If we’re being blunt, most classical pieces follow things like sonata form, which is outlined clearly in most musical theory classes. So, a sonata follows a form like this: http://www.stewartsvillelutheran.org/images/sonataform.gif
I know, I’m a party pooper.
I used to do accompaniment for an opera singer, and the translated lyrics of the Opera she sang were the socially acceptable pop music of the time. |–cutesy piano intro–|–romantic yearning–|–romantic angst–|–end piano ditty–|
Brilliant! But in Country music you’ve left out the part about a girl in ‘painted on jeans’, and a wife’s trailer-park wrecking rampage after finding her man sippin’ Barcardi with said painted-on-jeans girl. But other than that, and Taylor Swift teenage angst, you’re pretty much dead on! 🙂
Jazz
Bass intro – lots of people playing lots of notes together – lots of people playing lots of notes alone – lots of people playing lots of notes together – one guy claps (16:32 minutes)
A lot of jazz follows a standard “bookend” form (called Rounded Binary in classical music.) You already know it from your English class when they taught you how to write an essay.
1. Intro: Tell ’em what you’re going to say.
2. Body: Say it, with examples and proof. Three paragraphs is a good number.
3. Conclusion: Tell ’em what you told ’em.
What that translates to in a lot of classic jazz is:
1. theme (melody, liberally paraphrased in some cases)
2. improvisation on the form and harmony of the theme (count carefully, because they ALWAYS follow the exact form!) Sometimes there is one soloist, sometimes many. Three is a good number.
3. theme again to finish, even MORE liberally paraphrased than the first time. Sometimes there’s an extension of some sort at the end of the last theme.
…funniest thing I’ve seen in the record shop all day…can we have a printable (A3) version????….love your stuff, please, please do part 2…(folk & reggae should be included)…..(please)…
Can’t wait until you get your hands on electronic next time! Nobody should be spared. Indie music also encompasses all those other genres, too, which made me laugh even more. http://luvindiemusic-youtubeplaylists.tumblr.com
May we add prog rock: 0:00 swelling intro 0:30 middle section full of gratuitous time changes (because we can) 3:30 thirty-second flute or otherwise less-well-known instrument (a cappella harmony bit may be substituted at band’s discretion) 6:00 false ending 7:00 real ending …?
you forgot the giant blue space in the middle of the blues… breaking up the complaining.
also pop is all about ripping of the 90s and early 2000s right now… furthermore i can’t think of the last pop song that had a key change since the 90s…
How about one for movie music, by genre? Here’s a start:
Epic on mythological hero: ethnic reed instrument | deep dramatic battle drums | high strings | deep dramatic battle drums and French horn | ethnic reed instrument | [credits] Taylor Swift Song
this anatomy of songs has started something big! and lots of your followers have got the bug and offered suggestions they also made me laugh! so clever. i dont know about music structure and the dont need to – the fun side is all in your strips that does it for me – and i understand! thank you !
Thanks for bringing attention to indie music! Follow me on social media which you can find in my profile links to find new indie music, promoters & radio stations. Here’s my SoundCloud playlist for starters: https://soundcloud.com/luvindiemusic/likes
Grunge:
Guitar solo – my parents messed me up – high school messed me up – guitar solo – I’m still messed up – fade out.
Celine Dion
Piano – lots of annoyingly high pitched sounds – piano
Jazz
Bass intro – lots of people playing lots of notes together – lots of people playing lots of notes alone – lots of people playing lots of notes together – one guy claps (16:32 minutes)
Wrong Hands, I hope you do a “Part 2”. Imagine how many more unsolicited, yet welcome free music lessons we will all get in the comments section. Being a musician myself, I was still able to learn some music theory and gain insight on various genres. I enjoyed the lighthearted humor in your cartoon and some good laughs from your fans and critics. Good stuff! Thanks everybody! Thanks for taking on such serious subject matter and breaking it all down for us Wrong Hands! 🙂 Bravo! Encore!
Please do a part two! This was great. It would be awesome if you could include alternative(Maroon 5, All American Rejects, Green Day), reggea, jazz, metal, and indie pop/singer songwriter (Lana Del Rey, Adele, John Mayer, Amy Winehouse.) Love and light!
