[Vince]

Verse/Chorus/Verse/Chorus/Solo/Chorus is the standard. It's what you do in the confines of that standard that define who you are. For me, for example, I like to make every verse different, and every chorus building. Sometimes we'll throw in a bridge or a breakdown, but all songs, even longer ones, still anchor themselves around a chorus.

[Leon]

for me, whether it's Enter Sandman or A Change Of Seasons, it comes down to a feel. if i may, here's a little advice from Ella Fitzgerald:

What good is melody, what good is music
If it ain't possessin' something sweet
It ain't the melody, it ain't the music
There's something else that makes the tune complete
It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing
It don't mean a thing, all you got to do is sing
It makes no diff'rence if it's sweet or hot
Just give that rhythm ev'rything you got
It don't mean a thing, if it ain't got that swing

[Rev2010]

Yeah, when I read Hatebreeder say that about the new FF stuff I knew he wasn't referring per se to song writing structure as much as that's exactly what the songs were. No solos, no bridge, no other filler parts, etc.


Rev.