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Originally Posted by kenobi_on_a_prayer
Deeper, darker songs just tend to be better songs........................ JMHO of course. Not that a happy upbeat song can't be great. But there is a tendency for them to feel a bit overcliched (yes I know I'm a Bon Jovi fan but I can't think of a better word for it  ) and artificial. Like short term syrupy goodness for my ears rather than food for my soul and heart.
EDIT: That sounded really daggy.  |
i agree
i think it's certainly possible to write a good, inspirational song that has a positive theme to it...but a lot of the post-2000 songs sound like jon is actively
trying to write the worlds best feel-good anthem. i think the most inspirational songs are the ones that just flow from the heart - whether they be positive or negative in tone. you can tell when a song sounds honest and personal and when it sounds like it was written to be intentionally over-happy. (at least i have my opinions about which songs sound like this - but i'm not jon, so i guess who knows...)