Previous Trope Repair Shop thread: Needs Help
, started by Zuxtron on Jul 18th 2017 at 1:38:40 AM
How is this still listed under Example Sectionectomy? It's got a list of examples about 50 feet long (and not even formatted in folders at that!)
This list needs some cleaning up if you ask me. Take a look at the Beatles (only band on here I'm super familiar with) section alone for an idea - a good portion those songs don't even have big, recognisable-by-anyone riffs (Strawberry Fields Forever?), and even fewer actually have riffs that "lay the foundation for the entire song" (Happiness is a Warm Gun barely has a riff, but definitely not one that permeates the entire several-sectioned song, and I Am the Walrus? Really?).
If the distribution of overall songs actually having "Epic Riffs" by the page's literal definition is just as bad as the distribution within the Beatles' section alone, this page needs a real fix.
Stuff on this list should be stuff like "Day Tripper", not stuff like "Piggies".
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Think we need to alphabetise this list by band name?
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I'd say so.
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman
Is the idea of identifying a song from a two-second sample really that impressive? I mean, if you give me two seconds of the instrumental sections from any song I listen to, I'd be able to identify it, and I seriously doubt that this is a particularly unique skill.
It's just that melodies are recognizable. It is not a challenge to figure out what a song is based on a tiny part of its melody.
Well, I guess if it was a drone metal song, two seconds might not be long enough to identify the melody, but we're not talking about drone metal.
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If you had read the description of the clip, it was two chords on a steel guitar. No melody at all. Here's the clip: you take a stab at it.
It's even less of a challenge to figure out a song if you have an actual clip of it. If you can hear the actual sound used in the song, there's little chance of misidentifying it. Try it yourself - go through your music library at random. If you can't immediately recognize what a song is from the first few seconds, I don't know what to say to you beyond "what sort of music do you listen to where every song starts the exact same way?".
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Can we add an addendum that the listed songs must come off an album with at least a gold certification? Maybe this should clean up the clutter of people just listing their favorite songs.
"It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one’s mouth and remove all doubt." - Some guy with a snazzy hat.
Linking to a past Trope Repair Shop thread that dealt with this page: Needs serious work
, started by KitsuneInferno on Feb 20th 2011 at 5:37:34 PM
"For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard Feynman