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MusicallyMrM
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What's Up Forum? I tend to be long winded so I'm cuttin' to the chase. 
I had been working on a lyric for a song that was going to wind up as a Civil Rights, Martin Luther King Day, motivational feel good song. I've had this melody and chord progression around for about three years so I decided to use it. I began writing these words down and hopefully the song you listen too captures my ideal of this type song but I pose a question that always wonder about when measuring the success of any lyric work. How "simple" should a lyric be in order to be a commercial success? How complex should the hook be? My wife (my biggest critic no doubt) listened and said she felt my message was "cryptic" and I probably could conveyed the same message a lot simpler. She said she thought folks might miss what was being said. Heck, I am a college student of the late 70's/Early 80's and Shakesphere, Chaucer, Ellison, Nitsche-writers who inspired thought always impressed me most. I always loved the words of Harry Chapin (Cat's In The Cradle" comes to mind) Songs that make you think..........and that song was tremendously successful back then. I wondering if you write from an intellectual point of view, would a song still merit success-albeit the music is good? What do you think about that? Am I making any sense at all? I'd be real interested in your oppinions. : ) BTW, theres an illusion to the year 1976 in the song and if you really listen to the context of the lyric, you know the date should be 1977, October 20th, 1977. (I caught that after I finished the project)
The link to the song is:
www.soundclick.com/bands/2/musicallymrmmusic.htm
Click on the song "Me........Epilogue" Let me know your thoughts on the subject. Peace Out!
I had been working on a lyric for a song that was going to wind up as a Civil Rights, Martin Luther King Day, motivational feel good song. I've had this melody and chord progression around for about three years so I decided to use it. I began writing these words down and hopefully the song you listen too captures my ideal of this type song but I pose a question that always wonder about when measuring the success of any lyric work. How "simple" should a lyric be in order to be a commercial success? How complex should the hook be? My wife (my biggest critic no doubt) listened and said she felt my message was "cryptic" and I probably could conveyed the same message a lot simpler. She said she thought folks might miss what was being said. Heck, I am a college student of the late 70's/Early 80's and Shakesphere, Chaucer, Ellison, Nitsche-writers who inspired thought always impressed me most. I always loved the words of Harry Chapin (Cat's In The Cradle" comes to mind) Songs that make you think..........and that song was tremendously successful back then. I wondering if you write from an intellectual point of view, would a song still merit success-albeit the music is good? What do you think about that? Am I making any sense at all? I'd be real interested in your oppinions. : ) BTW, theres an illusion to the year 1976 in the song and if you really listen to the context of the lyric, you know the date should be 1977, October 20th, 1977. (I caught that after I finished the project)The link to the song is:
www.soundclick.com/bands/2/musicallymrmmusic.htm
Click on the song "Me........Epilogue" Let me know your thoughts on the subject. Peace Out!