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Topic: Stolen---Melody |
KEVIN OWENS
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OLD HICKORY TN USA
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Posted 21 May 2001 9:07 am |
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Seems like music has lost or has been robbed of its melody. If someone finds it could they please return it to the songwriters  and the singers .
thanks
Kevin |
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David Pennybaker
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Conroe, TX USA
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Theresa Galbraith
From:
Goodlettsville,Tn. USA
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Posted 21 May 2001 10:58 am
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Pete Mitchell
From:
Buda, Texas, USA
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Posted 21 May 2001 2:22 pm
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Kevin, I have most recently found that a lot of the "new" songwriters feel it necessary to incorporate as many unnecessary chord changes as possible in order that the listener will NOT be able to whistle the tune. Tune? Melody? Is that the same thing? (I'm beginning to wonder?)
For posterity, you "new wavers," could you tell me within the next 10 seconds what was the number 1 record on the charts 2 month ago? Better, yet, last month? Better yet, hum the tune for me? I don't know whether or not I made a valid point, but for you "new wavers," check out an "old wave," "Pack Your Lies and Go." (Celinda Pink, Step One Records) It says a lot with chords in the right place. Would it be something you call art? I understand, if I'm not too badly mistaken, that the Big E
had mentioned to Ray Pennington that the only thing wrong with the product was that he wasn't playing on it. Pete[This message was edited by Pete Mitchell on 21 May 2001 at 03:24 PM.] |
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Antolina
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Dunkirk NY
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Posted 21 May 2001 3:17 pm
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| Ask Bobbe Seymour. He's the horse thief on the forum........(sorry I just couldn't resist)LOL LOL LOL!!! |
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Pete Mitchell
From:
Buda, Texas, USA
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Posted 21 May 2001 3:22 pm
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Hey, RC,
Don't be pickin' on my Little Buddy, Bobbe, or I'll be asickin' Rose Marie (you know the one Jim Whitman slang about) on you. You know how prickly a Rose can be. Any friend of Mr. Rockabilly Piano, Earl Poole Ball, is a friend of mine, indeed. Yes, indeed. 
Pete [This message was edited by Pete Mitchell on 21 May 2001 at 04:25 PM.] |
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Antolina
From:
Dunkirk NY
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Posted 21 May 2001 3:38 pm
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| Gawd help me....I couldn't help myself with that one. It was too good to pass up!!!...still chucklin' |
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 21 May 2001 4:13 pm
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Pete...good point! Many musicians get "hooked" on chord changes the way we steelers get "hooked" on pedal changes. At the moment, I can think of only a few "chordally complex" songs that have stood the test of time...
"Just The Way You Are", by Billy Joel
"In My Life", by Stevie Wonder
"Color My World", by Chicago
Complex chords do not a good song make
The chord pattern of a song is but one element, and it's usually not enough to guarantee the success of any song. Like any element, it can help, or hinder when overdone. Every songwriter wishes he could come up with something as memorable as "Color My World", which is one of the few songs instantly recognizable by it's unique chord pattern. But, that's an exception, and not the rule in pop music. In country music, if you have to use over half-a-dozen chords, you're probably doing something very wrong! |
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Ed Naylor
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portsmouth.ohio usa, R.I.P.
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Posted 21 May 2001 4:50 pm
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| When I was living in Nashville someone pitched me a demo one time with the title " Did you Forget the Melody-or Did I forget the song"? ED Naylor Steel Guitar Works. |
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David Pennybaker
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Conroe, TX USA
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David Pennybaker
From:
Conroe, TX USA
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Posted 22 May 2001 6:34 am
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| For posterity, you "new wavers," could you tell me within the next 10 seconds what was the number 1 record on the charts 2 month ago? Better, yet, last month? |
I probably couldn't have done that 20 years ago, either. I don't have much of a memory for what was #1, etc.
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| Better yet, hum the tune for me? |
If it was one of the ones I liked, you bet. Note that the top-rated songs aren't always the ones I like best.
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The Unofficial Photographer of The Wilkinsons
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KEVIN OWENS
From:
OLD HICKORY TN USA
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Posted 22 May 2001 3:01 pm
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Pete,
I think they put all those chords in the new songs to compensate for the lack of vocal range. The vocalist (?) can let the music change around them instead of them leading the music.
Kevin
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tell Earl "Pool" Ball I said hey. |
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Bobby Lee
From:
Cloverdale, California, USA
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Posted 22 May 2001 4:53 pm
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The drummer's playing it!  |
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Pete Mitchell
From:
Buda, Texas, USA
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Posted 22 May 2001 4:55 pm
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| Kevin, Earl says hello and sends you his highest regards. Pete |
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John Steele
From:
Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 23 May 2001 5:27 pm
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A few years ago, an interviewer was coming to the conclusion of a session with the insightful and brilliant Dizzy Gillespie, when he asked
"Mr. Gillespie, where do you think modern music is heading ?"
After a brief moment of reflection, Dizzy replied "I think it's going back to where it came from.... To a man beating on a drum. "
Not so dumb.
-John |
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