tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809231066058459051.post6792640700734813576..comments2024-03-27T15:51:01.828-04:00Comments on Spintunes Contest: Spintunes #6 Round 3 Review: Niveous DevilchildSpinTunes Contesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08323426356442346223noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809231066058459051.post-80027502236874540492013-03-07T11:48:28.190-05:002013-03-07T11:48:28.190-05:00Fair enough.-HeatherFair enough.<br><br>-HeatherAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809231066058459051.post-50045785362309342642013-03-04T15:53:37.483-05:002013-03-04T15:53:37.483-05:00Heather, I agree with your statement that a good p...Heather, I agree with your statement that a good protest song does not necessarily need to focus on one aspect. But it still doesn't change my opinion that I wish Jenny Katz would've focused her song. <br><br>It's all about the way it was written. All the examples you've given are songs that stay kind of vague (again, broad strokes). Jenny Katz takes various little stabs like the remark about coffee growers paychecks. The problem for me was that once you put them all together (the little stabs), they don't come together well. For instance, the part about school where the little dig is thrown in about the rich which then stumbles awkwardly into the line about how school sucks for 12 years. It just needed to focus. <br><br>She could've been vaguer (like your examples) or more focused, either way it would've tightened up the lyric in my opinion. (And one less burger built on rainforest dreams couldn't hurt)Niveoushttp://audioshards.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809231066058459051.post-67297181599207556492013-03-03T09:07:01.133-05:002013-03-03T09:07:01.133-05:00Actually I was making the point you don't have...Actually I was making the point you don't have to zero in on one point to be a good protest song. <br><br>I think Katz song is about the specific issue of the hypocrisy of suburban life and it reminded me more of Little Boxes by Malvina Reynolds and Jonathan Coulton's Shop Vac.<br><br>-Heather GrayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809231066058459051.post-25249144388000602272013-03-03T01:18:40.465-05:002013-03-03T01:18:40.465-05:00"It doesn't address specific issues"..."It doesn't address specific issues"<br><br>Right. That's what makes Dylan's song different from Jenny Katz's. He takes broad strokes. She took many little stabs. His song isn't all over the place. <br><br>PS- Are we gonna compare that song to Bob Dylan???Niveoushttp://audioshards.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809231066058459051.post-69867372843849333322013-03-02T21:41:44.231-05:002013-03-02T21:41:44.231-05:00In re: to your Jenny Katz review I disagree that a...In re: to your Jenny Katz review <br><br>I disagree that a good protest song has to zero in on one issue and that it weakens it to meander. For one thing the challenge was "Write a protest song in which you try to convince your listeners about something you strongly believe." not write a protest song about one issue. <br><br>And, arguably Bob Dylan's best protest song, The Times They Are a-Changin', is all over the place. <br><br>"Dylan even described “The Times They Are A-Changin’” as a “song with a purpose.” But what’s beautiful about it is that it’s political without being political. It doesn’t address specific issues. No, what the song does is portray a slowly crumbling social order being discarded by a new generation coming to grips with the world’s chaos and inequality."<br><br>http://entertainment.time.com/2011/05/23/the-10-best-bob-dylan-songs/slide/the-times-they-are-a-changin/#ixzz2MRNK3Xnh<br><br>-Heather GrayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809231066058459051.post-23517593145870910882013-03-02T20:33:20.278-05:002013-03-02T20:33:20.278-05:00Thanks for the review, and for the kind word, Nive...Thanks for the review, and for the kind word, Niveous!<br><br>The "Spring" is figurative. It's intended to evoke the "Arab Spring" as well as the phrase "Hope springs eternal". It's not about the coming April. ;)Dave Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08617556290378317379noreply@blogger.com