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Old 06-28-2018, 12:05 AM   #7 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by grindy View Post
If you want something complicated, why don't you drop the pop stuff and go for some prog or, even better, some avantprog?
Yeah, but I still want some catchy hooks, riffs, hummable melodies, and lots of different sections (with different chord patterns) within the song - that approach was quite popular (lofty, unpredictable craftsmanship) up until the 1990's. The last pop tune to have it was Sowing The Seeds of Love by Tears For Fears - many different sections within the song, flights of fancy, exploration, but still all very comprehensible to the general public.

Is anyone thoroughly familiar with the examples I started off with ?

Django Django https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Django_Django does a little bit of that 'unleashed' (yet catchy, accesible to the ears of the masses) creativity here :


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmUX14Tkf5I
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