That is not always the pursuit of a song. The average pop song typically aims to sound catchy. But songs with bad lyrics are still songs. For his myriad faults, Chad Kroeger is still a musician. Thus, it is essential to consider flawed songs in this discussion, too; songs whose very construction illustrate the friction between words and music.
Neither of these songs are groundbreaking, musically, but they do create an interesting enough complication of the verbal and non-verbal elements of song to merit a look.
Setting dark lyrical themes against a musical landscape of bright guitars, towering synths, and electronic drums was a trope of new wave music. She was almost at the top of the world in her profession and let it slip away from her. She was a dear friend and this is my tribute to her. Quick aside: some sources, including Wikipedia, believe the song might be directed at Valerie Carter, a talented, prolific backup singer, but I question this.
It goes against Jennings claim that he does not want to reveal her identity. He also speaks of her in the past tense. Carter only passed on in March of this year. Setting dark lyrical themes against a musical landscape of bright guitars, towering synths, and electronic drums was a trope of newwave music.
This dissonance can add a striking dimension to a song, an ironical tension between the verbal and non-verbal. Executed well, this tension can raise a song far above the average pop tune. Creating tension by these means can create problems, too. The ironical dissonance that works in other songs does not work quite so well here.
This is a song, like most electronic dance music and house, that relies almost entirely on its non-verbal components for effect. Ultimate Panopticon on July 01, Link. Ultimate Panopticon. Ultimate Panopticon About a singer female who is a drug addict and destroying herself and he wants to help but knows she doesn't believe she needs to be helped but she does PhilK5 on February 27, Song Fact Valerie Carter.
General Comment "I can't help remember just where she touched me" Huh? Ultimate Panopticon on April 12, Link. Ultimate Panopticon It IS a great song. No "if" about it. Much copied PhilK5 on February 27, My Interpretation I don't believe anything an artist says about the meaning of their song. Artists mislead you on purpose. They don't want to be confined to one universal meaning. Music is interpretational. You're supposed to come up with your own meaning.
A profession as full of creativity as music wouldn't be restrictive and limited to one WORLD meaning. Don't believe a damn thing they say, the artists. They don't want to tell their secrets, the motivation for the song. That's theirs and theirs alone, tucked away inside their souls. Some things are nobodys business. I think Valerie was written for a bird, seriously. I think he wrote the song for a bird.
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