Hey perhaps I should apologize here, since I may have come across as the biggest prude, which is a role I do not usually play, for sure.

I went back and listened to the song two more times through to see if I had missed something.

Here is the question B.D. asked:

"No idea if this story works as a song or if I'd better make a movie out of it.
I think the lyrics are okay-ish, but I'm not sure if the tracks are not just a little bit too over the top.
You guys will tell me."


In retrospect, there are some really cool things going on here, and the lyrics definitely describe the current world. Dead on.

I would be the last person to restrict artistic freedom, because I know I have done some crazy stuff here. I say have it, everybody. Do what you want.

BUT, B.D. did ask if any one thought it might be "over the top" in any way and wanted to know how it affected them. He also asked if we thought it "worked" as a song because he was not sure.

Upon a complete third listen, very carefully, I have to say, there is some really cool stuff going on here.

BUT, for some reason, the setup at the beginning made it a little difficult for me as a listener to really get into it.

That is not to say the song is "bad." To another, it may be the greatest song ever written, and deservedly so,

But I was asked as listener, if, in essence, I felt any "barriers to entry": specifically, by the OP.

And my answer, for whatever it is worth, is YES.

I guess until I gave it another try.

AND, I think a discussion that is likely to continue as the years go by will be: "How much AI/synth in a song is too much before YOU, individually, as a listener, begin to tune out?"

If we can't discuss that globally perhaps committees need to be created for certain people who have more expertise in certain genres.

I have zero expertise with songs that are mostly synth-based, so I probably have no business giving feedback on them.

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