I agree Marcel that there had to be something about the structure, chords,
sound and feel of the song that attracts them. However, I think that another
part of the attraction is the success of the song. I think that is part of
the reason BSN is covered more than songs like Hijera. The audience is much
more likely to recognize BSN and relate to that than a song they've never
heard of. "Nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd" (Soul Asylum)
Love Nikki
"Dream on but don't imagine they'll all come true...Vienna waits for you" ~
Billy Joel
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> This is a very interesting thread. Why, out of all her songs
> including songs
> in about every imaginable genre, including the genre of all these
> different
> players, do they pick Both Sides Now.
>
> This gets to the core of what any song really is. A musical
> transmission of
> ideas concepts images and feelings. Now its interesting how all
> these people
> who may be only into one form or style all gravitate to this one
> song would
> have to mean that there is something in the structure of those
> three chords
> that hits smack dab into the mainstream of THEIR music. Emphasis
> on the word,
> their. The musical structure embedded in their musical minds contains
> something that finds attraction in those three simple little
> major chords.
> The inverse question being why the others do in a lesser way. If
> Hejira is
> such an incredible song to most listeners why arent all these
> other musicians
> of all these other styles doing Hejira. Why does or better yet
> how does this
> happen.
>
> Marcel
