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The Piña Colada song carves a trajectory across the chart over the course of the song.
Every Step You Take is so far on the right that it doesn't show on the chart.
this post was submitted on 21 Dec 2023
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"I Will Always Love You" is further left than I would have expected it to be
Bittersweet memories, and not being what you need right now clouds the message compared to other songs on here.
Agreed, it should be at least "yes" for both "do I like you" and "do you like me" but "no!!" for "do I like me"
Creep by Radiohead and Creep by TLC both kind of work here. Huh.
Creep by Stone Temple Pilots.
Think you're kind of neat, then she tells me I'm a creep.
Yeah, I think all three could fit there. Or close enough, anyway.
Fairytale of New York starts top right and ends bottom left
I'd like to see a sequel to this comic that actually does plot the trajectories of songs that have story development:
- The Pina Colada Song
- Fairytale of New York
- Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
- Paradise by the Dashboard Light
etc.
Isn't Call me Maybe the one with the twist at the end of the music video where the guy turns out to be gay?
Yeah seriously why is it in the unclear/neutral category for "you like me" instead of "No!"
Because that twist is in the video, not the song.
That's the music video not the song itself I think.
Whose POV does this describe for Somebody I Used To Know?
The independent variable (horizontal axis) represents the singer's sentiment, so the chart is from the singer's POV.
There are two singers with opposing POVs
But they both think the other is to blame for their breakup and feel ambivalence towards the other.
He doesn't need her love, but she's cut all contact and wants nothing to do with him. That makes him feel like she never cared for him.
She feels neglected and gaslighted, realizing that he was hung up on an ex before her, and just doesn't want to put up with any more of his bullshit.
I would have placed "That don't impress me much" further left, actually.
I wanna see where Stan is on this graph
He forgot far down left "Warriors of the World" from Manowar
I kinda love this. I think this could become an organizational system for all relationship songs, sort of like the Dewey decimal system.