also, I think the title of this thread should be changed as many people are naming instrumentals, which technically are compositions...a song has vocal parts and it has been defined as "poetry set to music", so the jazz tunes and movie themes arent really "songs" (I suppose wordless vocals qualify it as a song, I dont know though, thats a tough one)... just semantics, I know.
..so it should be "whats your all time favorite piece of music"?
just one is not realistic. however, the song that instantly popped in my head that i've loved since a kid and always gives me that weird 1976, small town wisconsin feeling....
Probably Zappa's "Watermelon in Easter Hay." It just about the only piece of music that can affect me the same now as it did when I was 16, and that's something pretty special.
This might be a surprise, but nothing gets me more pumped up than this song. The DJ played it at the last wedding I was at and I almost killed 8 people on the way to the dancefloor
it's not that hard. just pick one. and also, i would say that words and lyrics arent essential parts of a song
well then...who cares what dictionaries and music scholars say, says they're wrong!
if there isnt singing, it isnt a song, its a piece or composition..yes, semantics, but that is what helps communication along, you know?
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i was thinking about this... I understand where you're coming from, but it seems that we should be able to at least stretch this definition to include pieces of music with a song structure that don't necessarily have words.
for example, take something like... "Confirmation" by Charlie Parker: doesn't have words, but it seems to weird to argue that it's not a "song"
I guess the point is, the dictionary definition of song you're pointing to may be, at the very least, outdated for this particular context.
You are driving your SUV with your wife on the passenger seat, your kids strapped in the back, this song comes up on the radio and you suddenly realize it's your all time favorite.
You are driving your SUV with your wife on the passenger seat, your kids strapped in the back, this song comes up on the radio and you suddenly realize it's your all time favorite.
You are driving your SUV with your wife on the passenger seat, your kids strapped in the back, this song comes up on the radio and you suddenly realize it's your all time favorite.
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just semantics, I know.
..so it should be "whats your all time favorite piece of music"?
carry on
just one is not realistic. however, the song that instantly popped in my head that i've loved since a kid and always gives me that weird 1976, small town wisconsin feeling....
"let em in" by paul mccartney and wings
Welkshake
well then...who cares what dictionaries and music scholars say,
if there isnt singing, it isnt a song, its a piece or composition..yes, semantics, but that is what helps communication along, you know?
This might be a surprise, but nothing gets me more pumped up than this song. The DJ played it at the last wedding I was at and I almost killed 8 people on the way to the dancefloor
bump
i was thinking about this... I understand where you're coming from, but it seems that we should be able to at least stretch this definition to include pieces of music with a song structure that don't necessarily have words.
for example, take something like... "Confirmation" by Charlie Parker: doesn't have words, but it seems to weird to argue that it's not a "song"
I guess the point is, the dictionary definition of song you're pointing to may be, at the very least, outdated for this particular context.
wow, good call- that one's up there for me too...
especially right now...but it's always changing.
You are driving your SUV with your wife on the passenger seat, your kids strapped in the back, this song comes up on the radio and you suddenly realize it's your all time favorite.
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