Next time I teach my course on the meaning of life I will have to discuss the lyrics of "Everlasting Everything," a (swoon) fantastic song from Wilco (The Album).
Nice example of a sticky song, and nice song, too. Maybe stickiness is a result of repetitiveness and a fairly simple melody, though I don't think that's the whole thing. Here's another entry in the gallery of sticky songs--
My comment should probably go under the "Sticky Music" blog post, but I'll post it here:
ReplyDeleteFor a very sticky song (and one of my favorites), see "Soul Meets Body", by Death Cab for Cutie:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG97P3FDHrM
I particularly like the chorus (first heard around 2:07 in the video above).
By the way, don't let the name of the band throw you off. This isn't death metal, or anything like it.
Nice example of a sticky song, and nice song, too. Maybe stickiness is a result of repetitiveness and a fairly simple melody, though I don't think that's the whole thing. Here's another entry in the gallery of sticky songs--
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aN0ADvq3qgQ
Love it.