Song duration
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- KVRist
- 83 posts since 7 Feb, 2025
Seems like most music is 2-3 min nowadays… remember back in the day some songs pushed 10+ min lol
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- KVRian
- 991 posts since 24 May, 2024
I think it depends upon the genre and the decade / publication date.
A lot of great classics pulled of 4-6 and weren't just one hit wonders.
But that was then, in the past. These days, a lot of K-pop candy is coming in at 2-3 minutes.
But I don't like K-pop as much as some 1990s classics. It's just lately the closest thing I can find to 1990s styles.
A lot of great classics pulled of 4-6 and weren't just one hit wonders.
But that was then, in the past. These days, a lot of K-pop candy is coming in at 2-3 minutes.
But I don't like K-pop as much as some 1990s classics. It's just lately the closest thing I can find to 1990s styles.
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- KVRAF
- 7176 posts since 23 Nov, 2016 from a small city
I can't remember mainstream songs being 10+ mins?jthekidd427 wrote: Wed Feb 26, 2025 2:17 am Seems like most music is 2-3 min nowadays… remember back in the day some songs pushed 10+ min lol
If that's not a criteria, Autechre recently finished an album with a 59 min tune
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- KVRAF
- 7176 posts since 23 Nov, 2016 from a small city
Most radio edits of songs were shorter than the album or single releases if those were 4-5 mins.
Most popular songs are designed to grab you from the get-go. TikTok and the like are the ideal place for pop songs. And yeah, I imagine that the sounds and structure are changing to suit the format - which in turn is indicative if changing tastes.
Most popular songs are designed to grab you from the get-go. TikTok and the like are the ideal place for pop songs. And yeah, I imagine that the sounds and structure are changing to suit the format - which in turn is indicative if changing tastes.
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- KVRian
- 804 posts since 14 Apr, 2019
It's been quantified that pppular music, iow music on the charts is shorter now. It's also far far less likely to have a bridge or any key change. Also the melodies contain fewer notes. All quantified. Also instead of being from a band it's now an artist who "collaborated" with one of a very few songwriters like Max Martin, etc. Again quantified.
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- KVRAF
- 14138 posts since 20 Nov, 2003 from Lost and Spaced
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- Beware the Quoth
- 35433 posts since 4 Sep, 2001 from R'lyeh Oceanic Amusement Park and Funfair
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."
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- KVRAF
- 17989 posts since 24 May, 2009 from A galaxy, far far away
Nor do they seem to have a chorus, bridge, solo, strophic refrain, key-change, or...improvising over fade-out [/beato-mode-off]
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- addled muppet weed
- 111278 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
it's the time it takes between the beginning and end. the more you know!
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- KVRAF
- 7001 posts since 20 Mar, 2012 from Babbleon
woke up this morning to a sonic youth song
i don`t know the title of the song
i liked it at the time that i added it to my mp3 collection
it had like a 29 and a half minutes intro
and a 30 second middle
and a 29 and a half minutes ending
i think i will remove it from my song collection
i don`t know the title of the song
i liked it at the time that i added it to my mp3 collection
it had like a 29 and a half minutes intro
and a 30 second middle
and a 29 and a half minutes ending
i think i will remove it from my song collection
ah böwakawa poussé poussé
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- KVRian
- 991 posts since 24 May, 2024
i must say, in contrast, there's a tune by Shulman, "Inner Selves" where the entire introduction is 3-4 minutes long and the full tune duration is 11min44s(!!!!) It's a great tune, it doesn't get boring, and it shows that it can be done...