03-05-2012, 23:17
You're overanalysing. This is supposed to be felt.
You've missed the meaning of the word "progressive" by the way -- as in the song moves from point A to B. The genre doesn't progress, the track does, in both genres. Progressive house is supposed to take you on a journey rather than just make you shake your arse. Or buy drinks. Or look for that cross between an industrial hoover and a human being.
For me the structure is no different from Baroque preludes. The difference I hear is that instead of harmonic development of a 3-6 note motif (equivalent to a hook in house music), you have timbral and orchestrational development. And the kick from hell. Or you could relate it to jazz -- head, solos, head. Instead of solos, you have .. guess what? Timbral and orchestrational development. And it could be within the context of a pop song. The focus is the tension and release.
Here's a list for you: http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/be...house.html
I don't rate or have favourites, as the journey is the most important. But that list is representative, I'm familiar with about 95% of it without hearing it, and it's chock full of pop songs. There's a bunch that have a vocal hook instead of verses and choruses but that's just a different spice. They seem to have missed Grace/State Of Grace/Planet Perfecto (pick the project name you wish) "Not Over Yet" -- a fine example of house with verses and choruses -- but they may have just simply left it off because of that silly Oakie backlash that's been happening ever since he destroyed his career on Essential Mix.
You've missed the meaning of the word "progressive" by the way -- as in the song moves from point A to B. The genre doesn't progress, the track does, in both genres. Progressive house is supposed to take you on a journey rather than just make you shake your arse. Or buy drinks. Or look for that cross between an industrial hoover and a human being.
For me the structure is no different from Baroque preludes. The difference I hear is that instead of harmonic development of a 3-6 note motif (equivalent to a hook in house music), you have timbral and orchestrational development. And the kick from hell. Or you could relate it to jazz -- head, solos, head. Instead of solos, you have .. guess what? Timbral and orchestrational development. And it could be within the context of a pop song. The focus is the tension and release.
Here's a list for you: http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/be...house.html
I don't rate or have favourites, as the journey is the most important. But that list is representative, I'm familiar with about 95% of it without hearing it, and it's chock full of pop songs. There's a bunch that have a vocal hook instead of verses and choruses but that's just a different spice. They seem to have missed Grace/State Of Grace/Planet Perfecto (pick the project name you wish) "Not Over Yet" -- a fine example of house with verses and choruses -- but they may have just simply left it off because of that silly Oakie backlash that's been happening ever since he destroyed his career on Essential Mix.