And I dreamed all night about a beautiful girl

Something I'd like to make a theme of my popsheep narrative is to discover what makes some songs speak to me. I would also like to think about the different ways songs are made.

"Well I dined last night with scarface ron on talapia fish cakes and fried black swan"

The first thing that drew me into this song was Wait's brilliant talent for creating a phase that does three things at once: A) It sounds good B) It is somehow sweeping, dramatic, fantastic or romantic C) It creates a character, and a narrative. This allows appraoching the song from many different contexts

"Well god's green hair is where I slept last/He balanced the world on a blade of grass"

He also successfully creates the kind of rhythms and rhymes that make you want to sing along as loud as you can in your car(trust me). The melody and pace are simple and predictable. This in my mind is another strength.

"C Frank and Burly Joe Oats/Who is the King of all these folks" (unsure on these names)

This song also transports you into a world that isn't your own(or a least it isn't mine). This is a world of times past, or at least the fantasy of such. Filled with a score of colourful characters that you wish you spent last night dining with. It is a novel in 5 minutes.

discuss!


Tom Waits - Bottom of the world From the upcoming Orphans