Rock Chart Wire: Week of December 24Th

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Rock Chart Wire: Week of December 24th

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*Note: “*” denotes a new addition to the top 5.

Changes from last week’s chart:

The Black Keys hit #1 with “Lonely Boy.” Bush drops to #2 after a 5 week stint at the top spot with “The Sound Of Winter” Foo Fighters remain at #3 for a second week in a row with “Walk.” Coldplay holds onto the #4 spot for a third week in a row with “Paradise.” Chevelle rounds out the top 5 at the #5 spot for a second week in a row with “Face To The Floor.”

New Arrivals To The Top 5: None

Deconstruction:

Four out of five songs in the Rock top 5 have an Alternative nature to them. The exception is “Lonely Boy,” which possesses a Garage Rock/Blues vibe. In regard to song structure, one song possess a straight-up A-B-A-B-C-B form (“Walk”) and two possess an A-B-A-B-Inst. Break or Solo –B form (“Lonely Boy” and “The Sound Of Winter”). “Paradise” follows an A-B-A-B-Inst. Break-C-B form and “Face The Floor” follows an A-B-A-B-C/IB-B form” (the instrumental break and bridge sections are basically combined into one). All songs feature a male lead vocalist. In regard to when first choruses occur, two out of five songs have their first choruses occurring at 1:00 + into the song (“Lonely Boy” and “Paradise”). With the exception of “Walk” (which sees its first chorus occurring at 14% of the way into the song), the other songs in the category have their first choruses hitting around one-fifth to one-quarter of the way into the song. Four out of five songs feature a distortion based electric guitar as the primary instrument. The exception is “Paradise”, which prominently features strings and synths. All five songs contain “proper” intros, one of which is exceptionally long in length (“Paradise,” landing at 1:01), one that is quite long in length (“Lonely Boy,” landing at 0:38), and three that are relatively short in length (“Walk”, landing at 0:09, and “The Sound Of Winter” and “Face The Floor” which both land at 0:11). Two out of five songs contain an outro section, one of which is quite short in length (“Walk,” landing at 0:15), and one that’s moderate/long in length (“Paradise,” which lands at 0:45). Three out of five songs contain a bridge, two of which occur after the second chorus and one that occurs after an instrumental break (“Paradise”). Four out of five songs contain a solo or an instrumental break that occurs after the

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second chorus. The exception is “Tonight,” which doesn’t contain a solo or instrumental break in its framework.

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