Interesting read this thread is... mostly the first page. I generally don't think about the rules when writing my songs but it's cool to read through what was posted as I agree with most of it. Repeating words for one, actually repeating entire sections in music bugs the hell out of me. With a chorus I understand (as that is the hook) but when an artist/band repeats an entire verse, to me that is just lazy. An example of this is "God Only Knows" by the Beach Boys... beautiful song (one of my fav's) but I wish it had a third verse that wasn't just a copy of the second.
Also, guitar solo's that just follow the melody line irritate me a bit.. but I'm sure there is a thread for that somewhere.
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