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I had the exact same experience with crosswords. I always wanted to be able to do cryptic crosswords, and I'd read three books on the subject and got precisely nowhere. Then I saw a documentary on BBC4 about it and bingo it clicked. I've been doing them every day ever since.
there really is no substitute for having someone sit in front of you to explain something, demonstrate it, show you the possibilites..
and if need be, take you by the hand and lead you on a voyage of discovery
"You don't know what you've got till the whole thing's gone. The days are dark and the road is long."
@blueingreen - everything has strengths and weaknesses yes? and some songs / pieces will offer more / less points of interest than others. So I guess you could argue "why analyse anything at all?"
a reasonable enough question I guess...
of course there are limitations to sensible things that you can find in some music to talk about..
generally, classical music has more to offer from an analysis standpoint by virtue of the compositional process [think Sonata form, Baroque Suites, Concerti etc]..
contemporary music most often does not contain anything close to the number of 'talking points' that you'd find in the 1st mvt of a Symphony...
that said... even if a song, or a bit of a song can reveal something remotely interesting, then there is something to be gained for taking a detailed look at it..
so.. Macca's bassline.. I reckon that'd be like trying to analyse a blues solo.. sounds to me like he is just playing what he feels sounds / fits the best and works best for the song... and I agree, it's very cool.. can you anayise any of that?? maybe there are some things of interest that are certainly worth a mention.. the first thing that springs to mind is the note density... the bass is consuming a lot of space.. I suspect that this is to prevent the song from 'plodding along' as it would if the bass were simply pumping root notes..
You do seem to have ideas / opinions as to what it is that makes The Beetles different..
Even talking about the more subjective elements is valid anaysis.. it don't all have to be hard facts..
@fnpt - I'll take a look at the solo... generally solos in contempory music don't offer a great deal to talk about because the creative process is generally less 'composed' and more 'intuitively felt'. That said I'll see if I can find somethnig a little more interesting to say than "it sucks".. lmao
isolated bass & drums if it helps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VICLxf5JwA
Given your great analysis so far I'm interested to read what further thoughts have been revealed to you ... and I'm not a bassist
The sum being greater than the parts?
I've been learning this stuff and trying to analyse the song myself. You've put some really great information in this thread and it's been loads of use. I really appreciate the time you've taken, thank you!
why not...
what do you have in mind?
I had a look at this solo today so may as well park it here...
PDF available from link in sig.