musical observations, weird correlations?
Posted: 05 Apr 2011 18:31
I don't know where else to put this, so here goes:
I would love to have some in depth conversations about music. Not necessarily technical, but i would try to keep up if it went there... Anyway, here is the musical spiral my head went on this evening.
Do you ever listen to an SP song, and it somehow reminds you of an unexpected musical cousin? What i mean is, I love @$$hole father... but when i listen to it, i always think of Ben Folds Five's Song for the Dumped. It's the same F you vibe, and the beginning of @$$hole Father is so soft you almost feel like that's where it's going. Then, bam, the anger comes into Shim's voice and the bass and drums come in heavier on that downbeat. Whereas Song for the Dumped is underplayed throughout, no real emotion comes into Ben's voice, it's funny and sarcastic. Maybe it has to be because there is no guitar. (For those who don't know, Ben Folds Five is a misnomer -it's a trio like the Pups, but piano takes the place of guitar.) Piano will always have a cleaner sound then guitar - it's a percussion instrument. Perhaps that precision lends itself to sarcasm. Perhaps a guitar is the instrument of the heart, while piano is an instrument of the head?
(Here's the Ben Folds Five video for reference:
)
I would love to have some in depth conversations about music. Not necessarily technical, but i would try to keep up if it went there... Anyway, here is the musical spiral my head went on this evening.
Do you ever listen to an SP song, and it somehow reminds you of an unexpected musical cousin? What i mean is, I love @$$hole father... but when i listen to it, i always think of Ben Folds Five's Song for the Dumped. It's the same F you vibe, and the beginning of @$$hole Father is so soft you almost feel like that's where it's going. Then, bam, the anger comes into Shim's voice and the bass and drums come in heavier on that downbeat. Whereas Song for the Dumped is underplayed throughout, no real emotion comes into Ben's voice, it's funny and sarcastic. Maybe it has to be because there is no guitar. (For those who don't know, Ben Folds Five is a misnomer -it's a trio like the Pups, but piano takes the place of guitar.) Piano will always have a cleaner sound then guitar - it's a percussion instrument. Perhaps that precision lends itself to sarcasm. Perhaps a guitar is the instrument of the heart, while piano is an instrument of the head?
(Here's the Ben Folds Five video for reference:
)