tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913752433926766420.post6849881690416163179..comments2024-03-26T19:32:01.151-07:00Comments on Bobby Owsinski's Big Picture Music Production Blog: Sheryl Crow "Soak Up The Sun" Song AnalysisUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913752433926766420.post-49904642805285380052016-10-01T10:59:00.412-07:002016-10-01T10:59:00.412-07:00The song is delivering a simple message simply. In...The song is delivering a simple message simply. In that regard, the lyrics are fit for purpose -- nothing more needed. It's an example of why some pop songs just work and would, in my view, have been a successful first single.Confounderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12996769329922222928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913752433926766420.post-5764987774350038222012-09-11T21:10:29.641-07:002012-09-11T21:10:29.641-07:00This really seems to be one of those songs that wa...This really seems to be one of those songs that was pushed due to previous success of the artist, and fans yearning more from this artist even if average material. I'm not sure this one is case study worthy. More of an artist tailwind. The doubled vocal throughout the song doesn't get me there production wise, but i can see why it works - because the lyrics are lacking. Even with all that though, i think plenty of females like to listen to this with the car top down, so maybe the moral of the story is be an successful artist your fans love, have one strong line in a chorus with a decent melody. But my gut tells me that if this was an independent artist with their first single, you never would have heard of her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913752433926766420.post-90111402796101707382012-09-11T13:03:51.443-07:002012-09-11T13:03:51.443-07:00Could we say that the song required all this arran...Could we say that the song required all this arrangement because it is a fairly flat / uneventful song?<br /><br />The bridge makes it a bit more interested (as you said) but the rest...<br /><br />Is this a result of the way music is now (over)produced? Or was this production designed to be so complex from the start? I mean, why not Sheryl Crow with her guitar and, you know, that's it - that's what the video implies, after all.Vincenthttp://myaudiojourney.blogspot.ch/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913752433926766420.post-16295742383198296152012-09-10T20:27:00.734-07:002012-09-10T20:27:00.734-07:00I wasn't going to mention it, but now that it ...I wasn't going to mention it, but now that it is out...those lyrics are awful. Maybe I'm just out of time, but I have noticed a number of newer songs (mostly in the Country genre) that have that kind of "spoken word" quality, with lines that avoid rhymes. I don't care for it. Is there a name for this kind of vocal/lyrical approach?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5913752433926766420.post-33896124740296509512012-09-10T11:46:27.369-07:002012-09-10T11:46:27.369-07:00Thanks for the interesting analysis. It definitel...Thanks for the interesting analysis. It definitely had me listening with fresh ears to a song that I have always dismissed as inane. ("I don't have digital, I don't have diddly squat" is a hit song lyric? Gimme a break!) While I still continue to cringe at the writing, the production is much more interesting than I ever thought before reading this analysis. Thanks again!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com