> In a message dated 1/21/2003 9:39:44 PM Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > What exactly makes a song a "standard?" Just sheer > > repetition? > This got me wondering too Deb, and Bob's reply is pretty much my thoughts. I did a little research and read someone's opinion on the subject.
"The word "standard," when applied to music, is an evocative one. It implies music that everybody knows, songs that we instinctively sing along with, never stopping to wonder how or why we know all the words" <snip> "In many cases, people use the word "standard" to describe any song that most people know by heart -- everything from the national anthem to "Hey Jude."" <snip> "In order to prove itself as a standard, a song must survive at least a handful of decades." <snip> I thought this part was interesting. "In his book, Morath refers to a quote attributed to Bob Dylan in the 1960s: "Tin Pan Alley is dead. I killed it."While Dylan certainly cannot take all of the credit, the singer-songwriter convergence of the 1960s did change the way popular music worked. Up until then, the songwriter and the performer had separate roles.People like Dylan, Joni Mitchell and the Beatles changed all that. And that has hindered the production of songs that have the potential to become timeless, Morath said." For the full article see : http://www.louisvillescene.com/music/features/2002/20020707standards1.html Jimmy
