When you're working on your music, sometimes there are a few little changes that can take it around the corner into something awesome. But what are they?
For example, John Mellencamp said there wouldn't have been much of a song if not for the clap track in "Jack and Diane". I also once read that R.E.M.'s "Everybody Hurts" was an example of Michael Snipe polishing someone else's turd, where he somehow turned something mediocre into something great. (I would love to know what he changed and why.)
I want to study these transformations. Can anyone think of more examples?
Great songs that would have been unremarkable if not for certain subtleties
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- KVRist
- 499 posts since 11 Jul, 2004 from Southern California, USA
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- Boss Lovin' DR
- 14312 posts since 15 Mar, 2002 from the grimness of yorkshire
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- KVRian
- 1100 posts since 9 Jan, 2015 from NY, NY
Are 'Friends' Electric by Tubeway Army.
Apparently Gary Numan had two unremarkable songs, but when he accidentally played a wrong note in one of them he realized that the wrong note would link the two songs and make one great song.
Apparently Gary Numan had two unremarkable songs, but when he accidentally played a wrong note in one of them he realized that the wrong note would link the two songs and make one great song.
Sweet child in time...