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Bruno Mars Causes the Feels (Expectation in “When I Was Your Man”)

Posted on November 28, 2017 by timchenette

I started my post on secondary dominants with this statement: “Here’s how you know Bruno Mars is sad.” But really, the song “When I Was Your Man” gives us all kinds of signals that he’s sad. In that post, I … Continue reading →

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Secondary Dominants in Rock and Pop

Posted on November 3, 2014 by timchenette

Here’s how you know Bruno Mars is sad. At about 1:04 (YouTube)/0:51 (Spotify) in the song below, he cycles through a standard IV V I progression a few times. At 1:20/1:09, he replaces the final I with a deceptive vi, followed … Continue reading →

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