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Episode 226 - Daryl Hall

Sodajerker On Songwriting

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The Unpredictability of the Chord Progression

I love that moment on the benfolds episode of daddle's house where he can't work out the cord that leads into the chorus. We try and deconstruct it, and we think, what are those chords actually doing? S tha is a really spetional one. That song was written by my partner at the time, sarah allen, and her sister. Their version was a little more straight ahead, and i put the crooked shit in. They got asan the catalogue though, of songs is just unreal, isn't it? And the unpredictability of it too. Like, for example, private eyes. I min that's one word.

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