Time to Pretend:
Listening Framework
Tempo
Fast
Source
The instruments drive the speed the song.
Groove
The song is very upbeat. Very excited and energetic.
Instrumentation
Drums, guitar, piano (electronic)
Structure/ organization
The layers and tracks of the song are set in patterns that repeat over and over. Although, there is a lull toward the end where the repetitions slow down.
Emotional
The song starts out slow, then picks up, the REALLY picks up. This is how I imagine it to look like...
_____======****/^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^_________*****/^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
__slow__==simple piano==**electric piano**/drums/^^^all tracks together***
Balance
- height
high pitch
-width
centered. electronic piano pans left to right.
- depth
the guitar and drums are the loudest; the piano is the lowest, but it is still very recognizable throughout the song.
Gucci Gucci:
Listening Framework
Tempo
Medium/ fast
Source
The instruments and vocals set the rhythm of the song.
Groove
The song is sort of upbeat, but also down and dirty.
Instrumentation
Dubstep
Structure/Organization
The rhythm is constructed by repeating patterns.
Emotional
________^^o^^o^^o^^o^^o^^o^^o^^o^^o^^o^^^___o__o__^^o^^
-starts slow____^^chorus/lyrics^^ ooDUBSTEPoo ^^
Balance
height
Vocals: high pitch
Tracks: low pitch
width
Centered, but the wobble bass switches left to right.
depth
The vocals are the loudest, background vocals and "instruments" are softer than the vocals but louder than the wobble bass.
I have heard both of these songs at least 50-100 times since I've had them. After listening to a song that many times, you tend to know them very well. I think the reason I like both of these songs is because they have a lot in common, even though they are completely different. Lyrically, these songs are very similar, but on both ends of the spectrum. MGMT's Time to Pretend is the bands interruption of what they believe it means to be a rockstar. Kreayshawns Gucci Gucci, on they other hand, is about selling/ doing drugs, not conforming to society, and being an all around "gangsta" from Oakland.
The composure of these songs, too, are very similar. Both have fast tempos, a high pitch, similar speed, and a distinctive timbre. When I listen to both songs, I feel a similar "amped-up-ness" that I don't feel from other songs. Time to Pretend makes me motivated and want to go do something, while Gucci Gucci makes me creatively motivated.
Also, these song rely on modern technologies to create some other their tracks and sounds. Gucci Gucci has that noticible dubstep sound (particularly with that wobble bass in the background) and Time to Pretend is reliant on computers to create that distinctive piano repetition. Although, where these two differ, is that MGMT uses real instruments such as guitars and drums, where as Kreayshawns beat was definitely created in a studio.
All together, I would have to say that MGMT's Time to Pretend is better. I don't know why but this is my absolute favorite song of all time. I really love that electronic-piano notes that repeat in the background. As I said earlier, this song makes me want to go out and do something. Maybe thats why I have it set as my alarm clock!
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