Listening to Dippermouth Blues
This is a completely new song for me, but I can easily say that I love it! The reason that I love it is that it makes me happy. It is just one of those songs that you can listen to many times and feel happy every time! As I thought about this song, I started to think "for me, what makes a song considered a happy one?"
I usually just listen to a song and then I decide how I felt when I listened to it, but very rarely do I think about why I responded the way that I did. The first thing that I noticed was how upbeat it was. It was also super bouncy (I don't know much about musical terms, but I will try my best to explain my thoughts). I think the technical term for this is staccato. A lot of short, and quick notes. This made it the perfect foot-tapping song. It just makes you want to move. As I listened to it, I could imagine myself dancing right along with it.
I typically listen to songs because I like the lyrics. With this song, there weren't any lyrics which meant there had to be something else to keep my interest. This song did just that. There was a good amount of variation in the song, so you didn't get bored. At the same time, the song flowed really well and wasn't all over the place.
I really enjoyed this song and I recommend adding it to your go-to happy playlist!
Have a happy day!
Madz
You are right that the song has an upbeat feel which in turn makes it feel happy and foot tapable. I also think you nailed the fact that a lot of the notes were staccato and articulated. It has a swing feel too which in my opinion makes it easier to feel the pulse and dance to it.
ReplyDeleteI really like this song too! It reminds me of walking around Disneyland and feeling so happy. I noticed many patterns of syncopation in this song. My favorite part of the song starts at 40 seconds, when the trumpet takes on a solo and does the melody. And yes about the staccatos! The trombone solo is also super cool and creates a cool groove to the song.
ReplyDeleteYeah this definetly has a happy beat to it. This is probably one of my favortite songs on this weeks song list. It's just a good tune. There's not really a whole lot of jazz songs that I've heard that sound like this one. Most of them are a little slower and more dramatic if you know what I mean.
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