Are instrumentals 'songs'?

[LazerBeakShiek]

Ripley : I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure

 

[LazerBeakShiek]

but that's the rules we have set forth in America.

Hell, with that. Isnt this/it the United States?

'one in 12 says black is white and the other 11 say the opposite' , Nothing united about that. Further, just so we are square, when you call 'black' saying it is 'white' knowingly..that is a lie. Lying is fraud. That lying Jury would be hung. Hung by the crowd of people that did time when they were innocent.

It is your DUTY to stand up to an oppressive government. 11 on 1 sounds pretty oppressive. Better have your facts straight. The scales of justice are a motherfucker on the payback.

I am curious why you have the need to define things so specifically. Nothing changes one way or the other, song or instrumental. It comes off to me as elitist behavior. No, IM SAYING IT MEANS...kind of thing. Why? Talk to yer fellow peoples, they might learn you something new.

I have no need to do such things. I wouldnt even think about.

 

[grimtraveller]

The other thing worth mentioning about the dictionary definitions is that they don't take into account the recording age and how language has moved along within that field. There are lots of interchangeable terms. For example, tracks, numbers, songs, pieces, compositions, ditties and tunes have all been used interchangeably for both songs with vocals and instrumentals over the last 70 years.

 

[gecko zzed]

And sometimes a song is a hit. A hit? How can that be? A hit is when you strike something. How can that mean a successful record?

 

[rob aylestone]

I fell over this old topic. It never had a result we could all agree about.

I just remembered a song from Elton John. Song for Guy. It is an instrumental. Elton thinks it a song………..

 

[Papanate]

I fell over this old topic. It never had a result we could all agree about.

I just remembered a song from Elton John. Song for Guy. It is an instrumental. Elton thinks it a song………..

Isn’t a song a song no matter if has vocals - spoken words - repeated words occasional - Tequilla comes to mind - it’s song right?

 

[rob aylestone]

yes - I would call that one a song. I suppose I'd take a piece of music with melody, words or an instrument playing the melody and if it has a verse and chorus, that would tick my song box. Yet, imagine the Top Gun music - it has a very clear melody, but in my head is NOT a song - yet it sort of has a chorus and verse? I cannot really explain it?

 

[Serendipity Records]

What do you do with a song? You sing it. Do you sing an instrumental? No. Therefore, an instrumental is not a song.

 

[TalismanRich]

Are thumbs fingers?

It's just semantics.

Is this a song?


How about this?


Or this?

 

[Papanate]

yes - I would call that one a song. I suppose I'd take a piece of music with melody, words or an instrument playing the melody and if it has a verse and chorus, that would tick my song box. Yet, imagine the Top Gun music - it has a very clear melody, but in my head is NOT a song - yet it sort of has a chorus and verse? I cannot really explain it?

Well I’m in the camp that everything is a song - even at that I would describe TopGun as a Musical Piece - most sound tracks I would consider them musical pieces.