Very interesting interview, Chris though, as a musician myself, I fight the common idea that a song is its lyrics and what they are about. Tom Kelly' "melody and chords" ARE the song to any listener who doesn't understand the lyrycs.
I think songwriting is a form of art where lyrics don't survive without music. Many pathetic love songs ar…
Very interesting interview, Chris though, as a musician myself, I fight the common idea that a song is its lyrics and what they are about. Tom Kelly' "melody and chords" ARE the song to any listener who doesn't understand the lyrycs.
I think songwriting is a form of art where lyrics don't survive without music. Many pathetic love songs are masterpieces because of the melody but their lyrics wouldn't make it in a poetry book. And yet an instrumental rendition of a song is still that particular song.
By the way, Sister Cristina is no longer a nun, though she says she still feels "close to God" :-)
Very interesting interview, Chris though, as a musician myself, I fight the common idea that a song is its lyrics and what they are about. Tom Kelly' "melody and chords" ARE the song to any listener who doesn't understand the lyrycs.
I think songwriting is a form of art where lyrics don't survive without music. Many pathetic love songs are masterpieces because of the melody but their lyrics wouldn't make it in a poetry book. And yet an instrumental rendition of a song is still that particular song.
By the way, Sister Cristina is no longer a nun, though she says she still feels "close to God" :-)