Here’s my suggestion for jazz anatomy: 1) Chord progression intro, each utilizing nearly impossible voicings of 9ths or 13ths. 2) Horns collectively play hook. 3) Piano solo based on Powell. 4) Alto solo based on Parker. 5) Trumpet solo based on Davis. 6) Tenor solo based on Hawkins. 7) Trade 4’s with drummer (latter based on Max Roach). 8) Repeat #2. 9) Go shoot heroin. : )
This is perfect. I lost it at “Pitbull.” The indie one was hard to digest. However, even as an indie fan, I must concede that there is some validity to that representation. Good stuff!
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Twenty-something problems now I am supposed to have
Who says? well it is Facebook and it’s muddlin’ with my head
That’s least of all my problems so there’s plenty more to go
Twenty-something problems sure let’s put them in a row
My car is junk, my house’s shed, I’m a lonely desp’rate guy
My wife she has the measles and in secret hopes I’ll die
I’m restless, bored, an anorex’, I’m usin’ XTC
So twenty-something problems well there’s more for u to see
My knees are weak my liver ‘s gone, it’s livin’ in a barn
My stomach ache is painful but its causing no alarm
No what I’m worried of, my taste buds’ situation there you see
They all migrated long ago to a bourbon distill’ry
So twenty somethin’problems well I did not even start
I mentioned not my kidneys and my hope-of-ridden heart
My daughter is successful so I’m written off her books
Well there’s my life and really, not as bad as it might look!
For twenty something problems are an honour to have had
To have succeeded none the less in not yet being dead
A mattress layin’on the ground my doggy by side
And twenty something problems laying softly at my side
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Brought a smile to the end of a busy day. I like the first two the best. Momma said, Dirt Roads and Jesus. Blues genre = complaining. <~ I do far too much of that, so laughing at ourselves can effect a more conscientious way of living. Taking stock, now that I see I'm way too serious sometimes. Thanks a bunch!
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i didn’t really understand what the image want to convey until i spent a minute staring at it.. it’s really funny and I could relate to most of it 🙂 nice indeed.
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This is too true!! As a music enthusiast myself, I can’t help but agree with everything in this music map! Check this guy out!
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Blues—the guitar at the beginning and end should also complain. The middle complaining sets up the final guitar complaint. BTW It’s not so much complaining as questioning why you were ever born.
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Che cosa è nata prima: la musica o la sofferenza? Ai bambini si tolgono le armi giocattolo, non gli si fanno vedere certi film per paura che possano sviluppare la cultura della violenza, però nessuno evita che ascoltino centinaia, anzi, dovrei dire migliaia di canzoni che parlano di abbandoni, di gelosie, di tradimenti, di penose tragedie del cuore. Io ascoltavo la pop music perché ero un infelice. O ero infelice perché ascoltavo la pop music? [Alta fedeltà, 2000]
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Love the blues. I wonder what the real classic music and opera would look like?
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I may need to do part two
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I’ll keep my eyes on this.
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One for metal please?
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Certainly nailed Mumford and Sons! All great stuff, thanks for the good work!
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If we’re being blunt, most classical pieces follow things like sonata form, which is outlined clearly in most musical theory classes. So, a sonata follows a form like this: http://www.stewartsvillelutheran.org/images/sonataform.gif
I know, I’m a party pooper.
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hey pooper, i’ll go check your site. Mark sure you have wine and cheese waiting for me.
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Sonata form can be seen in the Beach Boys Good Vibrations. Don’t believe me? Check it out. http://youtu.be/d8rd53WuojE
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I used to do accompaniment for an opera singer, and the translated lyrics of the Opera she sang were the socially acceptable pop music of the time. |–cutesy piano intro–|–romantic yearning–|–romantic angst–|–end piano ditty–|
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Agreed, but notice no Pink Floyd anatomy up there.
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Brilliant! But in Country music you’ve left out the part about a girl in ‘painted on jeans’, and a wife’s trailer-park wrecking rampage after finding her man sippin’ Barcardi with said painted-on-jeans girl. But other than that, and Taylor Swift teenage angst, you’re pretty much dead on! 🙂
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haha, I know, the list of country music cliches is endless
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I always said country music is about booze and trucks and bed hopping.
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Congrats on being Freshly Pressed!!
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Thanks Alex.
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great!
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Things that make me smile.
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So much true
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Loved this. Thanks!
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This is a GOOD one! Laughed really hard.
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Love it!
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Excellent!! 🙂
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3:00? 3:30, bro! or 3:20! come on!
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Where’s Jazz? To complicated to quantify?
