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   wim to charlesfosterkane   
   Re: What makes SMILE superior artistical   
   29 Nov 04 01:59:31   
   
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   "charlesfosterkane"  wrote in message   
   news:71a86792.0411280435.a8d1192@posting.google.com...   
   > Do songs that feature melody sound better than songs without melody?   
   > On some level does audible mathmetics take over causing some listeners   
   > to "stall out"  their ears not finding the audible solution while   
   > others are able to follow the bouncing ball?  Davinci used the golden   
   > ratio in many of his paintings thus causing the image to appear more   
   > pleasing to the eye.  Is it possible to use the golden ratio in   
   > songwriting making a song more pleasing to the ear?  Its not as simple   
   > as just music notes.  Somewhere the ear takes over and renders a   
   > judgement in creating music.  At a very high level you either have it   
   > or don't. No course of study is able to teach it.   
   >   
   > Brian Wilson's sense of tune and melody are acute.  Where he goes to   
   > only some can follow.  Even some ex-Beach Boys are don't "get it."   
      
   Sixties production sounds better to the ear and Smile drips with it.   
      
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