Marianas Trench es una banda pop- rock canadiense formada en 1999 por Josh Ramsay (vocalista, guitarrista, pianista y compositor), Steve Marshall (en primera guitarra) junto a la hermana de Ramsay, Sara (en teclados y voces), Erik Scott (batería) y Trev Spilchen (bajo).
En julio de 2014 en colaboración con la artista de hip-hop Anami Vice lanzan «POP 101». Al principio parece solo una canción de pop más, pero lo interesante de esta pieza es que tanto en la letra como la música van relatando cuál es la fórmula del hit. Con un toque de humor, pero con un trabajo de análisis profundo logran exponer realmente qué ingredientes tiene una canción pop. Si escuchamos y seguimos la letra atentamente, podremos dar cuenta de esos detalles:
«POP 101»
(Barely feat. Anami Vice)
Pop music 101
Some simple instructions
For a good first impression
Now let’s start with verse one
A minor chord, tensions grow
Fade in the bass like so
Now with momentum go «stop»
And bring the beat back
It’s called 4-on-the-floor
A beat you can’t ignore
I bring sexy back once more (yeah)
They love that (yeah) for sure
The chords are 1-4-6-4
Now I’m talking familiar
Harmony in thirds not fourths
Will take you into the pre-chorus
Real quick now, don’t you bore us
Hurry up and get to the chorus
Dumbed down, they won’t ignore us
Get to the floor
And hear some words you should know
Like «DJ never let me go»
Or «shots and then we’ll lose control»
Or «baby, baby, baby, baby, baby»
How about one more last word like
«Hey, girl, we’ve only got tonight»
Some things just go together like
Higher, desire, and fire
Higher, desire, and fire
Guitar and strings like these
To sound like Black Eyed Peas
This one’s a filter sweep
This one’s Imogen Heap
Hipster music on cassette
But you probably don’t know them yet
808s (hey, ho)
Hell yeah
Heartfelt pub anthems
From Mumford and his sons
Gang vocals here we come
Been thinking, «I will always wait.»
Wobble bass
Real quick now, don’t you bore us
Hurry up and get to the chorus
Dumbed down, they won’t ignore us
Tape slow down
Take ‘em to the chorus
Whoa
And hear some words you should know
Like «DJ never let me go»
Or «shots and then we’ll lose control»
Or «baby, baby, baby, baby, baby»
How about one more last word like
«Hey, girl, we’ve only got tonight»
Some things just go together like
Higher, desire, and fire
Higher, desire, and fire
I can pitch shift my voice if I want
I can pitch shift my voice if I want
I can pitch shift my voice if I want
I can make my voice low
The bridge is
The part when
You bring in
A rapper friend
‘Sup?
You simplify, and slow the beat
Abbreviate «feature» to «feat»
[Anami Vice:]
Quick now, fill in the gap
Okay!
Water it down
Eliminate that
Which you really would rap and
Give ‘em a classic like
Get-get-get (cash money) to the floor
And hear some words you should know
Like «DJ never let me go»
Or «shots and then we’ll lose control»
Or «baby, baby, baby, baby, baby»
How about one more last word like
«Hey, girl, we’ve only got tonight»
Some things just go together like
Higher, desire, and fire
Higher, desire, and fire
Alright here we go
Dance
Boots and cats and boots and cats and boots and cats and boots and cats
Joshua Ramsay
Boots and cats and boots and cats and boots and cats
