4 Dead 255 237 18 0.634
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Post by onefrayedrepublic on Jun 24, 2009 23:00:18 GMT -5
I like this song... however, I love In The Middle---it NEEDS to be a single. I just bought this album today--and I don't buy that many.
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Nicholas2.0
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Post by Nicholas2.0 on Jun 28, 2009 1:53:37 GMT -5
I heard this on my secondary Alt station as I drove home earlier this week. I had to remember lyrics to look it up later, but I easily found it. I just listened to it again on their MySpace page for the purpose of contributing to this topic. It's not original at all, I'm pretty sure I've heard this song about 200-300 times.... This sounds like what woulda done well at active rock 5 years ago, but not now. Too nu-metal not Cock rock enough. I think active rock wouldn't allow a song in 6/8 time to chart well. The fact that "4" is a substitute for the word "for" rather than a quantity knocks the song down a couple pegs into the somewhat cheesy realm. I have nothing else to add.
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