Occasionally I really love PART of a song and have no idea how to search for other songs that are more like that part.
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Replying to @drethelin
@drethelin I keep hoping there are words for that thing they do when the note drops slightly etc etc. But no, it's still largely nonverbal.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Strange_Bundle
@Strange_Bundle Like that part in "My Eyes" from doctor horrible?3 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @drethelin
@drethelin I guess that's why music reviews feel the most adventurous; trying to build a lexicon of comparison and verbalization of music.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Strange_Bundle
@Strange_Bundle I want there to be a word for what Cake does: Emotionally evocative if strictly nonsensical combinations of words.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @drethelin
@drethelin@Strange_Bundle bob dylan is the master of this1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing@Strange_Bundle yes! I love Desolation Row, though I really wish it was Johnny Cash singing it.2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @drethelin
@drethelin@sarahdoingthing Could it be in part not just the technical description of the passage, but the seemingly reliable effect it has?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Strange_Bundle
@Strange_Bundle@drethelin reminds me of this from Seligman & Weller's Rethinking Pluralismpic.twitter.com/AWCiJTOozJ
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing@drethelin I can't help but wonder which of the effects are trans-cultural, if at all, and WHY this is so.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@Strange_Bundle @drethelin neurology, music precedes language probably in humans (we're glorified birds maybe)
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Replying to @sarahdoingthing
@sarahdoingthing@drethelin I've heard others say that, but I wonder if part of it is language inhabiting music. Chocolate and peanut butter1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Strange_Bundle
@Strange_Bundle@drethelin yep! from the list of human universals (esp. "vocal music related to speech forms")pic.twitter.com/GW0Q1NWZGI
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