Post by Stacy on Nov 2, 2009 21:36:55 GMT -5
Yeah, I know - I start a lot of threads about this topic. But they're all different in their ways.
This one - I've replaced The Devil Went Down to Georgia with Country Death Song by the Violent Femmes.
Both of them are excellent story songs.
Pretty much all of my time at home and much of it at work is spent listening to Valley music.
Anyway, give it a listen.
Country Death Song
One thing that both songs share - the music is quiet and very much in the background during the tense bits and then the quiet is followed by an explosion.
Also, I love the little flourishes at just the right time in Country Death Song - especially the roll at "pit" followed by the last quiet bit and then the explosion. And then, for the end, back to the normal beat from the beginning with an echo of the "pit" roll at the bit about throwing your daughter in the well. And then an echo of the explosion at the end and then a big finish.
Yes. That is a story.
Here's another video - with the most glowing positive comments I've ever seen on a YouTube video.
Now this - this is a story. This is on the Seth playlist because this is what I want for the last few updates.
Hall of the Mountain King - Apocalyptica
The video is an important part of this one too, with the lights and how they move and flash during the song.
There it is again - the quiet that builds to an explosion.
Sometimes I type in rhythm with the music I'm listening to. I can't type that fast though, lol.
Last example of the day - Valley's new theme song.
The Perfect Drug - Nine Inch Nails
It's mostly Valley's new theme song because of the first verse.
Seth is the first stanza, Lilith the second.
I got my head but my head is unraveling
Can't keep control, can't keep track of where it's traveling
I got my heart but my heart is no good
And you're the only one that's understood
I come along but I don't know where you're taking me
I shouldn't go but you're wrenching dragging shaking me
Turn off the sun, pull the stars from the sky
The more I give to you, the more I die
But here the music also tells a perfect story. I can see why Trent Reznor may not like it and feel like it was rushed, but I still really like it. And what an explosion this one has. The ending is extended more than the others, but I think it works for this song.
I love the flourish on "die". And the constant underlying beat of it is very fast and tense, which I like. Perhaps that's why it needs the extended slow ending.
It's just - I've been trying to read some articles about writing and stuff and I realized that I've been learning all that stuff from music. I don't know any of the technical bits of music any more than I know anything about the technical bits of writing. But I feel it in my bones. Quite literally with music - I like to play The Seth Experience mix CD so loud that my sternum vibrates when I'm driving around at work.
I find that sticks with me more than articles I read while hopping around the net.
This one - I've replaced The Devil Went Down to Georgia with Country Death Song by the Violent Femmes.
Both of them are excellent story songs.
Pretty much all of my time at home and much of it at work is spent listening to Valley music.
Anyway, give it a listen.
Country Death Song
One thing that both songs share - the music is quiet and very much in the background during the tense bits and then the quiet is followed by an explosion.
Also, I love the little flourishes at just the right time in Country Death Song - especially the roll at "pit" followed by the last quiet bit and then the explosion. And then, for the end, back to the normal beat from the beginning with an echo of the "pit" roll at the bit about throwing your daughter in the well. And then an echo of the explosion at the end and then a big finish.
Yes. That is a story.
Here's another video - with the most glowing positive comments I've ever seen on a YouTube video.
Now this - this is a story. This is on the Seth playlist because this is what I want for the last few updates.
Hall of the Mountain King - Apocalyptica
The video is an important part of this one too, with the lights and how they move and flash during the song.
There it is again - the quiet that builds to an explosion.
Sometimes I type in rhythm with the music I'm listening to. I can't type that fast though, lol.
Last example of the day - Valley's new theme song.
The Perfect Drug - Nine Inch Nails
It's mostly Valley's new theme song because of the first verse.
Seth is the first stanza, Lilith the second.
I got my head but my head is unraveling
Can't keep control, can't keep track of where it's traveling
I got my heart but my heart is no good
And you're the only one that's understood
I come along but I don't know where you're taking me
I shouldn't go but you're wrenching dragging shaking me
Turn off the sun, pull the stars from the sky
The more I give to you, the more I die
But here the music also tells a perfect story. I can see why Trent Reznor may not like it and feel like it was rushed, but I still really like it. And what an explosion this one has. The ending is extended more than the others, but I think it works for this song.
I love the flourish on "die". And the constant underlying beat of it is very fast and tense, which I like. Perhaps that's why it needs the extended slow ending.
It's just - I've been trying to read some articles about writing and stuff and I realized that I've been learning all that stuff from music. I don't know any of the technical bits of music any more than I know anything about the technical bits of writing. But I feel it in my bones. Quite literally with music - I like to play The Seth Experience mix CD so loud that my sternum vibrates when I'm driving around at work.
I find that sticks with me more than articles I read while hopping around the net.