by RetroRomper » Fri Mar 17, 2017 9:54 am
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This one came up so randomly on my playlist that I didn't even know who the artist was originally, but there was so much to enjoy about this song:
*The sound stage (as they say in headphone lingo) is HUGE.
*The complexity and overlapping of instruments lets me engage in the music in ways normally only classical lets me.
*The song itself overpowers the lyrics, making them almost trite. For what crudely amounts to a pop song, this is truly remarkable.
*Elton John's voice has deepened over the years, adding a different dynamic and letting the music reverberate on a number of levels depending on which version you listen to.
*The version I listened to, drowned out the lyrics in the sound stage and dynamics of the music itself, as opposed to letting them reverberate. But this really highlighted the fact the music takes center stage, which for a pop song is still pretty weird.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XujEruAWcR4[/youtube]
This one came up so randomly on my playlist that I didn't even know who the artist was originally, but there was so much to enjoy about this song:
*The sound stage (as they say in headphone lingo) is HUGE.
*The complexity and overlapping of instruments lets me engage in the music in ways normally only classical lets me.
*The song itself overpowers the lyrics, making them almost trite. For what crudely amounts to a pop song, this is truly remarkable.
*Elton John's voice has deepened over the years, adding a different dynamic and letting the music reverberate on a number of levels depending on which version you listen to.
*The version I listened to, drowned out the lyrics in the sound stage and dynamics of the music itself, as opposed to letting them reverberate. But this really highlighted the fact the music takes center stage, which for a pop song is still pretty weird.