When you write a song, you have one of a few ways to structure it. In a few posts ago, I mentioned a very common song format 'ABAB' which the soul singer Alicia Keys used in her songs 'Fallin'. In that case, 'A' would be the verse and 'B' would be the chorus.
In this example, Nirvana pull out all the stops and use the 'ABCABCABC' song format. This is where 'A' is the verse, 'B' is the pre-chorus (ie. the link to the chorus) and 'C' being the chorus itself.
This gets even more interesting when they add an instrumental after the second chorus.
Of course the thing that strikes me most about this song is what the song is about. To this day, I'm still trying to think of one meaning.
It's a fine example of how powerful melody can be. Check out the song....
Calvin
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