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openAdmirer song Music
Is there a trope for a song about praising someone else and singing about how great that person is?
openPulled by something invisible Music
Is there a trope for when one is dragged against their will, but what is doing the dragging is invisible?
The Monolith in this music video
is the instigator of The Corruption in the "heroine" of this story, and it seems to compel her towards itself, making it look like she's being dragged. Any trope like what I'm describing or what this scene looks like?
openLove song about a place Music
Is there a trope for a love song that's about a place rather than a person? For example: "Under The Bridge" by Red Hot Chili Peppers seems to be this about Los Angeles.
Edited by BootlebatopenMusic about how awesome music is Music
Music, especially dance music, often has lyrics to the effect of "music is rad and dancing to music is fun".
openLast Stanza Tone Switch Music
A singer spends most of a song espousing one opinion, but something happens in the bridge/last stanza that makes them switch to the opposite of said opinion. Examples:
- In J Pee's "I'm Not Gay", the singer spends most of the song insisting that he is not gay even though he keeps grabbing other guys' butts and balls, but when he talks about how hot his crush is, he decides that he is gay after all.
- In the Vocaloid song "You're a Useless Child", the mother spends the entire song berating her son for being stupid and useless. When he kills himself, she regrets her actions and switches from "you're a useless child" to "I'm a useless child".
- In "I'll Try" from Peter Pan 2: Return to Neverland, Jane/the singer is feeling hopeless and does not believe in the things that used to make her happy ("I'll try, but it's so hard to believe / I'll try, but I can't see where you see"). After a revelation, she does believe ("So I'll try 'cause I finally believe / I'll try 'cause I can see where you see").
openSome fans only like a specific part of a song Music
Is there an existing YMMV or Audience Reaction where only specific parts of a song (as in those with a Song Style Shift, or with distinct "heavy parts" or "soft parts") are liked by the listener or fan? In platforms like YouTube where people can post comments, you'd often see someone putting a timestamp to highlight the "best part". Sometimes, uploaders may only take a portion of the song instead of its entirety. Others may do it for fun or memes.
Examples:
- "Shall Never Surrender" from Devil May Cry 4: "Devil May Cry - Shall Never Surrender (Soft Part)"
- "Bury the Light" from Devil May Cry 5: "Bury the light but it's the perfect last chorus."
- "Chop Suey!" by System of a Down: "Chop Suey! But it’s only the good part"
and "Chop Suey (When Angels Deserve To Die) but it's only the softer parts"
- Linkin Park:
- "In the End": "Linkin Park - In the End (Only Chester)"
- "Somewhere I Belong": "Somewhere I Belong but Mike Shinoda has nothing to say"
- "In the End": "Linkin Park - In the End (Only Chester)"
openSinister strings Music
Not "Psycho" Strings. String instruments roll like drums to create a suspenseful or menacing mood. Sounds somewhat like buzzing of a bee swarm. Listen to this track
for better understanding.
openOdd/dark/spooky song/track in otherwise mostly upbeat album. Music
You're listening to an album/soundtrack of mostly upbeat or at least generally positive sounding songs and the next track suddenly takes a turn for the darker side.
To put it bluntly musical version of something between Mood Whiplash and Cerebus Syndrome. Surprise Creepy is optional.
I already went over some tropes but none of them match what I'm looking for. I went over: Dark Reprise Descent into Darkness Song Last Note Nightmare Soundtrack Dissonance
Edited by sohibilopenGeneric mainstream song composition trope Music
Is there a page about most mainstream songs follow roughly the same basic pattern of:
1st verse
chorus
2nd verse
chorus
alternate 3rd verse
chorus
This trope is followed in the mainstream music industry almost completely while being nearly totally averted with dedicated soundtracknote be it film or videogame one and indie/underground music.
Edited by sohibilopenCar sounds as song intro Music
As heard in Kraftwerk's "Autobahn," Sturgill Simpson's "Ronin," Tuco's "Hide Away," and probably several others: they all start with the sound of footsteps, then a car door opening and closing, the engine starting, and the car driving away. Crue's "Kick Start My Heart" doesn't really count as it's just Mick imitating the sound of a motorcycle.
openDon't Let Me Down Music
All I remember of a song are the repeated lyrics "Don't let me down", but it's not the one by The Beatles or the Chainsmokers.
At one point it get all synth-pop ish and it sounds like "Don't let me down, royce"
openCovers that interpolate/sample a piece of video game music Music
Basically what I'm talking about are covers of songs that are made to promote one part of a video game franchise (although I guess other media could have it too) that also feature pieces of that franchise's music. The examples that come to mind:
- Florence + the Machine covering "Stand By Me" for Final Fantasy XV that interpolates the series' Crystal Theme
- Post Malone covering "Only Wanna Be With You" for the Pokémon 25th anniversary concert that also samples the Ecruteak/Cianwood City theme from Pokémon Gold and Silver
openCategorizing an album recorded in two different languages Music
First off, shoutout to Macsen for making the page for Boyz II Men's II album.
So, when Boyz II Men released II in 1994, they simultaneously released a Spanish-language version called II: Yo Te Voy a Amar. Would that fall under Translated Cover Version, or Familiar Soundtrack, Foreign Lyrics?
openComposer-Preferred Key Music
Do we have a trope for when a composer writes most of their songs in the same musical key? Does that sound tropeworthy?
openEvery line in a song has a certain word gag Music
The only example I can think offhand is "Tosh" by the band Fluke, where every line has the word "super" in some form (E.G "Super grass for gain/ Super power-games/Super-secret spy/Undersupervised), and its clearly Played for Laughs
openSampled quote Music
A spoken quote from a movie, TV or radio series added to a musical track, as in the page quote for Techno. Can be repeated or not. Does this just fall under Sampling? Just checking.
openBetter Live (YMMV) Music
Most common for music but could also apply to radio and TV shows that also run as theater plays.
Do we have a trope for a group that's considered better in their live performances than in the studio?
openA rare rhyme Music
Is there a trope for when a song puts some obscure and hard to rhyme word in its lyrics, but still manages to rhyme it? An example would be "Nemesis" by Shriekback, which takes the word "parthenogenesis" (meaning asexual reproduction) and rhymes it with nemesis.

It's suppose to be a sub trope to Bottle Episode. Could be called "Recording Studio Music Video" where a music video is filmed only inside the recording studio like Eddie Murphy's Party all the time.