Apple has ruined the word song

**JHC** · May-10-2011, 23:38

Well I'm blowed, a good story

**teddy** · May-11-2011, 11:55

Just shows the power of ducks

teddy

**Krummhorn** · May-11-2011, 17:13

So, how can we help to get Apple and the rest of the world to change their thoughts on 'song' versus 'piece'?

Maybe the word song has become more synonymous with music because 'piece' is akin to describing a chunk of something, like rhubarb pie.

**teddy** · May-11-2011, 21:34

How about teaching all the children to speak correct English for a start.

teddy

**Krummhorn** · May-11-2011, 22:24

Now, there's a fantastic concept ... and with that, no more "textspeak" abbreviations.

**Contratrombone64** · May-12-2011, 00:59

"to speak correct English" ... surely you mean: "to speak English correctly".

**Dorsetmike** · May-12-2011, 13:42

Originally Posted by Contratrombone64

"to speak correct English" ... surely you mean: "to speak English correctly".

Mike - yep, you're right, so instead of just nitpicking, why not offer a solution?

Now who's nitpicking?

**teddy** · May-12-2011, 13:50

Bloody colonials, coming over here, taking our language, not to mention the p&&&.

teddy

**mathetes1963** · May-12-2011, 21:30

Ya'll caint tawk no gud Anglish ovur thar. 'N now I'ma lissen me anudder song from dat J.S. Batch feller...

Seriously, it's hopeless...all you can do is laugh.

**JHC** · May-13-2011, 03:19

Originally Posted by teddy

Bloody colonials, coming over here, taking our language, not to mention the p&&&.

teddy

Yeh, it takes the bikki when an ocker tells a pom how to speak proper

**Marc** · May-13-2011, 06:40

Don't blame Apple, blame Mendelssong:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs_Without_Words

**Contratrombone64** · May-16-2011, 01:26

A very interesting observation, Marc my friend. Never thought of that!

**Darena** · Jul-06-2011, 10:02

Yeah, that's great, never thought Mendelssohn has something to do with it!

As for me, I'm more disturbed than someone calls a song 'track'. It's far worse than the original matter with Apple, because that's derogatory towards one's (hard) work. A term of 'song' involves soul or something...and 'track' sounds mechanic and lifeless to me. As a special term it is OK - in sound engineering and deejaying you mix the tracks. The problem is, there is no universal and suitable word. You see, instrumental composition is a piece, but if it is electronic, it also sounds weird to say it is a piece even though there was more effort put in it to use the generic 'track'...

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