The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #63156 Message #1027057
Posted By: alanabit
01-Oct-03 - 05:57 AM
Thread Name: Emotion 'junkies'
Subject: RE: Emotion 'junkies'
I go along with both of you. I think the way you present the emotion in a song has a lot to do with the viewpoint. I do a song about a teenage runaway who is perhaps embittered, but unrepentant. I try to make it sound as if it's coming from her mouth. In other songs I am the narrator. Those (I think) sound better with a lighter touch. I guess that when singers sing about their own life, it must be very hard to strike a balance. I shall leave that sort of thing to singers more talented than myself!