Opposites Attract
by @florian · @pearlmanhattan · @katestantonsings · @mahtowin · @andrea
Liner Notes
Our song for the #acapella4track challenge, https://fawm.org/forums/3503.
Song 4:
Lyricist: @andrea It was a privilege to write the lyrics for this amazing group. The melody by Kate is beautiful and the harmonies so tightly woven. Fabulous in all respects!
Melody: @katestantonsings This was a lot of fun for me to create a melody from Andrea's lyrics. You all did such a good job adding harmonies!! Wow :) Thank you for this challenge experience.
First Harmony: @pearlmanhattan This was a joy for me. The well crafted lyrics and the melody were perfect. Harmonies are my jam, and it felt good to be a part of such a great collab. Thank you for this opportunity.
Second Harmony: @mahtowin One of my favorite challenges brings a lot of fun! Thanks to my collaborators!
Third Harmony and Producer: @florian Thanks for letting me bob along your beautiful vocals and lyrics! š This is one of my favorite FAWM challenges - always lots of fun.
Lyrics
Opposites Attract
He loves the tropics Sheās partial to snow Heās a fast mover She prefers to takes things slow
Heās spontaneous (While) She plans ahead He enjoys (the) nightlife Sheād rather stay home instead
Opposites attract But, if itās gonna last Hereās what you must learn to do
Give and take Tollerate Acclimate
Communicate Cooperate Collaborate
Moderate Negotiate Accommodate
Innovate Fornicate Assimilate
He favors Whiskey She fancies wine He is a bulldog While sheās a subtle feline
He lives in blue jeans A skirt (dress) is her style Heās a (closet) romantic (And) Sheās a little bit wild
Opposites attract But, if itās gonna last Hereās what you must learn to do
Give and take Tollerate Acclimate
Communicate Cooperate Collaborate
Moderate Negotiate Accommodate
Innovate Fornicate Assimilate
Comments
This list about covers it ;-> Really nice vocals in the modern quartet spirit, not too predictable.
This should be required coupleās training. Harmonizing seems like such a great description of what it takes to make a relationship work. Beautiful!
Wonderful stuff. The layered harmonies are lush, and I like the sense of movement provided by the additional vocals as well.
Oh this is impressive, you all sound great and the lyrics are interestingly put together. Not every day you hear something like this on FAWM.
So cool, everyone sounds wonderful, very original style and lyrically a good take on the opposites attract theme.
this is amazing-- really interesting vocal contributions and what a great lyric! really well done, melodic and quite impressive. That second half reminds me a bit of later period Joni Mitchell...
Great texture to this one! I like the variety of sustained notes and rhythmic pulses under the melody vocal.
So perfect! You all did such a wonderful job. I really love the different types of harmonies to this beautiful melody!
The vocals are really beautiful and the harmonies are adding even more beauty !
Great idea to have harmonies sing oohs and other sounds instead of the lyrics! Again, it's incredible that these were added one by one without group planning or discussion in advance. Lovely to listen to!
This is so cool. I have so much respect and appreciation for people who can sing and harmonize like thisā¦and scat! Everything was so well done but I found myself crackān up listening to Florianās little scat in the background. So fun. This made me think of the FAWM challenge from a couple of years ago to use a list of words in a song. It is such an effective songwriting tool and Andrea I loved how you used that list of words here. Great stuff all around.
Really nice vocal harmony and layering in here, very soft but powerful sound.
Great lyrics, it's wonderful that the lead vocals come through so clearly and the other voices swirl around them so delicately.
I love how the lyrics have a meta overtone that speaks to the process you all went through to create this lovely piece. Beautifully done!
Wow! A very different type of a capella collab here, and I love it! While the lyrics are wonderful, and Kate's melody is beautiful, I really have to hand it to all the harmony singers on this one! You all did an amazing job of bringing a lot of textures to this. A very successful harmony collab!
What a lovely, gentle and surprising song this is. This is a real palate-cleanser. Bright and fragile and absolutely wonderful.
Thank you so much!! This is a beautiful comment.
Beautiful! I like the mix of male and female voices - sounds like you're all in the same room. I particularly like the ba-bas. The short rhyming lines lend themselves well to an acapella arrangement. Great collab!
The whole ensemble did real well with this one. I like how the harmonies move between supporting the melody with oohs/aahs and a moving bassline and then more directly follow the main vocal - all following the contrast of the lyrical themes as well!