JR8 wrote:Brah wrote:I would hazard that that it's not based on anything.
You are a betting man eh?
If I have time I will look into it.
I'd be interested to see if it is actually a quotation from a famous work
But you accept that there are some compositional structures that immediately 'tweek your emotions'? You know, the kind of ones routinely used in adverts. Ask yourself how...
Absolutely - strong harmonic shifts or well-constructed melodies do that. Unfortunately a lot of classical music has been bastardized for commercial purposes ad nauseam, such as The Four Seasons, Pachelbel's Canon and the like, to the point they loose their meaning to the sophisticated listener.
It's tiring to hear the same Classical Music 101 pieces in ill-fitting situations and out of context from the composer's intent.
Those examples are a couple of the easy ones, I can site a less-well known one that may come as a surprise.
..pre-nauseating version of Ultravox
I think they had their moment
Kajagoogoo
Que!? You mention them in the same breath as Talking Heads ands B52s!¬? What next Bros?
Talking Heads, Icehouse, The B-52s and a thousand other Pre-Wave or New Wave bands where on the radio waves, I was fully immersed in Be Bop Deluxe and XTC, much like I was with Todd Rundgren in the era just before that one.
Talking Heads > Quality
Icehouse > Were they Australian?
B-52s > Legend
BBD > Never heard f him until you mentioned him (for which many thanks)
XTC > Classic new wave. [.We're only making plans etc > quality!
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Todd Rundgren > Never crossed my radar... it's like mid 70s AOR right? ... could you post a representative youtube link if you have a moment?
Ultravox - a big fan when Vienna came out, which was a groundbreaking release, then got into their back catalog which is not unlike pre-English Settlement XTC in rawness and punk; after Vienna they started taking themselves too seriously or something and became silly melodramatic and overblown, probably taking down the New Romantic movement with them
Kajagoogoo -
Que!? You mention them in the same breath as Talking Heads ands B52s!?) same era - some good songs (besides Too Shy) and excellent bass player
Talking Heads - yes quality in many ways - artists as musicians, and one of those who successfully pulled off the African thing, along with Peter Gabriel, Paul Simon, King Crimson, and one or two others I can't think of at the moment
Icehouse - yes Australian, had a few good songs, but not really significant, a random entry to this random list
B-52s - when fun came back into music, and campy-ness
BBD - a tired cliche but way ahead of their time, and under-recognized, plus Nelson is one of the better guitarists ever
XTC - Though they should be included in any respectable collection or compilation of NW, I don't know if I'd call them Classic new wave, they were a cut well above most or all of their contemporaries, in songwriting, creativity, and some are quite good musicians. Before English Settlement they were creative punks; from ES and onwards they were like the reincarnation of the Beatles and did amazing things
Todd Rundgren - one of the few, unlike as some claim Prince, Costello, Bowie, and a lot of others to be, I've always considered him a genius. This is a long, in-depth, and separate conversation, and really requires being familiar with all or most of his music and productions. But trust me on this.