OT: Breaking down "Mr. Brightside"
Here's a pretty thorough in-depth breakdown of how and why the song is so infectious:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuCAFvcrtVc&t=812s
That song is about wallowing in deceit, heartache, and misery. That glorious game was about rejoicing in victory.
Conflating the two does not work for me. Your mileage may vary.
The lyrics, yes. But for many of us, acknowledging that disappointment and pain and expressing it is a way of getting past it, and soaring above it (the glorious victory) with the music.
In the words of the legendary Jello Biafra: “The lowest common denominator rules.”
In addition to the childlike simplicity of the music having widespread appeal, this phenomenon also applies to the selfish, petty emotional experiences described by the song.
There, saved y’all some time which you can spend listening to something worthwhile.
Avatar of you on a high horse tracks
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I feel sorry for you if you do not enjoy excellent pop songs like Mr. Brightside. If your palette is jazz or classical good for you. Complexity is not always better than simplicity. Jazz virtuosity is great and all, but there is definitely a virtuosity in writing an incredible pop song. Further, compared to today's repetitive drum machine/ sample based hip hop nonsense, Mr. Brightside is incredibly deep by comparison.
Hey now, I enjoy excellent pop music. Madonna, Prince, Diana Ross, Lady Gaga, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, Outkast, Shakira, Harry Nilsson, Kate Bush, etc. There’s a long list of good stuff and this ain’t on it. It’s on the list with Coldplay, Journey, Neil Diamond, The Archies, and Pat Boone … a soulless menu serving up processed cheese.
One good thing I’ll say about it is, it’s not at all diminished as a MIDI track - all of its feeling is retained.
But the worst part is, it was well on its way to being just another a throwaway track that managed to find second life for some ungodly reason. I believe this is punishment for some ancient evil. Such is life. People will continue to enjoy it, and I will continue to hate it. And that’s … OK
Great video. I like that Michigan has made the song ours. It's not just some generic hype music. While it hasn't been around long enough to call it a tradition, it's the type of thing that separates an experience at Michigan stadium from generic college football experience.
I've been watching his channel for a while - he's excellent
Huge Rick Beato fan. So many cool sounds he shares that you never noticed were in the songs. The synths in this song are mind blowing given how obscured they are in the original, and the guitars at 6:20 are also a revelation.