Lord Snot: Ninja Troll ([info]lord_snot) wrote,
@ 2007-08-20 22:59:00
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Broken records.
I don't hate you for being black...I hate you for being boring.

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[info]lord_snot
2007-08-21 05:48 am UTC (link)
Are you familiar with the Wesley Willis catalogue? The first record was really impressive.

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My metaphor. Let me show you it.
[info]lord_snot
2007-08-21 05:54 am UTC (link)
Willis's songs have a very specific form and atmosphere that helped define the musician's highly-recognizable style. Wesley never actually played the notes on his keyboard; he simply used the one-note autochord feature, with preprogrammed rhythms and harmonies. Typically one chord is used for the verses, and a pattern for the choruses and "solo" sections. Though a variety of programs are used, only a handful comprise the vast majority of Willis's work, resulting in his albums' tendency to repeat the same program over many songs. Most of the variation in arrangements between songs involve changing the key and/or tempo of the autochord program and utilizing production effects on the background music, vocals (especially during the chorus), or both.

His lyrics also usually followed a set pattern, although it's difficult to classify his lyrics with any conventional rhyme scheme or meter. Lyrics generally began with a verse: a four-line spoken stanza (though the number of lines is changed occasionally), usually consisting of statements about the subject of the song. This was followed by the chorus, which was simply the subject of the song (typically the name) sung anywhere from three to six times (usually four) in a non-professional, "drunk anthem"-type style. Then, another verse and another chorus, followed by an instrumental bridge section, where Willis—who had taken to heart advice he had heard that the ideal song length for radio play is two minutes and 50 seconds—would push the "fill" button repeatedly on his keyboard, usually triggering accompanying sound effects; this part could last over a minute and a half. The song ended with another verse, a chorus, and the words "Rock over London! Rock on Chicago," a catchphrase from an hour-long WXRT radio show.

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Re: My metaphor. Let me show you it.
[info]thexphial
2007-08-21 05:57 am UTC (link)
I was just reading that. Excellent metaphor, old bean.

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