I've heard that some new songwriters are arranging songs with no chorus, the chorus is replaced with the bridge.
Anybody here done this ? Heard of it?
Got any advice on how it's done?
Thanks
Rich
'Stairway to Heaven' has an A section, a B section, then the final (rocking) C section.
Or, depending on how you look at it/hear it, it has an A section, a B section, an escalating sequence of A' and B' sections (e.g., ABA'B'A''B''A'''B''' ad infinitum), a C section, a D section, an escalating sequence of C' and D' sections, an E section, and then an F section. Possibly follwed by F'
And we're still both listening to the exact same song! You can call sections anything you want. I played in a band that used to refer to the bridge of any particular piece "Harry".
But not every piece has a Harry.
This whole notion that pop songs need choruses or bridges or C sections or Harry went out the window forty-something years ago. Write tunes that sound good and that take the listener on a journey. Engage them and they'll keep coming back...even if the refrain never does.
Lots of Bob Dylan songs have no chorus or bridge, but each verse has an ending refrain line.
he often talks about having a line like "It's all over now, baby blue." or "come in she said, I'll give you shelter from the storm".
He's a pretty wordy verse writer just like Dylan or Cohen, so it'd work well for him I think.
... but willingness to hear it as "great" has alot to do with the way we perceive artists.
exactly. i could say "what do you think of my friend's garage band?" then play you a demo cd...or i could say "my friend got signed to a big label and is touring Europe this summer", then play the same demo cd.... guess which one ppl will give more credit to and "think" sounds better?