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Sep 10, 2019
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fulano
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Willie Nelson's "Blue Skies" is oppsite. Melancholy melody but positive lyrics
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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
displacedute
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
displacedute
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
Kilgore Trout
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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