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A song consisting of a single phrase or word repeated various times. There's Broken Record, yet that sound more like when a whole audio snippet is stuck in a loop (and not just in "music"). I'm thinking on a more general case where the songs have an actual melody (and where they may even count as instrumentals if it wasn't for the lyrics).
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Do we have anything for a song that's used as a means of setting the scene in a musical, opera, or similar work? The opening to the third scene of Tchaikovsky's opera adaptation of Eugene Onegin ("Девицы, красавицы") comes to mind. A better-known example, albeit one that segues into plot-relevant territory rather than serving purely as a means of setting the scene, would probably be "Look Down" from Les Misérables.
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When a song is autobiographical to the point that the singer/band namecheck themselves. Not a song that could be about a real life event experienced by the author but is open to interpretation until they confirm the meaning in an interview etc, but if for example Katy Perry had a song that went "I looked in the mirror and said "Katy, get a grip of yourself".
Examples: Go by Blink 182: "Mom get in the car and let's drive away, she said "I'm sorry Mark but there's nowhere to stay" Seventy Times Seven by Brand New "Ignore the sun covers over my head, I wrote a message on my pillow that says "Jesse stay asleep in bed"
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What's this kind of drumming called?
hear it in Lu Bu's theme
, powerpuff girls
... and Pepsiman
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Artists giving art to each specific track on an album, in addition to the album itself. I'm using myself as an example on my album Reprieve, but there are many other artists doing this. A good example is The Offspring's album Americana, and I believe Gorillaz did it on one of their albums, but I'm not sure which one.
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Is there a trope for a breather track, or a track/song that is generally there as a buildup to the next song (usually the final track of the album) or just to relax after an especially long song? I know there's Breather Level for videogames and there's also one for TV, but is there one for music?
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What lying-related tropes, if any, would fit this song
? Seems almost The Cake Is a Lie-ish, but is there something closer that fits the song's storyline?
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Is there a trope for musical numbers that borrow music/lyrics from other songs/compositions? I know it'd probably be considered a variety of Shout-Out, but I'm wondering if there's something more specific (and if not, whether there should be).
- An obvious example is The Beatles' song "All You Need is Love", which samples "The Marseillaise", "In the Mood", "She Loves You", and "Greensleeves", among others.
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Could also apply to Literature, especially poetry.
The words of one line dovetail into the next by at least one syllable or word, without the duplicated syllable or word actually being uttered twice. The only example I can think of right off hand is Glen Campbell's "Honey Come Back." The chorus goes,
- Honey come backI just can't stand (each lonely day)(Each lonely day)'s a little bit longer than (the last)(The last) time I held you seems like a hundred years agoBack to his arms, you'd never knowThe joy of love that used to taste like (honey)(Honey) come back where (you belong)(You belong) to only me.
Clear as mud, yes, but again, the words in parenthesis are not sung twice, not even by backup vocalists. It's just that they could connect with either the closing of the previous line, or the beginning of the next. I don't know how to link videos in here, or if it's possible, but if it helps to get what I mean, you might want to listen to the song.
I'm sure there are other instances of overlapping lyrics like that. But what is it called?
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Somebody goes into a music shop, picks up a guitar, and plays the opening bars to "Smoke on the Water". The shop staff grimace in weary resigned pain. Threats to break fingers, or to forcibly insert the guitar where a skilled proctologist would be hard-put to remove it, may be made. I know there's "Can'tYouReadTheSign", but I'm thinking of wider instances where this song has become a tired musical cliché. And others like it, such as "Stairway to Heaven". Sot W is an example of a tired old tune that EVERYONE knows and groans at when they hear it, or it might be used in innapropriate places and times, or else might be the first thing that comes to mind when asked to name a song in a certain genre. But it isn't the only one. for instance the cliche of the bearded trendy young vicar who plays "Lord of the Dance" once too often on the guitar and provokes a groan from his congregation as they've heard it a hundred times before. A hospital radio station might dedicate "Smoke On The Water", with no apparent sign of irony, to a fireman injured in a hotel fire, for instance. Or "Crazy.." to a patient in the psychiatric ward. I'm wondering about the trope/tropes for these? Thanks!
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Is there a trope for when an artist initially scraps a song, but later decides to go back to it and re-mix it, maybe make it into a single?
An example would be Peter Gabriel's "Courage".
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Don't we have a trope for "The Nostalgic Song"? A mean, when a short piece of music is just explicitly about things being so cool and awesome and fun and interesting in some sort of time & place in what feels like a long while ago. It's not bitter about times changing or anything, more like gloomy and such, but you know, super positively nostalgic, and sung with passion for that.
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I have three questions.
I added some trivia to the opera Turandot and noticed that there could be some tropes which are needed but I only know the ideas.
Puccini died before finishing his opera and he wanted a friend to end it but the publisher chose another composer what turned out that the result sucks.
So, when industry chooses to do something against the idea of the Creator and fails, how is this trope called?
Secondly, Puccini gave up on his opera nine months before his death because he didn't like the ending of the original story. After Liu commits suicide, the opera goes on and the Prince and Turandot live happily together. However, most of Puccini's operas immediately end after death and he turned down his project because he didn't like the opera's going on after that.
So, what is it called when the Creator abandons his Creation because he doesn't like the end of the orinigal story?
Thirdly, although Puccini disliked the ending, he wanted the opera to be finished. Some time before his death, he said to a friend "Don't let my Turandot die!"
So, when the Creator gives the responsibility of his work to one of his friends with the wish he might finish it, how is this called`?
I hope this is not too much I wrote. Thank you for your help!
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Where the hook in the song comes from the music rather than the vocals. The bit you find yourself humming along to is the guitar/piano etc riff while the vocals almost take a back seat.
12:51 by The Strokes is an example, as is No Surprises by Radiohead and Kids by MGMT.