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I may include jazz in part 2
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Jazz
Bass intro – lots of people playing lots of notes together – lots of people playing lots of notes alone – lots of people playing lots of notes together – one guy claps (16:32 minutes)
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would you consider making an alternative one?
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…if I make a “part 2”
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A lot of jazz follows a standard “bookend” form (called Rounded Binary in classical music.) You already know it from your English class when they taught you how to write an essay.
1. Intro: Tell ’em what you’re going to say.
2. Body: Say it, with examples and proof. Three paragraphs is a good number.
3. Conclusion: Tell ’em what you told ’em.
What that translates to in a lot of classic jazz is:
1. theme (melody, liberally paraphrased in some cases)
2. improvisation on the form and harmony of the theme (count carefully, because they ALWAYS follow the exact form!) Sometimes there is one soloist, sometimes many. Three is a good number.
3. theme again to finish, even MORE liberally paraphrased than the first time. Sometimes there’s an extension of some sort at the end of the last theme.
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…funniest thing I’ve seen in the record shop all day…can we have a printable (A3) version????….love your stuff, please, please do part 2…(folk & reggae should be included)…..(please)…
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Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it. If you want a printable version contact me at: wronghand1@gmail.com
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Top work, John
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Jazz: 0:00———–pointless noodling————-15:00
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perfect!
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jazz songs always end on a high pitched horn stab
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The Great American Songbook:
0:00–piano—cute rhymes—obscure references to New York—archaic slang—more piano–3:00
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great! I may have to confer with you if I do part 2
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prog-rock would be a hard challenge, but awesome!
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Surprisingly accurate…
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You forgot house music (techno to some):
Boom chick
Boom boom chick
Boom boom boom boom
Et al…. Repeat
Whistle
Boom
Bright shiny lights
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haha! Nicely done
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Can’t wait until you get your hands on electronic next time! Nobody should be spared. Indie music also encompasses all those other genres, too, which made me laugh even more. http://luvindiemusic-youtubeplaylists.tumblr.com
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You beat me to it. Get it? Beat?
Don’t forget the distorted sampling of some foreign dude’s attempts at uttering urban black slang in an angry, this-better-get-me-laid tone.
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May we add prog rock: 0:00 swelling intro 0:30 middle section full of gratuitous time changes (because we can) 3:30 thirty-second flute or otherwise less-well-known instrument (a cappella harmony bit may be substituted at band’s discretion) 6:00 false ending 7:00 real ending …?
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My theory on prog rock:
Intro, extended musical noodling, verse, chorus, extended musical noodling, verse, chorus, extended musical noodling, extended musical noodling, extended musical noodling, drums jamming, extended musical noodling, extended musical noodling, chorus.
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Bluegrass: Picking, grinning, more picking.
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you forgot the giant blue space in the middle of the blues… breaking up the complaining.
also pop is all about ripping of the 90s and early 2000s right now… furthermore i can’t think of the last pop song that had a key change since the 90s…
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How about one for movie music, by genre? Here’s a start:
Epic on mythological hero: ethnic reed instrument | deep dramatic battle drums | high strings | deep dramatic battle drums and French horn | ethnic reed instrument | [credits] Taylor Swift Song
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haha. I like it!
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Prog Rock: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=521773854618699&l=5a1b443046
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I remember when indie didn’t mean Mumford & Sons, I feel old.
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Love your work and lovin’ all the comments! Hanging out for part 2 🙂
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I loved it! and could assign the pattern to soooo many songs… Thanks again for the sharp view, as usual.
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[quote]come on![/quote]
[b]all right![/b]
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R&B:
80s sample into | autotune | ridiculous relationship senarios | rapper dujour | gratuitous vocal riffing | self promotional shout outs…
😉
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this anatomy of songs has started something big! and lots of your followers have got the bug and offered suggestions they also made me laugh! so clever. i dont know about music structure and the dont need to – the fun side is all in your strips that does it for me – and i understand! thank you !
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Ya it seems everyone has their own spin and you’re right, some of them are great. I’m going to have to do part 2…soon.
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Thanks for bringing attention to indie music! Follow me on social media which you can find in my profile links to find new indie music, promoters & radio stations. Here’s my SoundCloud playlist for starters: https://soundcloud.com/luvindiemusic/likes
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The country one makes me laugh 😉 “momma said”
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Grunge:
Guitar solo – my parents messed me up – high school messed me up – guitar solo – I’m still messed up – fade out.
