Summary
A song analysis for David Bowie’s Oh! You Pretty Things which I chose for its Bowie style and because I like to sing it to myself.
Song Analysis
| TOPIC | MY RESPONSES |
| SONG TITLE | Oh! You Pretty Things |
| COMPOSER(S) | David Bowie |
| YEAR | 1971 |
| COUNTRY | International release |
| If you could work on this song (change it), what would you change and why? | |
| What is the song GENRE? | Rock |
| What is the song KEY? | F# Major |
| What is the song TEMPO? | 76 BPM |
| What do you like about the RHYTHM? | It is upbeat and exciting yet the piano ends up following the vocals very crisply |
| What do you like about the ARRANGEMENT? | The piano playfully interludes and sets up the vocals nicely |
| What do you like about the MIX? | The parts are perfectly balanced |
| What do you like about the TIMBRE of some or all of the instruments? | The piano part is crisp and I like how at some points it follows the lyrics and during the chorus it changes |
| What do you like about the PITCH of some or all of the instruments or vocals? | I like how with the vocals it goes really high at points making it rough to sing but most of the time the struggle is just following his cadence |
| Are there particular TRACK(S) that stand out? | The piano track |
| Finally, what do you like about the overall COMPOSITION? | I love how Bowie does the vocals his own way and I think the he wrote the piano very nicely blends with the vocals the whole way through. |