April 28, 2004 - Benjamin Wagner

So. Central Rain

By admin | April 28, 2004 |

In the bonus materials of The Criterion Edition of Douglas Sirk’s “All That Heaven Allows,” the director speaks to the etymology of melodrama: melody plus drama. These elements, what Leanord Cohen calls “the minor fall and major lift,” are fundamental to all great songs. Take my all-time favorite, REM’s “So. Central Rain.” First, the hook:…