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Thread #79154   Message #2694359
Posted By: GUEST,Paul
05-Aug-09 - 04:49 PM
Thread Name: What makes a good song?
Subject: RE: What makes a good song?
Too right Steve, I love that song too but even then I get a bit irritated by the way the final line of the chorus loses a beat where a 'traditional song' would take the less 'clever' route. I think that Cromdubh needs to take on board that a really successful song in any genre is rarely a 'clever' thing. Write doggerel and then struggle over every word until you can live with the result. Writing songs is personal but its also public. Actors don't actually experience the emotions they portray and songwriters don't do it either.