I don't know what it is about key changes, but they're so corny to me. I think I notice it more when a song is already upbeat. It's like the song is trying to double down on the natural positivity in a way that feels forced. You already had me at the hook, yanno?

There I go talking about music theory already.


No biggie. I didn't mean to disrespect you or your takes. I react more often than I stop to take a beat, clearly.

My girlfriend is meeting my family for the first time

This sounds like an exciting moment!

There's gotta be a song on this list describing that kind of occasion, right?

A key change can be really effective. The first one that comes to mind for me is at the end of that Whitney Houston's I Will always love you song.. cause her voice is so majestic there it works so well I think... It just.. gets you, catches you off guard.

Thin Air has a great one!

it’s true

im going to participate because my close listening skills ain’t very good and it’s fun to practice

livin on a prayer by bon jovie is the flipside to i will always love you .. just pathetic

I think the only song I've ever heard where a key change makes the song complete is T-Swift's "Love Story." It all builds up to that wedding proposal. A triumphant, elevating moment that the song has worked hard to create room for.

This is a good video on key changes and the role they play in building emotional narratives

ah yes, the ol' modal mixture common tone enharmonic double chromatic mediant modulation effect

I would rather eat a bug

Re: the premise of this thread

open your mind!! bugs can be quite tasty when dipped in chocolate

One wild and precious life and you're gonna get Ed Sheeran songs stuck in your head

Plus bugs have protein

I'll probably skip the Sheeran round tbh

Mickey, you'd be a great addition to this thread's brain trust. Would you kindly reconsider?