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December 3, 2006
I cannot, for the life of me, tell if a song is in a major or minor key.
I've read the generic "major is happy and bright" and "minor is sad and dark" answers. I've read
this amazing explanation of key
by chrismear in an earlier thread. But I just can't do it, it's like I'm playing checkers against an opponent using chess pieces.
So what are some songs, if there are any, that defy the generic "happy or sad" dichotomy. I'm hoping to be find a song that might meet the generic definition of major or minor, but is actually subtly the opposite. With enough examples like this maybe I'll be able to pick up on whatever it is that differentiates the two.
mp3 clips would be helpful, but song names and their key are all I'm really asking for.
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If you want a counter-example, "Yesterday" by the Beatles is a quintessentially sad song, but is in a major key.
I don't have a happy song in a minor key just at the moment, but I'm sure one will be along in a moment.
posted by
on December 3, 2006
The Leadbelly song In the Pines/My Girl/Black Girl uses no major chords, I believe, but produces a very sad effect.
posted by
on December 3, 2006
er, no
posted by
on December 3, 2006
I'm hoping to be find a song that might meet the generic definition of major or minor, but is actually subtly the opposite.
I believe there's a small misconception in this sentence which just might be the thing that's throwing you off--although people tend to find major songs "happy" and minor songs "sad", happy and sad aren't actually part of the definition of major and minor. A song can meet the generic definition of "happy" and be minor, but it can't sound "major" and actually be minor--sounding "major" is what makes something major in the first place.
I think chrismear's explanation is great; I'll try to continue from where he left off, kind of. As he says, when a song is "in a key", that just means that some notes are more common than others. Also, there's one note that sounds more important than all the others, which he calls the "home note".
The difference between major and minor has to do with which other notes are common, besides the home note. If you have a piano or keyboard handy, go play an A and the C above it at the same time, and note that the C is three piano keys above the A (including the black key A#/Bb). Now play an A and a C#, and note that the C# is four piano keys above the A. (The actual name for this is "semitones". Each piano key is one semitone higher than the previous one, regardless of black/white color.)
This is the main difference between a minor and a major key. In a minor key, you can expect the note that's three semitones higher than the home note to be really common. In a major key, the note that's four semitones above the home note will be really common.
So a song is in A major, for example, if A is the home note, C# is really common, and C is uncommon. If A is the home note, C is common, and C# is uncommon, then you have A minor. (note to pedants: yes, yes, this is simplified)
In order to determine whether a song is major or minor, you'll have to recognize the difference between these two situations. You can train yourself by playing along with your music on a piano or keyboard (if there's none handy, try walking into a Radio Shack with your iPod and playing one of theirs). First, find the home note on the keyboard. Then count up three piano keys (remember to count black keys, too) and play that note. If it sounds like it fits in with the song, you've got a minor key. If not, try the next piano key up, which is four above the home note--if that fits, then you've got a major key.
I recommend "Lovefool", by the Cardigans, for this exercise, for two reasons:
1. The verses are in A minor, but the choruses are in A major, which hopefully should help make the difference stand out.
2. It's a good example of the subtlety you wanted: the music is pretty happy-sounding, but the lyrics are terribly depressing.
Some other good ones:
"Happy Together" (Turtles): F# minor in verse, F# major in chorus (well, not quite, but close enough)
"Eleanor" (Turtles): E minor in verse, E major in chorus, happy throughout
"Somebody to Love" (Queen): Ab major, but sad
"We Are the Champions" (Queen): sharp transition from C minor to Eb major halfway through verse, F major in chorus
"Free Bird" (Skynyrd): C major, sad
"The Love Cats" (Cure): A minor in verse, C major in chorus, happy throughout
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It's even more technical than that. The formal "key" of a tune is a statement about the sheet music for the tune. What it says is that certain notes on the scale are presumed to be sharps, naturals, or flats by default.
C-Major and A-Minor are the default since they have no predefined sharps or flats. The difference between them is which chord is the tonic. In G-Major and E Minor, F is to be treated as sharped unless there's an explicit "natural" symbol next to the note. In F-Major or D-Minor, B is to be treated as flatted unless there's an explicit "natural". And so on.
This is the main difference between a minor and a major key. In a minor key, you can expect the note that's three semitones higher than the home note to be really common. In a major key, the note that's four semitones above the home note will be really common.
And therefore the guy who wrote the sheet music decided which one of those to make easier to write.
Historically speaking, classical composers have found that the minor is a more rich lode. It isn't the case that minor sounds "sad" as such; the conveyance of emotion via music is much more complicated than that. One thing that distinguishes Mozart as a composer was that he relied on major keys far, far more often than anyone else of the time in his compositions.
Now if you want to hear the pathological case of this kind of thing, two suggestions: The "Mercury" theme from "The Planets" and the second movement of Bartok's "Concerto for Orchestra".
In the Mercury theme of
The Planets
, the audible experience is that for most of its length it switches from major to minor or vice versa every three notes -- and the notes are very rapid.
