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Thread #78505   Message #1412751
Posted By: Peace
17-Feb-05 - 02:51 AM
Thread Name: What is a good song and why?
Subject: RE: What is a good song and why?
True, alanabit, but that's really all I have to say about it. No offense intended. I would willingly 'disect' a song--lyrics and music--to address something specific. But not just to participate in an academic exercise. You write songs. So do I. We know that the parameters of good depend on mood, timing, etc. Good songs can become so-so songs just by being presented at the wrong time in a set or concert performance. Showing "Sunflowers" to drunk people who are waiting in line to pee will likely not get a response the painting deserves. As stories require to greater or lesser degrees plot, setting, character and theme, so too do the other products of artistic effort and accomplishment. Too much impacts critical analysis to allow us to say, "This IS art!" or "This IS good!" Basically, I seldom argue the merits of what I do or don't like. Call it selfishness or call it age: it's good enough for me that I like a song without having my like of it agreed to by others.

BM