Charlie Harding
speaker
3,358 appearances
24 recordings
3 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 4d ago
Charlie Harding’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Then you're like, ah, the song's pretty much done.
And you're like, oh, it's a really nice session.
Oh, shoot.
We didn't write a bridge.
It's all for an afterthought.
So today I want to understand how the bridge evolved, where it's going, and what it says about why we love pop music.
In a lot of these episodes, we've had to go back to the age of the great American songbook Tin Pan Alley, which of course has been a delight for me.
And to understand the bridge, I feel like we also have to return to that era, the 1920s, the 1930s, because a lot of these songs have a bridge.
In fact, sometimes it was called the release, which I feel like says something about what this function actually is.
And you find them over and over again, right?
Over the rainbow, you sing it to your kids every night.
This song has a beautiful release, right?
Someday I'll wish upon a star and wake up where the clouds are far behind me.
Very nice.
Where troubles melt like lemon drops away above the chimney tops.
That's where you'll find me.
And then that brings us back to the opening line.
Somewhere over the rainbow.
Yeah.
What about one of my favorites, On the Sunny Side of the Street?
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