THIS IS A SONG by Mitch Friedman

This is a video for "This Is a Song", which is a song about songs, but is also now a video of a song about songs. It comes from Mitch Friedman's album "Game Show Teeth" (c) 2009 www.gameshowteeth.com

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THIS IS A SONG

This is a song
and this is a verse
There will be three
This one is first
Story begins
and melody grows
leading into
the part we all know

This is the chorus
This is the chorus
This is the chorus
You see how it repeats
This is the chorus
This is the chorus
This is the chorus
And now we will proceed to

Verse number two
Similar yes
The melody stays
but lyrics progress
That added guitar
is something to do
to get you worked up
as we head into

Another chorus
Another chorus
Another chorus
Pretty much the same
Another chorus
Another chorus
And now before us
we have the middle eight

This is the part of the song
where the meaning is often
spelled out in a literal fashion
to clarify anything poetic or
that was hinted at up to this point
Since it will only last for eight bars
which is a short time compared to
the previous sections
feel free to continue
to ruminate further
as we now move on to a solo

Verse number three
Familiar old friend
Summing things up
so near to the end
Everything left
that needs to be said
is nothing compared
to what lies ahead

The final chorus
The final chorus
The final chorus
Sung with lots of strength
The final chorus
The final chorus
The final chorus
is also twice the length

The final chorus (with extra words)
The final chorus (with extra words)
The final chorus (with extra words)
that blend together here
The final chorus (5 seconds left)
The final chorus (4 seconds left)
The final chorus (3 seconds left)
before we disappear

Category:

Music

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• mitch friedman
• animation
• songwriting
• ray davies
• this is a song
• meta
• song structure
• middle 8
• verse
• chorus
• solo
• original song
• songwriter
• music

[mlarracuente]

Daaaaaaaaaaviddddd Cook! gosh, I keep following your commands (tweets) and end up LAUGHING OUT EXTRA LOUD!! funny indeed!!!!

[tess614]

Now the man's really playing with us-Mr. Cook, you're driving us crazy in a good way!

[TNT100PROD]

that one person that disliked this song is a hater

[ArtemisRampant]

The "extra words" were a nice touch. XD

[JacoPassedOverUs]

MITCH YOU'RE KILLIN IT!!!

[fallingforawordnerd]

I have this song stuck in my head every day, thanks to David Cook.

[JamesPadfoot]

ROFL. A+ MItch. Also, thanks to david cook for ~enlightening me

[amishell]

David should DEFINITELY record this! The most clever song ever!

[safroniamay]

Ha! Ha! Well now I know all I need to know to compose for David that mega hit I oh so want him to have on his sophmore album.

[DsnyDreamer]

Jeez, Dave is going to make us the best informed fandom on the planet. Is he preparing us for some megatrivia contest? LOL

[myerin24]

oh david.

this is going on my ipod now.

[deeyuhnah]

Haha! Can't stop LOL-ing. =))))