Comments on: “Say What?” Classic – Harlan Howard http://www.countryuniverse.net/2009/02/24/say-what-classic-harlan-howard/ Sun, 19 May 2013 05:18:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Matt B. http://www.countryuniverse.net/2009/02/24/say-what-classic-harlan-howard/#comment-47427 Matt B. Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:16:34 +0000 http://www.countryuniverse.net/?p=8345#comment-47427 And “Chicken Fried” says hello!

In general though, I have to agree with Harlan. Songs with generic or oft-used ideas/titles need to be memorable. Would “Chicken Fried” have been so memorable w/o the title repeated as much?

]]> By: J.R. Journey http://www.countryuniverse.net/2009/02/24/say-what-classic-harlan-howard/#comment-47263 J.R. Journey Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:53:23 +0000 http://www.countryuniverse.net/?p=8345#comment-47263 Really interesting quote from the ‘dean of country songwriters.’ I never thought ‘Why Not Me’ was a weak title, but I agree that sometimes a line or a phrase needs repeating to drive the point home.

But, you don’t see the repeating of lines over and over again in country music as much as with other genres either.

]]> By: Little Jimmy Dickens Returns to the Opry and Jamey Johnson Shuttin’ Nashville Down | The 9513 http://www.countryuniverse.net/2009/02/24/say-what-classic-harlan-howard/#comment-47152 Little Jimmy Dickens Returns to the Opry and Jamey Johnson Shuttin’ Nashville Down | The 9513 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 17:01:12 +0000 http://www.countryuniverse.net/?p=8345#comment-47152 [...] at Country Universe dug up an interesting quote by Harlan Howard on the need to repeat certain titles a number of times throughout a song to make it [...]

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