Celine Dion
Piano – lots of annoyingly high pitched sounds – piano
Jazz
Bass intro – lots of people playing lots of notes together – lots of people playing lots of notes alone – lots of people playing lots of notes together – one guy claps (16:32 minutes)
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Still laughing.
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Wrong Hands, I hope you do a “Part 2”. Imagine how many more unsolicited, yet welcome free music lessons we will all get in the comments section. Being a musician myself, I was still able to learn some music theory and gain insight on various genres. I enjoyed the lighthearted humor in your cartoon and some good laughs from your fans and critics. Good stuff! Thanks everybody! Thanks for taking on such serious subject matter and breaking it all down for us Wrong Hands! 🙂 Bravo! Encore!
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Please do a part two! This was great. It would be awesome if you could include alternative(Maroon 5, All American Rejects, Green Day), reggea, jazz, metal, and indie pop/singer songwriter (Lana Del Rey, Adele, John Mayer, Amy Winehouse.) Love and light!
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Here’s my suggestion for jazz anatomy: 1) Chord progression intro, each utilizing nearly impossible voicings of 9ths or 13ths. 2) Horns collectively play hook. 3) Piano solo based on Powell. 4) Alto solo based on Parker. 5) Trumpet solo based on Davis. 6) Tenor solo based on Hawkins. 7) Trade 4’s with drummer (latter based on Max Roach). 8) Repeat #2. 9) Go shoot heroin. : )
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Too funny not to reblog.
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I made one.
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Dope
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/smell-like-money-single/id696238217
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https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/smell-like-money-single/id696238217
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Congratulations on being Freshly Pressed!
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haha pop, but I ❤ pop. i did an interview with a hottie 😉 check it on my blog and head to Twitter or IG & make any question using #discoverAndrea .:)
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These diagrams look strangley reminiscent of gene diagrams
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These diagrams look strangley reminiscent of gene diagrams.
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My god, what a brilliant and rewarding waste of marketing genius! I’d throw money but I’m wasted, too.
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classic rock had me loling 😀
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Your comedy and blog look like it should have been at comic con!
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The Pop anatomy is so accurate it hurts! According to Pitbull, “dale” and “ponte a jugar” are the only Spanish phrases we need to know down south.
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Congratulations on being Freshly Pressed.
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hehe it touches in some really important points. my favourite is Pop reapeating old successful samples, auto-tune and lazy fadeouts.
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This is perfect. I lost it at “Pitbull.” The indie one was hard to digest. However, even as an indie fan, I must concede that there is some validity to that representation. Good stuff!
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Great work! I have shared this pic with my song-writing students at WAAPA (West Australian Academy Of Performing Arts). Rock on!
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Haha funny post! You should add EDM (house) untz untz one word untz untz haha
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Great post!
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Hahahaha.
This is great. 🙂
Truely enjoyed it =)
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This is funny and so true ! Haha
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Lol! Still love it all…minus objetification of girls and Pitbull.
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Great!! Here an Indie song to fit your model
Djing djing djing Djing…. Djing!
Djing djing djing djing Djing!
Hey!
Twenty-something problems now I am supposed to have
Who says? well it is Facebook and it’s muddlin’ with my head
That’s least of all my problems so there’s plenty more to go
Twenty-something problems sure let’s put them in a row
My car is junk, my house’s shed, I’m a lonely desp’rate guy
My wife she has the measles and in secret hopes I’ll die
I’m restless, bored, an anorex’, I’m usin’ XTC
So twenty-something problems well there’s more for u to see
My knees are weak my liver ‘s gone, it’s livin’ in a barn
My stomach ache is painful but its causing no alarm
No what I’m worried of, my taste buds’ situation there you see
They all migrated long ago to a bourbon distill’ry
So twenty somethin’problems well I did not even start
I mentioned not my kidneys and my hope-of-ridden heart
My daughter is successful so I’m written off her books
Well there’s my life and really, not as bad as it might look!
For twenty something problems are an honour to have had
To have succeeded none the less in not yet being dead
A mattress layin’on the ground my doggy by side
And twenty something problems laying softly at my side
Hey!
Djinge djinge djinge djinge, djing djing djing djing djong
Djinge djinge djinge djinge, djing djing djing djing djoe
Djingedjingdjingdjing, Djingedjingdjingdjing, Djingedjingdjingdjing
Djey
Djing Djingedingedjing, Djing Djingedingedjing
Heep heep heep hurray!
