Blog Assignment 3

Mike Posner covered Adele’s song titled “Rolling In The Deep”.  Although there are many similarities between the 2 songs, there are also several differences.  These similarities and differences deal with the lyrics and musical qualities.

Adele originally came out with the song first, and Mike Posner covered it.  The lyrics of both songs are almost exactly identical.  Mike Posner uses Adele’s lyrics exactly in the first second and third verse of her song.  The slight difference of the songs is in the chorus.  Mike Posner changes a few of the words towards the end of the chorus.  Adele says in the chorus, “You had my heart inside your hand” while Mike Posner says, “You had my heart and soul in hand”.  Another slight change in the chorus is when Adele says, “And you played it to the beat” and Mike Posner says “But you played it to the beat” followed by adding “Bringing me out the dark”.

Along with the similarities and differences of the lyrics, there are similarities and differences between the musical qualities.  In both Adele and Mike Posner’s song the rhythms are both regular.  A slight difference is in the intensity.  Adele’s has a slightly soft intensity, while Posner’s is slightly louder.  Other similarities that both songs share in common with their music qualities are with the pitch speed and organization.  Both songs pitches are high throughout the entire song.  The pitch comes from the piano.  The piano in Adele and Posner’s song is on the higher end of the scale making the pitch high.  In Mike’s song, the synths that he adds throughout also have a higher pitch. The speeds in the songs are slow.  The piano again is played throughout the songs at a slow tempo, and the lyrics that they both sing are spread out and sung at a slow tempo as well.  The organization of both songs are ordered.  In both songs, there are three verses intermingled with three choruses, followed by an outro.  Timbre on the other hand is one music quality is different in the songs.  In Adele’s song, the timbre is simple because there is only a piano and voice for the sound.  On the other hand, Mike Posner’s song has a complex timbre.  There are many more layers of sound in his song including the piano, multiple synths, and a slow club beat.