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Define a "good" song...

Posted by:	Zelgo 02:28 pm EST 01/15/14

The recent discussion of whether the FROZEN movie-and-soon-to-be-stage musical score and its featured song "Let It Go" are "good" or not got me thinking about whether anyone can define what exactly is "good." Throughout history, "good" in the arts is generally defined as popular appeal, whether at the time of creation or when re-discovered generations later. Sometimes the public thinks its good when its created and then it loses appeal as tastes change in later generations. The public has already weighed in on FROZEN by making this one of the highest grossing Disney movies ever and taking the album to #1. Idina Menzel (not Lovato's) version of Let it Go is climbing the charts. On ATC we get variations of "it's good!" "No, it's bad!" Either way FROZEN's success will mean that the Lopez's will be employed writing movie and theatre songs for a while. So what makes a good song?

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Thread:	re: Define a "good" song... - ryhog 04:04 pm EST 01/15/14 (2) re: Define a "good" song... - keikekaze 09:15 pm EST 01/15/14 (1) re: Define a "good" song... - ryhog 11:00 pm EST 01/15/14 Only a theater song has to be "good." - keikekaze 02:40 pm EST 01/15/14 (1) re: Only a theater song has to be "good." - garyd 02:59 pm EST 01/15/14

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