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Sep 10, 2019
11:11:36am

Jay Rick All-American

All of Paul Simon's Graceland. The music is upbeat afro-pop. The lyrics are a

lament on middle age and the american condition.

Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard. (one of the very best examples - sad lyrics; super fun song)

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Jay Rick

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Examples of songs with lyrical dissonance...what have you got CB?

jdub FORMER USER

9/10/19 9:54am

Jesus Wants me for a Sunbeam. That is some dark crap right there. But the tune is so upbeat.

CDV

9/10/19 9:55am

No, no--I said LYRICAL dissonance, not cognitive dissonance.

jdub

9/10/19 9:57am

Dang it

CDV

9/10/19 9:58am

You must mean the Nirvana version

Heath Squashwell

9/10/19 11:18am

Pumped up kicks by Foster the People

Chemish

9/10/19 9:56am

good one. What the heck was that dance supposed to mean that distracted the shooter?

jdub

9/10/19 10:02am

I'm pretty sure this was the dance.

Chemish

9/10/19 10:11am

Dancing in the Dark- Springsteen

Samuel Hall Society

9/10/19 9:57am

every death cab for cutie or smiths track (girfriend in a coma)

Funke

9/10/19 10:00am

Cemetry Gates

Samuel Hall Society

9/10/19 10:03am

Semi Charmed Life & Jumper - Third Eye Blind

RdF3

9/10/19 10:00am

Veronica - Elvis Costello

Sea Chicken

9/10/19 10:00am

Semi-charmed Life- Third Eye Blind

TCuz

9/10/19 10:01am

twenty one pilots - Not Today (he even mentions the dissonance in the lyrics)

toukokuu

9/10/19 10:03am

I hadn't heard this one before--thanks.

jdub

9/10/19 10:04am

Semi-charmed Life, for sure

Coop

9/10/19 10:03am

The examples above are all good. I like when there's sort of "meta" dissonance

9/10/19 10:08am

That's really interesting. Feel kind of silly that I never realized that about

BYUHawk

9/10/19 10:47am

Yeah, it took me forever to listen to the lyrics of Hook

9/10/19 12:02pm

Don't know about lyrical dissonance, but for musical dissonance there is the

JmThms

9/10/19 10:15am

Born In The USA - Bruce Springsteen

El Careeb

9/10/19 10:20am

Hey Ya - Outkast

El Careeb

9/10/19 10:25am

Fury by Muse. "We'll pray that there's no God to punish us or make a fuss"

davevine

9/10/19 10:27am

"Enola Gay" by OMD. Bouncy synthpop about Hiroshima bombing.

UCLACoug

9/10/19 10:28am

I'll Be There For You (Friends Theme)

El Careeb

9/10/19 10:29am

RE: I'll Be There For You (Friends Theme)

El Careeb

9/10/19 10:30am

Willie Nelson's "Blue Skies" is oppsite. Melancholy melody but positive lyrics

fulano

9/10/19 10:38am

Most won't know this one: Tuyo (Narcos Theme)

El Careeb

9/10/19 10:42am

10,000 Maniacs - Like the Weather

9/10/19 10:51am

Getting Better The Beatles

BYUHawk

9/10/19 10:55am

All of Paul Simon's Graceland. The music is upbeat afro-pop. The lyrics are a

Jay Rick

9/10/19 11:11am

I don't like Mondays

Jimo Dashen

9/10/19 11:20am

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