Words@brothersgibb.com message digest 06/05/2020 03:01 (#2020-1323)

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1Duetgarcia10303@gmail.com
2THESE are the top 50 happiest songs ever releasedmarjlarue@gmail.com
3THESE are the top 50 happiest songs ever releasedgarcia10303@gmail.com
4THESE are the top 50 happiest songs ever releasedmartyhogan@sbcglobal.net
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2020 21:12:17 -0400 From: David Garcia <garcia10303@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Duet As an aside to Chris Mathis... Ages ago, you asked me how a person could sing loud and soft passages into the same microphone without it getting weird and distorted... here is your answer. A compressor (an electronic audio effect) can boost the volume of softer sounds so that they are at or near the same volume as louder sounds. Some singers prefer to use microphone technique, moving closer or further away from the mic. The Bee Gees loved compression. They even used it on the piano, most notably on the song "Words." That's why, on that song, every piano note is at the same volume. It can be used on other instruments as well, particularly on drums. . David Garcia, who has never mastered the art of compression (except with popping bubble wrap) in NYC. . On Thu, Jun 4, 2020, 5:14 PM Joseph Brennan wrote: > On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 11:53 AM Per Bausager > wrote: > > > > Never heard this before > > https://www.facebook.com/423313264498091/posts/1661891953973543/ > > > > Per > > This was on a multi-box set of Dionne Warwick a few years ago. I am > now happy that I did not blow my retirement fund on it. > > Barry sounds awful, going loud and soft with little control. Nothing > new-- listen to "Words". I have long thought that the engineers > compressed his volume levels. I wonder what he and Di were smoking. > > Joe Brennan > > > "Words & Music", Fans Of The Brothers Gibb ( Bee Gees ) > http://www.brothersgibb.com > > To unsubscribe, send a message to Words-unsubscribe@brothersgibb.com > > Back to top
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2020 20:30:59 -0500 From: KittLarue <marjlarue@gmail.com> Subject: Re: THESE are the top 50 happiest songs ever released I love both. Lyrics are important, but I like rap . Kitt- Sent from Odessa > On Jun 4, 2020, at 6:52 PM, compoccia via Words wrote: > > Ultimately, that's what it comes down to. As much as some of us may get into the lyrics and like more meaningful songs or ones with a strong message, the words are usually rather secondary. > > I will say, however, a bad lyric or two could really hurt or even ruin a song. > > Sal Back to top
Date: Thu, 4 Jun 2020 21:42:13 -0400 From: David Garcia <garcia10303@gmail.com> Subject: Re: THESE are the top 50 happiest songs ever released Reminds me of "The Boxer," that Simon and Garfunkel song whose chorus consists of "lie la lie" and so on. https://youtu.be/l3LFML_pxlY That wasn't the plan. Paul Simon wrote the lyrics for all the verses. He knew the melody for the chorus. He just had to figure out the words for that chorus. He never did. He felt like he failed, the song was incomplete. He eventually released the song anyway. Don't know how that happened. Someone must have convinced him. Sure enough, it was one of their most memorable hits. No one complained. Indeed, some folks felt that repeatedly saying the word "lie" had some profound significance, some perspective of a boxer who was constantly lied to over and over. Nope. Just couldn't come up with the words. "Yesterday," Paul McCartney's signature song, languished for awhile with dummy lyrics. Had he kept those dummy lyrics... the song title would have been "Scrambled Egg." At least in this instance, the lyrics mattered enough to get it right. . David Garcia, who suffers from chronic lyric deficiencies in NYC . On Thu, Jun 4, 2020, 7:53 PM compoccia via Words wrote: > > -People don't listen to the words. They like the melody and the > arrangement. They like how it sounds. So the Gibb brothers were right to > toss in any words and phrases that -came to mind. Words are not the point. > I think they understood that better than most songwriters. > > > Ultimately, that's what it comes down to. As much as some of us may get > into the lyrics and like more meaningful songs or ones with a strong > message, the words are usually rather secondary. > > I will say, however, a bad lyric or two could really hurt or even ruin a > song. > > Sal > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph Brennan > To: Words List Member > Sent: Thu, Jun 4, 2020 5:40 pm > Subject: [Words] THESE are the top 50 happiest songs ever released > > > Any song that says "life going nowhere, somebody help me" is a happy tune, > and Born in the USA celebrates America "like a dog that's been beat too > much", and Imagine doesn't say "imagine no religion". People don't listen > to the words. They like the melody and the arrangement. They like how it > sounds. So the Gibb brothers were right to toss in any words and phrases > that came to mind. Words are not the point. I think they understood that > better than most songwriters. > > Saved by the Bell sounds great and that's what counts. The lyrics are from > some dream state. "Saved at the last minute when I saw who you really are" > would have been so harsh. It doesn't rhyme either. I guess she was "the > worst girl in this town" and now she's "gone gone gone". It can be > uplifting to walk down Heartbreak Lane and realize you just dodged a > relationship bullet, so maybe it is a happy song. > > Joe Brennan > > > > > > > > > > > > > Back to top
Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2020 03:20:13 +0000 (UTC) From: Marty Hogan <martyhogan@sbcglobal.net> Subject: Re: THESE are the top 50 happiest songs ever released Bald-headed woman,Bald headed woman to me B., M. R. Gibb 1978 On Thursday, June 4, 2020, 07:44:16 PM MDT, David Garcia wrote: Reminds me of "The Boxer," that Simon and Garfunkel song whose chorus consists of "lie la lie" and so on. https://youtu.be/l3LFML_pxlY That wasn't the plan. Paul Simon wrote the lyrics for all the verses. He knew the melody for the chorus. He just had to figure out the words for that chorus. He never did. He felt like he failed, the song was incomplete. He eventually released the song anyway. Don't know how that happened. Someone must have convinced him. Sure enough, it was one of their most memorable hits. No one complained. Indeed, some folks felt that repeatedly saying the word "lie" had some profound significance, some perspective of a boxer who was constantly lied to over and over. Nope. Just couldn't come up with the words. "Yesterday," Paul McCartney's signature song, languished for awhile with dummy lyrics. Had he kept those dummy lyrics... the song title would have been "Scrambled Egg." At least in this instance, the lyrics  mattered enough to get it right. .David Garcia, who suffers from chronic lyric deficiencies in NYC. On Thu, Jun 4, 2020, 7:53 PM compoccia via Words wrote: -People don't listen to the words. They like the melody and the arrangement. They like how it sounds. So the Gibb brothers were right to toss in any words and phrases that -came to mind. Words are not the point. I think they understood that better than mo Ultimately, that's what it comes down to. As much as some of us may get into the lyrics and like more meaningful songs or ones with a strong message, the words are usually rather secondary. I will say, however, a bad lyric or two could really hurt or even ruin a song. Sal  Back to top
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