Do you ever wonder why some songs never seem to end?
Like the song, “Hey Jude”.
You think it’s done, and they start in with the,
“Jude Jude Judee Judee Judee Jude…”
Really? Is this necessary? Does it have some sort of hidden meaning?
Or did the people that wrote the song think it was so great, they wanted to keep it going.
Personally, I think once they hit the four minute mark somebody should have said,
“Uh, guys? I think we better just end it.”
Instead they were like,
“Well, when we run out of words, we’ll just say…nah nah nah, and then someone will start screaming until he can’t scream anymore… annnd… then we’ll fade out.”
Brilliant.
“Don’t Fear the Reaper” does the same thing.
It’s fun in the beginning. You’re tapping out the cowbell with your foot (or maybe you’re back-up)
“Lah, lah, lah, lah, lah…”
You get about 2 ½ minutes into it and the guitar starts in.
I’m always like,
“What happened to the reaper? What song is this?”
Because it sounds like a new song, right?
A new, whiney guitar song.
So I usually change the station until I remember it’s the same song, and they’ve just slipped another song into the middle.
What’s up with that?
I betcha the Beatles had some unemployed friend and they were all like,
“Hey, can you scream and say – Judee Jude Judee Jude, like 80 times? Yeah? You’re in!”
And the Blue Oyster Cult had some cousin that had been writing a whiney guitar song, but he didn’t have any lyrics, so they were all like,
“How about you just drop your song into the middle of our song? Nobody will ever notice!”
And you know what?
They probably didn’t because they were high.
I’m just sayin.
This was a long post.
I should have ended after the first paragraph.
I’m such a hypocrite.
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
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I'm the one who picks Don't Fear The Reaper when we're playing Rock Band; the guitarist feels like they get the shaft because of the 'song in the middle' and everyone is weary by the time the actual song starts up again. But I love it.
Amen Sister. I love Hey Jude until the na na. It seems so inappropriate after such a mellow front half of the song. Why don't more people consult you when putting out great music?
But Carrot, how else am I going to remember the song? I'm old!
And that why I call it "na na na naaaaa."
“What happened to the reaper?" is win to me.
:)
Thanks.
Bunny and I have a theory that all songwriters were high in the 60s and 70s, and they all loved themselves and their music so much that they figured, if a little bit's good, a lot more is better.
Either that or stopwatches weren't invented yet.
Think of all the jobs they were creating! They were paying the recording people by the hour I bet, so those long songs were real economy boosters...
I think you hit the nail on the head. I'm betting that screamer was in fact an unemployed friend.
I'd stake my reputation as a bull fighter on it.
Frankly, I'm grateful for "Don't Fear the Reaper"--it's the only one I've ever gotten "Awesome" on when playing Rockband.
I like "Hey Jude" quite a bit, but your right.... Half the song is the dragged out bit at the end.... I enjioy it though, like I enjoyed this post!
Hey, don't mess with the Beatles. They may have been high 90% of the time, but they're fantabulous! :)
I laughed my head off on this post. Then I read it out loud to my hubby and we both laughed our heads off. You are so so funny.
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