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WH, you did again. Part 2 coming I hope? And what number of FB is this. Just love it!
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You are also referring the Djing Djingedingedjing Indie song? I just made it up 🙂
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Huh?
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Shoulda done one for heavy metal. ;D
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Please tell me you’ll have part 2 for this ….!!!
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Working on it.
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Love this 🙂
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Did you ever notice in country the man is cheating and in blues the woman is.
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Haha…you’re right!
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Haha…you’re right!
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Omg yeah you’re right! :’D
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This is so funny! I am an amateur composer; mini concertos.
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Brought a smile to the end of a busy day. I like the first two the best. Momma said, Dirt Roads and Jesus. Blues genre = complaining. <~ I do far too much of that, so laughing at ourselves can effect a more conscientious way of living. Taking stock, now that I see I'm way too serious sometimes. Thanks a bunch!
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[…] is a great cartoon from Wrong Hands, the Indie example being my favourite in that it basically sums up the Lumineers and Mumford & […]
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Metal and Punk is missing
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I think country is the most accurate.
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[…] “Anatomy of Songs” is a comic by “Wrong Hands” cartoonist John Atkinson that breaks down the musical genres of the indie rock, country, blues, pop, and classic rock into their most basic elements. […]
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Reblogged this on ballwhoreina.
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[…] Haha, so funny and so true: The Anatomy of Songs. […]
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[…] Haha, so funny and so true: The Anatomy of Songs. […]
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[…] Haha, so funny and so true: The Anatomy of Songs. […]
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[…] LINK TO STORY […]
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[…] Haha, so humorous and so true: The Anatomy of Songs. […]
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[…] Haha, so funny and so true: The Anatomy of Songs. […]
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Hilarity at its best!
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[…] The anatomy of songs! […]
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i didn’t really understand what the image want to convey until i spent a minute staring at it.. it’s really funny and I could relate to most of it 🙂 nice indeed.
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This is very Funny i love it ! 🙂
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Reblogged this on Insights to the camp and commented:
Depicting Music :3
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[…] . Poza originala, precum si articolul este aici: wronghands1.wordpress.com […]
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Hahahaha ..omg good one wrong hands ..precise observation.
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[…] The anatomy of songs […]
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Reblogged this on caktusapp and commented:
http://Www.caktusmusic.com
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[…] reviewing John Atkinson’s extraordinary “Anatomy Of Songs” (see first graphic below) posted July 25, 2014 at Wrong Hands, I realized none of the […]
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Not a music fan, I consider everything that is not not instrumental as noise. Now I see I stand correct.
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to get metal and punk in there, without resorting to too much subgenre proliferation: http://minnmass.org/gif/anatomy.png
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[…] (h/t wronghands1.wordpress.com) […]
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This is so clever and true. Thank you. And, I invite you again to go on over the http://toullasstory.wordpress.com/ for the latest installation of the fiction-in-progress Toulla Laid Down Her Gun. The process of writing this magical fiction is very organic since as the author, I’m also being carried along by the story as it unfolds each week. Please join in and see if it doesn’t grab you from the first few lines.
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Hahaha the Pitbull reference! This is fantastic!
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Ha ha-great!
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[…] Anatomy of Songs by Wrong Hands […]
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Guten Start in die neue Woche wünsch ich 😉
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[…] anatomy of songs. […]
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Ahaha this is brilliant!
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Reblogged this on The Living Room and commented:
This is too true!! As a music enthusiast myself, I can’t help but agree with everything in this music map! Check this guy out!
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[…] The Anatomy of Songs […]
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Reblogged this on Terry Gotham and commented:
Welp, this is all sorts of right.
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HAHAHAHA. This is so TRUE!
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Reblogged this on charladas and commented:
Buenísimo!!!
