Piece Comment

Review of More Than Just A Song


I love this story. Not just because deep down, I truly appreciate the Dixie Chicks rendition of Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide," or because I hold a same strange pride for Hoagie Carmichael and Indiana University. I like this story because it is so very human, and so very relateable. It's fun talking about favorite songs. It's fun hearing about why people connect to the songs they do. It's even fun to hate a song somebody loves, but find out why they love it. Everyone (I hope it's just not me) has sat around in a circle with some friends and a laptop, and played a little clip of their favorite tune, or forced their S.O. to lay around and listen to a full record on vinyl, or endured a whole album, start to finish, on a car ride with family.

I could listen to stories like this every week. In fact, there's a great YouTube series that stops random people on the street and asks them to take out their headphones and say what they're listening to. This goes a step further and goes for the emotional connection to the song. The intro and outro are just right, voiced as well as a Kai Rysdall or David Green -- not too lengthy, punchy and energetic, and right to the crux. The fades between songs are seamless, the order of interviews and the length of each hit just the right note (pun!) emotionally, and keep the pace of the piece moving right along. A great, earnest story that captures something lovely from everyone involved -- who doesn't like music?