In the second movement of "
Concerto for Orchestra
", the melody is taken up by different voices in the orchestra, but in odd ways. For instance, when the oboe is the soloist, two oboes play the melody 3 semitones apart. When the trumpets play, two trumpets play always a single semitone apart. The result is an interesting experience: there's a feeling of intervals in the melody without any feeling that there's an underlying key for the intervals to be in. You hear, and understand, a melody -- but you can't whistle it because that would place it in a key, and it doesn't have any key.
posted by
Steven C. Den Beste
on December 3, 2006
R.E.M. is famous for writing everything in minor -- even a lot of their "happy"/up-tempo songs are in minor.
posted by
futility closet
on December 3, 2006
I think the old (Irving Berlin?) standard, "Blue Skies" - a fairly optimistic tune - has got to be predominantly in minor key. It's been covered too many times to mention, so you can
see if you find one
that suits your tastes.
posted by
on December 3, 2006
"Christmastime is Here" from the Charlie Brown Christmas soundtrack is in minor.
But it does move around, because it's jazz... maybe jazz should be left out. Key is pretty fluid in jazz.
Anyway- that stark, bare-trees-gray-sky-snow-falling feeling that the first lines of "Christmastime is Here" inspire (at least in me) are how I think minor can make you feel. And sometimes I want that.
posted by
on December 3, 2006
That Vince Guaraldi tune definitely
in a minor key. It's full of major sevenths.
posted by
on December 3, 2006
(Not that the presence of major sevenths guarantees that a song isn't in a minor key.)
"What Child Is This?" on that same soundtrack is an example of a song that is most commonly played in a minor key, but the way it's rearranged there places it in more of a major key.
posted by
on December 3, 2006
There are some little difficulties with trying to figure out key when you are listening. The Brecker Brothers often play in no key at all: they play a species - some would say a pathological kind - of music called dodecaphonic. This assigns equal weight to all the notes and there are some strange rules about how you sequence them. Coming back to earth a little, open fifths and the Steely Dan "mu" chord are neither major nor minor. Steely Dan are smarter than they sound and they play a lot of tricks that fly under the radar. Trying to assign key by listening sometimes cannot work and sometimes doesn't matter.
posted by
on December 3, 2006
"Plush" by Stone Temple Pilots is made up entirely of major chords, but it sounds dark and grungy.
To really distinguish between major and minor in songs where the emotional tone doesn't clue you in, or clues you in wrong, you really have to train your ear to the point that you can hear the note intervals.
One trick you can use is to pick out the 7th note of the scale. The major scale has the 7th one semitone away from the root (in C Major, the 7th note is B). The minor scale has a flat 7th, putting it a whole tone away (in C Minor, the 7th note is Bb). Once you figure out what to listen for, the sound of the 7th to root transition (B→C) is incredibly strong and distinctive, because of the short interval. The transition in a minor scale is weak—Bb→C provides no particular resolution.
To that end, many songs in a minor key will resolve back to the root note by temporarily un-flatting the 7th. A song in C minor will throw in a B instead of a Bb right before resolving to C minor. This is called "harmonic minor", and once I learned this signature characteristic of it, it became painfully obvious to me every time it was used.
More specifically, most songs resolve to the tonic from the fifth. In C major this gives a really strong resolution: the B in the G major chord slides up to the C in the C major chord, and if the G is a G7, then the F slides down to an E.
This doesn't work as well in minor:
Bb → C
F → Eb
Bb→C and F→Eb are weak. But if you change that Bb to a B natural, then bam, you've gotten back that strong transition from B to C. Rather than G minor to C minor, you do G
to C minor.
This "un-flatted seventh" is like a big, bright, flashing overhead light: MINOR, MINOR, MINOR. It's so common that I'd estimate probably 2/3 of songs in minor use it.
posted by
on December 3, 2006
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posted by
on December 3, 2006
I think we're getting a bit off track here talking about major or minor sevenths.
If you're trying to distinguish between major and minor keys, you need to first isolate the home key of the song. In simple songs, this is done by playing a
, the most basic possible chord, consisting of three notes (which musicians label the root, 3rd, and 5th).
Listen to the chords at the top of
this page
. Now try and isolate in your head the relationship between the middle note (the 3rd) and the bottom note (the root). This is key because
the only difference between a major triad and a minor one is that one note, the 3rd
. This can be difficult at first, so it may help to listen to actual melodies. (Keep in mind, a simple melody in a major key will simply use notes from the corresponding major scale, and a major triad is just a simplified expression of that.)
Here's a clip
of Nat King Cole singing "Three Blind Mice" (the melody starts at 0:06). This is a nice illustration because the first two identical phrases simply connect the major 3rd down to the root; "three" is the 3rd, and "mice" is the root. (In the next part, "run" is the 3rd.) The major 3rd is also prominent in Beethoven's
"Ode to Joy" theme
. Listen to the melody that the flute starts playing at 0:21 -- the first and most prominent note is the 3rd.
Now, for comparison, listen to the
triads on the
same page
as above. If you can, pick out how the 3rd is now a step lower in pitch compared to the major triad. On
"Losing My Religion"
(verse begins at 0:16), listen to how the melody really revolves around three notes, the 3rd, 2nd, and root, but especially emphasizing the minor 3rd ("every"; "every waking"; "choosing my con-"; "trying"). Can you hear how this 3rd is just a bit lower (or, closer to the root) than the major 3rd? If so, you're on the right track.