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[…] https://wronghands1.wordpress.com/2014/07/25/anatomy-of-songs/ […]
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[…] anatomy of songs | Wrong Hands https://wronghands1.wordpress.com/“Anatomy of Songs” is a comic by “Wrong Hands” cartoonist John Atkinson that breaks down the musical genres of the indie rock, country, blues, pop, and classic rock into their most basic elements. […] on July 31, 2014 at … […]
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cool, but classic rock is the best
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[…] this little graphic has been doing the rounds the last few days. It’s originally from The Wrong Hands website and is a cartoon by John […]
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[…] “Anatomy of Songs” is a comic that breaks down the musical genres of the indie rock, country, blues, pop, and classic rock into their most basic elements. […]
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[…] Atkinson von Wrong Hands erklärt uns in seiner neuen Zeichnung “Anatomy of Songs” die üblichen Bestandteile […]
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[…] Musik: Anatomy of Songs […]
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[…] Anatomy of Songs [wronghands] […]
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[…] Anatomy Of Songs wird kurzerhand die Logik von Stilen aus der populären Musik dargestellt (Country, Blues, Pop, […]
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[…] Erläuterung: Nach Genre und Zeitfolge geordnet präsentiert der Zeichner John Atkinson in seinem Blog “Wrong Hand”, was der jeweils typische Song eigentlich enthält. So besteht etwa Blues am Anfang aus […]
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[…] And the anatomy of songs. https://wronghands1.wordpress.com/2014/07/25/anatomy-of-songs/ […]
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[…] “Anatomy of Songs”, a comic by ‘Wrong Hands‘ […]
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hehe spot on with the key change
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[…] Anatomía de una canción según su género […]
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Blues—the guitar at the beginning and end should also complain. The middle complaining sets up the final guitar complaint. BTW It’s not so much complaining as questioning why you were ever born.
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PS….A great blues song does not need vocal complaints…the guitar alone should make you wish you could help the poor bastard.
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[…] 6* DAILY UTILITY ANATOMY OF SONGS https://wronghands1.wordpress.com/2014/07/25/anatomy-of-songs/ […]
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[…] anatomy of songs. […]
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So hilarious! And quite accurate.
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[…] Anatomy of songs by John Atkinson […]
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Reblogged this on shenanigansuniverse and commented:
Hehehe
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[…] do sucesso da anatomia dos gêneros musicais, John Atkinson, do Wrong Hands, volta mais uma vez, agora dissecando os gêneros […]
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Reblogged this on Ernie Thinks and commented:
I love this guy’s stuff!
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Reblogged this on archivio virtuale and commented:
Che cosa è nata prima: la musica o la sofferenza? Ai bambini si tolgono le armi giocattolo, non gli si fanno vedere certi film per paura che possano sviluppare la cultura della violenza, però nessuno evita che ascoltino centinaia, anzi, dovrei dire migliaia di canzoni che parlano di abbandoni, di gelosie, di tradimenti, di penose tragedie del cuore. Io ascoltavo la pop music perché ero un infelice. O ero infelice perché ascoltavo la pop music? [Alta fedeltà, 2000]
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Well done. Very funny and dead-on.
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[…] Das Bild ist übrigens von hier […]
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shared your Anatomy of Songs on my twitter account – it’s great!
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Great post and diagram. Banjo is so Indie.
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Serbian (and other Balkan) pop music: 0:00 – Oriental/folk riff – Alcohol, drugs and easy women – Dubstep drop, to sound “modern” – 3:00
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[…] der gleichen Musikrichtung immer etwas gleich aufgebaut sind. Genau diesen Gedanken hatte auch John Atkinson, der dies dann illustriert hat. Die Ergebnisse sind überraschend […]
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very nice
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[…] Anatomy of Songs [wronghands] […]
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wkwkwkw
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LOL. Where’s Part 2?
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It’s here: https://wronghands1.com/2015/01/05/anatomy-of-more-songs/
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[…] Image via wronghands1.com […]
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[…] Anatomy of songs 1 and anatomy of songs 2 – Through cartoons, John Atkinson dissects typical songs from different music genres. […]
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[…] This is not an original idea, it’s based on this “graph”. […]
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[…] — Added to the IgDb #Infographics Archive (> Source) […]
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Reblogged this on The Philosophical Realist.
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[…] is a handy guide to help you determine what went wrong and why you did not become popular. You see, according to John Atkinson, all songs have an anatomy and you can check whether your song had one […]
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Hi,
I have reposted Anatomy of of songs and anatomy of more songs on our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/PBJ-Productions-845531925568634/
(For our project)
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Actually I think you’ll find the key ingredient to any country song today is whiskey, or some form of it.
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[…] Stimmung. Von der Songstruktur lässt es vielleicht mit der Hilfe einer Übersicht von John Atkinson einordnen. Überhaupt lohnt es sich seine Seite […]
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