Bummey the Fool fucked around with this message on 04-25-2004 at 02:13 PM.
Those songs aren't the same
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I think there was a study at one point about what made a song people would enjoy, and they actually found a formula something like this:
>> Intro verse
>> Chorus
>> Second verse
>> Chorus
>> Musical interlude
>> Third verse (optional)
>> Chorus
>> Repeat chorus
All that fun little overlay proves is that they're following the formula... and getting in the top 10 doing it.
A lot of popular songs fall into small clusters.. what they call "Hit clusters". So if you write a new song, record a demo, then send it to these guys, they can analyze it (For a fee, I think) and tell you if it's mathematically probable that it's going to be a hit or not. Delphi Aegis fucked around with this message on 04-25-2004 at 03:35 PM.
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Check out the big brain on Monica!
I posted that in the mp3 thread like 3 weeks ago.
quiet, you
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Aury obviously shouldn't have said:
quiet, you
There's also a short video floating around of them stopping a show in Portugal and leaving the stage after like the second song because they were getting rocks thrown at them.
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We were all impressed when Aury wrote:
Friend of mine clued me into this... Some guy put "Someday" And "You Remind Me" Side by side, one in the left speaker, one in the right speaker, and the songs are EXACTLY the same. Proof? Here. It's kinda funny.
Don't forget to mention that the copy of "Someday" they used is either sped up, or altered. Chad Kroeger's voice is a few octaves too high for it to be him.
I should know, I heard it on MuchMusic like 5 times a night solid for 2 weeks.
If you really want a mind fucker, Play Nickelback and Theory of a Deadman songs together. Two bands, same label, same sound, same playing style. It's quite sad that rock music is becoming prefabricated like this.
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Yuri painfully thought these words up:
Just because they use the same measure counts for their changes of mood doesnt make the songs the same really.
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Redmage Darkrayver wrote this then went back to looking for porn:
It's quite sad that rock music is becoming prefabricated like this.
There is no "Rock" anymore, it's all pop.
You want rock? Listen to the classics.
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Bummey the Fool thought about the meaning of life:
There is no "Rock" anymore, it's all pop.
You want rock? Listen to the classics.
Agreed.
Black Sabbath, David Wilcox, Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Metallica, etc etc. 
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Bummey the Fool stumbled drunkenly to the keyboard and typed:
There is no "Rock" anymore, it's all pop.
You want rock? Listen to the classics.
Go, Johnny, go.
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Yuri had this to say about Duck Tales:
Just because they use the same measure counts for their changes of mood doesnt make the songs the same really. Could just be me though.
If the songs were put into that MP3 at their original speed, I'd agree that they are similar.
But "Somewhere" has been altered, so I can't say they are similar.
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Bummey the Fool had this to say about Matthew Broderick:
There is no "Rock" anymore, it's all pop.
You want rock? Listen to the classics.
That's not true. The only music out there isn't the stuff you see on TV and hear on the radio.
Real rock isn't popular anymore, so it's hard to find. The best stuff is still the classics, but to say that it is the only 'rock' that is and will ever be is frankly a false statement. It's like saying that the work of the classical composers of old is the only valid music of that genre that will ever exist.
Popular music is terribly formulaic...but it doesn't mean [insert genre here] doesn't have it's innovators. They're just...not rich and famous.
See Devin Townsend.
But, people have been doing that for the longest time now. *coughs* Vanilla Ice *coughs*
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It's quite sad that rock music is becoming prefabricated like this.
You folks act like cookie-cutter bands are a new thing. This has been happening since the 50's. Most of those classic bands people are preaching are a direct ripoff of another earlier band. All using the same style, verbage,
and image.
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Popular music is terribly formulaic...but it doesn't mean [insert genre here] doesn't have it's innovators. They're just...not rich and famous.
Yes it is, and always has been. Basically there's a few unique bands that try to break the mold every decade or so, then 100 other bands that follow them and use their style.
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