Music 'Interpolation'

[Shamar]

Ever notice how new Gen Z songs sounds like songs from the Gen X or Boomer generation?
Well apparently there's a weasel word for it called Interpolation, where you rerecord the exact same melody and change the lyrics and a brand new money maker is now yours. Because Gen Z are inexperienced and, as a whole, prefer playing videogames to listening to music, they are less likely to know music history so this recycled music appears new to them. Not a diss on Gen Z btw. Videogames are cool and far more stimulating than music is in my opinion.

This is not new. Give a listen to Christian Petzold (or Bach) Minuet in G major and Lover's Concerto by the Toys.

 

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I probably like Dylan more than I realise then. I could never get on with his solo stuff.

I never liked him as a singer very much either, but as a writer there's few better.

Songs written by Bob Dylan | SecondHandSongs

 

[Mr. Stevens]

Oh wow, it was so long ago, back in the early days of digital TV when we had a channel I think was called BBC Choice (eventually became BBC 4), I suspect it was on there. It had animations that looked kinda like the London Underground. As far as I remember it was a series that focused on the relationship between various bands and musicians, but I only saw a couple of episodes, the last one I saw was about Lou Reed, the Velvet Underground, Andy Warhol and David Bowie. It was like a family tree if that makes sense.

But what it was called and where it aired, I can't be totally sure. I never looked it up as I had heard it was Bob Dylan from at least two sources, I just accepted it as fact.

There's been various times though that I've seen these kinds of documentaries and they've gotten things wrong. I sometimes wonder if it's an anti plagiarism measure.

If you are sure it was someone else, I'm perfectly willing to accept you are right I just talked to my dad as I'm sure he saw the series too and he felt like he'd also heard it was Bob Dylan that created the guitar overdub, but since I had introduced an element of doubt, he wasn't 100% sure.

Thanks for the info! I was just surprised I hadn't heard that before, which doesn't mean it's false I would think Wikipedia would mention it, even if Dylan wasn't officially credited on the album. I guess I'll see if I read anything different in the future. Thanks again