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offline spoonz from Edmonton, AB (Canada) on 2002-05-28 22:41 [#00239592]
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came up yesterday in Band Class...
Someone asked the band teacher why he called the songs we
were playing "pieces" and now songs. He said that he only
calls things with WORDS songs. Does that mean we should
call Aphex Twin's stuff pieces? and not songs?

or tracks? or what. he made a point on that too, that Tracks
are just recorded bits of music, not full ones, but music,
nonetheless.

hmm....


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2002-05-28 22:44 [#00239596]
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words are unnecessary imo


 

offline plugexpert from Nijmegen (Netherlands, The) on 2002-05-28 22:45 [#00239599]
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music has no rules,.call it what U want


 

offline smokehammer from Saigon (Vietnam) on 2002-05-28 22:45 [#00239600]
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interesting?

ignore your teacher he's a twit

"Tunes" thats my favourite


 

offline REFLEX from Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) on 2002-05-28 22:46 [#00239601]
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Its just the way people want to say it. I call classical
works of music "pieces" for some reason. And I call rock or
rap songs or what not "songs" and I usually call electronic
stuff "Tracks". Dont ask me why, and its not all the time
here and there I change them without thinking.


 

offline Zombiekev from Ardmore (United States) on 2002-05-28 22:48 [#00239605]
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i think we should call some of his music pieces.
like a select few of the tracks off of ICBYD, SAW2, RDJ,
Druqks, ect...

but, some of his stuff doesn't deserve such an honor.


 

offline tolstoyed from the ocean on 2002-05-28 22:49 [#00239607]
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what does come to daddy qualifies as?


 

offline Zombiekev from Ardmore (United States) on 2002-05-28 22:52 [#00239613]
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i guess stuff that is really moving, emotionaly, can be
called pieces.


 

offline Zombiekev from Ardmore (United States) on 2002-05-28 22:54 [#00239617]
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flim off come to daddy definately deserves to be called a
piece.



 

offline Dozier from United States on 2002-05-28 23:00 [#00239622]
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As does Icct Hedral, I'd think.


 

offline REFLEX from Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) on 2002-05-28 23:04 [#00239628]
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Dozier::. yeah but which version.


 

offline Zombiekev from Ardmore (United States) on 2002-05-28 23:05 [#00239630]
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yes indeed


 

offline Dozier from United States on 2002-05-28 23:14 [#00239642]
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I think they both should be considered "pieces".

Speaking of Philip Glass, sort of, does anyone else like his
other stuff? I've got Glassworks and Songs From the Trilogy,
both of which are quite good. He's got a lot of material
released, so I haven't heard most of it, but what I have
heard is phenomenal.


 

offline REFLEX from Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) on 2002-05-28 23:17 [#00239645]
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yeah I like his other stuff, but I dont have any of it. yet


 

offline zetre from United States Minor Outlying Islands on 2002-05-28 23:49 [#00239676]
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"pieces" sounds too pretentious, "songs" is fine.


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-05-28 23:51 [#00239678]
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I use the term ''tracks''... since getting into electronic
music, it doesn't feel right to call them ''songs'' if they
don't have any lyrics... tracks sounds good.


 

offline Laserbeak from Netherlands, The on 2002-05-29 00:02 [#00239684]
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I'd never call a Merzbow track as a "song". I think a song
is music with an easily recognisable melody. A "piece" has a
more complex musical structure and "track" is a more
technical indication IMHO


 

offline license from out of nowhere on 2002-05-29 00:09 [#00239690]
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I think "piece" is the most vague, and thus most versatile.
it makes me think of Reese's Pieces though.


 

offline Inverted Whale from United States Minor Outlying Islands on 2002-05-29 00:13 [#00239692]
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I've never used "piece" to describe classical music. There
are several terms to describe exactly what you want like
"aria" and "movement."

I'm only a classical newbie, though.


 


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