Songs you find tricky...but sound easy

topdog91

The Jean Genie has that extra bar in the first verse when even they don't change chord at the same time.

I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day, the video makes it look like a standard rock song then you actually listen to it and the instruments are buried in the mix, every chorus transitions to the next verse differently, and on one occasion a beat gets dropped just because.

Oh, and to whoever said get the vibe and feel right, it's more important than timing or tone, timing and tone are a fair chunk of vibe and feel. No need to assume that any talk of technical matters makes you sound like Satriani instead of Quo.

Danny1969

topdog91 said:

The Jean Genie has that extra bar in the first verse when even they don't change chord at the same time.

I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day, the video makes it look like a standard rock song then you actually listen to it and the instruments are buried in the mix, every chorus transitions to the next verse differently, and on one occasion a beat gets dropped just because.

Oh, and to whoever said get the vibe and feel right, it's more important than timing or tone, timing and tone are a fair chunk of vibe and feel. No need to assume that any talk of technical matters makes you sound like Satriani instead of Quo.

I've just done I wish it could be Christmas every day... I thought I would chart it out in 10 mins, actually took about an hour. As you say there's a lot more involved with all the transitions, key changes and timings. One of the better Christmas songs though.