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The Von Bondies "C'mon C'mon" - Pawn Shoppe Heart
A simple and addictive surf rock-inspired riff.
The thing that is most often overlooked is the buried guitar playing fills in the background. This is one of my favorite production tricks. As a fan of el guitado and Mr. Spector's "Wall of Sound," I love it when there's more to the song's guitars than just the rhythm, solo and obvious fills.
With my teeth locked down I can see the blood
Of a thousand men who've come and gone
I can't say for what reason, but I really like these lines. They just seem cool, and make sense, ya'know?
I love that it's so short. It gets the job done and does so quickly. Listen to it a couple of times and expect an earworm in the next day or two.
It's because the whole song repeats itself twice over a catchy riff, kind of like a jingle. The vocals could be described through music patterning as [A1-B C-B D A2-B C-B D D E]. There's the chorus (D), actually repeated three times. That's to be expected though. There's a second part (C), repeated in each verse, that functions more like a pre-chorus than anything else. The verses each end with the part labeled B. The coda has different lines, perhaps as a means to stress their importance.
Since the A1, A2 and C parts are so short and very simliar in vocal patterning, we can essentially eliminate them from the bracket. The song goes from the above (look up between the brackets, then look back here) to [B B D B B D D E]. Throughout the song, there is little variation between the intro riff, the verse and the chorus, all having the same chord progression. The melodies remain constant as well. Under this assumption, that the verses and choruses are so similar, the song could become [A A A A A A A B], where A is the B's and D's and, here, B is the coda (E from above).
Deductive logic shows that this song is a jingle. Repetition of slight variations on a theme beat into your brain that you enjoy it. Kind of like a Bill Simmons column. The major difference between this song and the Sports Guy is that I haven't grown tired of it in the past two years. It's great!
But don't be fooled by the repeated lines of:
Now we grieve cause now is gone
Things were good when we were young
Because the end, the emphasis, is on the following
...a million lies that speak no truth
Of a time gone by that now is through
This song is about looking to the future and fretting not about the past. What's done is done folks, so C'mon C'mon.
Love,
Hoffie
A simple and addictive surf rock-inspired riff.
The thing that is most often overlooked is the buried guitar playing fills in the background. This is one of my favorite production tricks. As a fan of el guitado and Mr. Spector's "Wall of Sound," I love it when there's more to the song's guitars than just the rhythm, solo and obvious fills.
With my teeth locked down I can see the blood
Of a thousand men who've come and gone
I can't say for what reason, but I really like these lines. They just seem cool, and make sense, ya'know?
I love that it's so short. It gets the job done and does so quickly. Listen to it a couple of times and expect an earworm in the next day or two.
It's because the whole song repeats itself twice over a catchy riff, kind of like a jingle. The vocals could be described through music patterning as [A1-B C-B D A2-B C-B D D E]. There's the chorus (D), actually repeated three times. That's to be expected though. There's a second part (C), repeated in each verse, that functions more like a pre-chorus than anything else. The verses each end with the part labeled B. The coda has different lines, perhaps as a means to stress their importance.
Since the A1, A2 and C parts are so short and very simliar in vocal patterning, we can essentially eliminate them from the bracket. The song goes from the above (look up between the brackets, then look back here) to [B B D B B D D E]. Throughout the song, there is little variation between the intro riff, the verse and the chorus, all having the same chord progression. The melodies remain constant as well. Under this assumption, that the verses and choruses are so similar, the song could become [A A A A A A A B], where A is the B's and D's and, here, B is the coda (E from above).
Deductive logic shows that this song is a jingle. Repetition of slight variations on a theme beat into your brain that you enjoy it. Kind of like a Bill Simmons column. The major difference between this song and the Sports Guy is that I haven't grown tired of it in the past two years. It's great!
But don't be fooled by the repeated lines of:
Now we grieve cause now is gone
Things were good when we were young
Because the end, the emphasis, is on the following
...a million lies that speak no truth
Of a time gone by that now is through
This song is about looking to the future and fretting not about the past. What's done is done folks, so C'mon C'mon.
Love,
Hoffie
