I used to think that cheesy sounding music was usually born out of simple melodies and overused chord progressions, but there are plenty of popular and very simple songs that aren't cheesy e.g. John Lennon's "Imagine",
A friend was listening to this song the other day and I found the the vocal melody to be excruciatingly cheesy:
Cheesy melodies
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Cheesy melodies
2007-01-17T16:24:29+00:00
I want your semi-philosophical opinion on something...
When a melody in a song sounds cheesy to you, would you say that's because of the melody itself or the way it's "presented"?
*Of course* it's not black or white, rather complex even maybe. If a melody sounds cheesy, it could be both too hum-along-friendly and played in a too simple or too pretentious manner or something. And a melody that sounds lame to one person... etc.
*Still*, generally, what do you think? How would you e.g. improve a melodic song of yours which turns out to sound too cheesy? Would your main focus be improving the melody/composition, or your production and use of instruments and such?
I'm wondering cause when I listen to music (which I'd call melodic), it often fascinates me how some melodies just feel right, while others just sound lame. I'm thinking "I don't like this stupid melody" but I can never really put my finger on whether it's the actual melody or something else that makes the big difference between "great & catchy" and cheesy.
BTW, let me try to define cheesy in this context: Simple sounding, uninteresting, maybe somewhat pathetic (think bad schlager - no offense schlager fans!)
God, you must all think I'm drunk... But I seriously think it could be an interesting topic for discussion (or for making fun of me maybe, which I'll just have to live with then. :hihi: )
pekadan
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