Originally Posted by
benross
It's All Your Fault seems quite repetitive; neither the lyrics nor the intensity of the singers or musicians change from the first few bars onward. It has some typical HDH elements, but there is no storyline; there is no development. When you hear the first 15 seconds, you've heard the whole song. Basically, it seems like the first draft of what became He's All I Got.
What makes He's All I Got successful is that after the first two soundalike phrases, there is a third [["please call to him, tell him...") that presents something fresh and new, and it's the shift from one melody line to another, complementary line, that makes the song seem more complete.
Too, the backgrounds in It's All Your Fault go nowhere, while in He's All I Got, the backgrounds, while similar, have several different components, and again it's the variations that give this some additional movement that adds interest.
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