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Connect A Song
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A community to send a song based on the last song that was posted. Make sure to sort by new.
Yes, I've migrated (duplicated) from reddit.
Rules:
- Have fun
- When you post new songs, make sure to sort the posts by "new"
- Any excuse works for the connection between the songs (see examples below) but put your reasoning in the post body
- Wait a couple of hours after posting before you post again if no one posts after you
- Be polite and excellent to each other!
- Songs in any language is welcome, but make sure you add explanation in English
Example links:
- Word appearing in the title of both songs
- Lead singer has the same name (or is the same person)
- Guitar solo is similar between the song
- Appearing in the same film
- A specific sentence that appears in both songs
- The mother of the guy who built the guitar used in this song was working in the vegan fish&chips stand where the woman singing the song you picked met her second husband
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Just heard an interview Rivers gave to Rick Rubin where he said that he wanted to write a song on drugs. So he took a bunch of Ritalin and drank three shots of tequila and wrote that song really fast then took a long nap.
That's just the Riversest thing I've ever heard.
He literally has a spreadsheet of neat phrases categorized by rhythm and syllable count so that he can word salad a song together. I love Weezer songs, but the lyrics have no meaning beyond what the listener brings with them.
Here's the Song Exploder episode for anyone interested. The other episodes are also always really interesting even when I don't know the band or song they break down.
So, when I first saw your comment I was pretty sure I'd heard this on a podcast, and yep, it was the episode from your edit! I'd have to listen again to see if Rivers got specific about when he started with the spreadsheet system, but I don't think it's something he's always been doing.
But back when I listened to the episode, finding out about the spreadsheet made a ton of sense, because I'd low-key suspected Weezer lyrics to be jumbles of random ideas… though I don't get that feeling from the first two albums, at least.