sweet and sour

More and more I find that one of the things I look for in songs .. is that the bridge/middle eight/counterpoints fit nicely within the framework of the song (to my taste anyway)..
I don't care for it much when they take it too far off course from the established theme, i.e., it departs greatly from the main course, with no good way to find a natural connection.

Most songs with the bridge structure:

1 work enchantingly well
or
2 go off course in the bridge, adding an unappealing 'sourness'
or
3 have an interesting bridge that stands on it's own, even if it is distance from the main, at least it isn't sour
or
4 an instrumental bridge is sometimes a good answer by design, or even for not knowing what to do otherwise

Some samples:

#4 Fool in the Rain (Zeppelin)
#4 Truly Do (Lindley)
#4 Octopus'es Garden (Beatles)

#3 Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey (McCartney)
#3 Mission Bell (Brooks)
#3 A Day in the Life (Beatles)

#2 In the Song Again (Roo-mates)
#2 Island Girl (BeachBoys)
#2 Dreamy Nights (Lee)

#1 Baby Blue (Echoes)
#1 Falling in Love (Newman)
#1 Lollipop (Chordettes)

Thank goodness most songs work (#1) and don't ever need tweaks.. :D
But in many of the #2 examples, I will edit the sour bridge to reconstruct the song into complete candy for more palatable listening enjoymints ^v^ ..

One other peeve that is much harder to fix, is, well.. usually it bugs me when a song thinks it can make itself more interesting by adding KEY changes ;P *winces*
This works sometimes, but too often it doesn't (imho).

More examples:

Where it works... Lodi (CCR)
Where it doesn't... In the Song Again (Roo-mates) (it's one of the few songs where I tolerate it, cuz it sounds worse with the part missing)

I wish I could think of more, but heh, I think my memory blocks out a lot of the ones that irk me ;}
(if anyone needs/wants any examples of these, I'd be happy to find links for ya)

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Can youse alls think of some that fall into these categories for you?

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Music postings don't tend to get too many responses, so of course dat's okay if ya just wanna move on instead... :> It's kind of a niche thing...

Just thought I'd write about this, cuz composition and arrangement is on my mind a lot.. and I don't think I've ever written about this'n...

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In other news... YAY!... Done with jury duty for at least another year! *tailwags*

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