The 'Let It Go' & co. appreciation thread

On The Four Chords of Pop -

Is it really such a strike against a song that it uses them, any more than a story uses The Hero's Journey as a base? To mangle Roger Ebert, maybe it's not about the fact it uses it but how it uses it. (And yes I will admit that a lot of it is Defying Gravity 2.0 and yes I'm OK with that because Defying Gravity is also awesome.)

Also, that musicology analysis on the first page of this thread is worth pointing to; there's a lot more going on than just the four chord progression.

Also, it's not, as someone derisively pointed out, someone trying to badly immitate Broadway writers...the pair that wrote it are already accomplished Broadway writers.

If you don't like it, you don't like it and I won't put you down for it, it's just some of the stated reasons giving me pause to raise eyebrows.

edited 15th Feb '16 6:49:20 AM by Elle

(Activating Devil's Advocate mode)

I'll argue that "Can You Feel The Love Tonight?", another Disney song, used the Four Chords much more tastefully, as it only used it for a portion of the chorus.

"Let it Go", on the other hand, uses it for most of the chorus. The piano riff isn't too original either, sounding like "Don't Stop Believin'".

It certainly doesn't help that it's the first Four Chords Disney song that was released after the Axis of Awesome's routine got popular.