tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post3208234270193787100..comments2024-03-27T23:28:20.274-04:00Comments on Face to Face: Manic songs of early 2010s find new interest as audiences tire of vulnerable phaseagnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-44591432632347847782019-01-12T19:27:58.825-05:002019-01-12T19:27:58.825-05:00When trying to find a way to measure the excitatio...When trying to find a way to measure the excitation level of music, I searched for structural features of music that have three categories - one for each phase of the cycle("vulnerable", "warmup", "manic")<br /><br />As it turns out, there is one such feature - rhythm. According to the Wikipedia article "Music and Emotion", there are three different types of rhythm: <br /><br />1) smooth/consistent<br />2) rough/irregular<br />3) varied<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_and_emotion<br /><br />I don't know how to identify the rhythm in a song, but it would be neat if the three categories of rhythm correlated to the three different types of music you've identified: vulnerable, warmup, and manic.<br />Curtisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-46098265589015922552019-01-02T16:07:02.264-05:002019-01-02T16:07:02.264-05:00There was some good music in the 2010-2011 period....There was some good music in the 2010-2011 period. I wonder if, in addition to the manic phase peaking, there was a short uptick in outgoingness - which improves the quality of music. This could explain why the early 2010s music was better than the last manic peak - in the late 90s.Curtisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-65949933401927298632019-01-02T00:54:31.852-05:002019-01-02T00:54:31.852-05:00On Taylor Swift's Reputation Tour, they almost...On Taylor Swift's Reputation Tour, they almost totally leave out Red from 2012, representing the peak of the last manic phase. She performs "All Too Well," probably the most emo one from that album, and just a hint of "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together".<br /><br />The Wikipedia page lists all the alterations made to the setlist, and they mostly involve substituting another manic-phase song for "All Too Well". Like, you're only going to get one of those songs, because the performer cannot channel that mood any longer, or the audience is expected to not resonate with that mood any longer.<br /><br />I don't know, though, the audience seemed to really be getting into it when she did songs from 1989 (2014). Must be more from the performer / producer side -- not wanting too much of a jarring contrast between the upbeat bouncy music from 2012-'13 and the more downbeat emo music from 2017-'18.agnostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-60626413376865206322019-01-01T16:54:54.436-05:002019-01-01T16:54:54.436-05:00Here's the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watc...Here's the link:<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAWzXkV3hHoCurtisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-39849500055483827362019-01-01T16:53:23.164-05:002019-01-01T16:53:23.164-05:00This song by Shawn Mendes, "Lost in Japan&quo...This song by Shawn Mendes, "Lost in Japan", also seems to give off a warmup vibe - the video appears to have been inspired by "Lost in Translation"(2003), the soundtrack of which you used as an example of warmup/manic.<br /><br />Curtisnoreply@blogger.com