about the 'wistful repertoire' discussion...

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Is it really possible to "dismantle" a song in such a way that its' performance, production and so on wont be of any value at all? I'm not sure such thing is even possible- apart of the theoretical aspect of course; that is, a song stripped out of his "body" would simply the notes written on a paper. When a song is written, it lives straight away in his creator's mind- it's got a specific sound, so to speak, and generally a frame in which it will eventually come out. Of course, this is how I see it... Then if it is indeed so- then how can we think of a song as 'wistful', energetic, happy and so on when examining it's "theoretical" structure? For me, songs are what they are- as we hear them, imagine them, perform them and so on- and it's the whole thing that brings us to tears, dance, smile, think etc'...

What do you think..?

― dubflower, Wednesday, 2 January 2002 01:00 (twenty-four years ago)

two years pass...

You may be right!

― Mike T. Watt, Monday, 12 April 2004 08:11 (twenty-two years ago)

take it to the billy joel thread, pal.

― stockholm cindy (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 12 April 2004 09:49 (twenty-two years ago)

some songs you can practically dimantle to bare bones and they're still instantly recognisable - such as Soft Cell's Tainted Love...

maybe like multi-generational photocopying, maybe you could see how much detail you could lose before identification is lost.

― Bob Six (bobbysix), Monday, 12 April 2004 09:54 (twenty-two years ago)

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