Key Change!

Dana sent me a song this morning. Same artist singing just done two different ways. By slowing down the tempo it totally changed the song. Made the lyrics do the lifting. And it was amazing. (right until he started yelling at me, but isn't that just life?)

Anyway...

I love that. Not the yelling, never the yelling, but when a song is changed around and it totally changes the feel of it. Doing it in a minor key instead of major. Slowing the tempo down completely. Adding an orchestra. It always completely changes the dynamic of the song. And sometimes it doesn't work at all. But sometimes it really does. 

Taylor Swift music lends itself to this really well. The songs go from sort of sticky sweet to really full of dread and menace. The lyrics were always there, but man, when the tone changes the message changes a lot. 

I was thinking this is like a plot twist in a book. You are going along happily minding your own business humming merrily about having a blank space to write someone's name as a new relationship starts when suddenly you are growling about having a blank space to write someone's name and you are now a potential serial killer...

PLOT TWIST!

KEY CHANGE!

TEMPO ADJUST!

No wonder I love it. 

I love when everything has always been right there but you didn't see it. Not until the twist. And then BOOM it's all different. Every meaning, every line, every bit of it is pointing in a different direction. You just didn't see it before. 

And if there hadn't been that one moment, that one turn, you never would have. You always would have thought it was the other thing. 

But that key change? That tempo shift? Suddenly it's a whole new song you are singing and you are in a whole new world of emotions. 

It makes me happy. 

And also leads me down a rabbit hole of listening to songs like that apparently...

Enjoy your day! I hope it has all the twists and key changes you long for!