In general, the key to understanding music is to listen actively rather than passively. So when hearing a song in a minor key (try
this thread
for starters), try and apply the same technique and pick out the 3rd and root. Then ask yourself: is it more like "Three Blind Mice" or "Losing My Religion"? (If you're struggling to find the root, listen to the bass player.) I know this is crude and possibly simplistic, but eventually you'll be able to internalize the distinction between triads, which will then allow you to think about other chords in the song, including more complex ones like with sevenths and ninths.
posted by
on December 3, 2006
What equalpants, SCDB, and Khalad said.
"Happy" and "sad" don't describe major and minor at all. I'd say it's closer to "light" and "dark," but that's still an awkward metaphor.
The basis of western harmony is a type of chord called a triad. Triads have three notes. There are four types of triads - major, minor, augmented, and diminished. In music theory, everything is discussed relative to the major scale. So to construct a given triad based on a particular note, you first begin with the major scale built from that note, then you apply the appropriate formula. The formula for major is 1 3 5, minor is 1 b3 5, augmented is 1 3 #5, and diminished is 1 b3 b5.
So, if we want to build triads on C, we start with the C major scale: C D E F G A B C. C major uses the first note, the third note, and the fifth note. C minor uses the first, the flatted third, and the fifth, etc. So C = C E G, Cm = C Eb G, Caug = C E G#, Cdim = C Eb Gb.
In a minor key, the tonic chord (the home chord of the key - quite often, but not always, the first and last chord that is played) is minor. If you're in the key of C minor, a C minor triad will seem to provide resolution and make a good resting place. So the first step would be learning to recognize the different kinds of triads. Go to
and try the chord ear trainer. The scale and interval trainers probably wouldn't hurt either. As you start developing your ear, you'll begin to identify not just individual chords, but the relationships between them. Particularly in pop music, there are many simple chord relationships that are used very commonly.
The Beatles were great at blending major and minor together (a technique known as "mode mixture"). I wouldn't cite Yesterday as an example of a sad song in a major key, since it isn't completely in a major key - it's primarily in F major, but leans heavily on Dm, which is it's relative minor (note: relative keys share a key signature, parallel keys share a root note). A good technical analysis of Yesterday is
another song with a similar major/minor mixture, mixes the parallel keys of F major and F minor.
While My Guitar Gently Weeps
, the verses are all A minor and the choruses are all A major. In
For No One
, we find a predominantly B major verse with just a dash of B minor thrown in, and then a bridge that takes a detour to C#m.
Here, There, and Everywhere
Two of Us
both feature verses in G major and bridges that slide into G minor.
posted by
on December 3, 2006
If you're trying to distinguish between major and minor keys, you need to first isolate the home key of the song.
I was about to say this at one point, but it's not necessarily true. It's usually easy to hear if the tonic chord is major or minor without having perfect pitch or an instrument handy. So one can identify that Eleanor Rigby is in a minor key, for example, without actually knowing which key it's in.
posted by
on December 3, 2006
I was about to say this at one point, but it's not necessarily true. It's usually easy to hear if the tonic chord is major or minor without having perfect pitch or an instrument handy. So one can identify that Eleanor Rigby is in a minor key, for example, without actually knowing which key it's in.
Right, but you still have to
the tonic chord in a song, even if unable to associate it with a specific key. That's easy for "Eleanor Rigby" (and the simple tunes I linked to above), but more difficult for something like "Penny Lane." All I meant by "isolate" is to figure out what the frame of reference is before identifying individual chords and harmonies.
posted by
on December 3, 2006
That's easy for "Eleanor Rigby" (and the simple tunes I linked to above), but more difficult for something like "Penny Lane."
Well sure, as Penny Lane is in two different keys. But I still think it's pretty trivial to recognize that they're both major keys even without having any further insight into the harmonic structure. But I think we're pretty much on the same page.
posted by
on December 3, 2006
Just for your cut-and-paste needs: flat = 9837; natural = 9838; sharp = 9839;
posted by
Steven C. Den Beste
on December 3, 2006
Hey; when did direct encoding of characters stop working? Rats...
Let's try it this way: flat = ♭ natural = ♮ sharp = ♯
posted by
Steven C. Den Beste
on December 3, 2006 [
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Here is
an earlier metafilter thread
that you might find useful. A lot of minor-key popular songs are named.
posted by
on December 3, 2006
One thing you could do is get a CD of something like Bach's "Well-Tempered Clavier" (
here's one well-known recording
). The reason is that this consists of a variety of pieces in the same format -- prelude + fugue, that are in a variety of keys (and in fact are identified by their key). I don't know that any of them necessarily fit into the happy/sad dichotomy (but then I'm not sure if happy/sad is the right dichotomy -- for instance, a minor piece can be angry, bright, and not sad at all).
posted by
on December 3, 2006
Advil, the WTC is certainly good listening, but most of those pieces (and indeed most complex classical music) winds its way through many keys in the course of its duration, despite being named as though it's in one key, so it may not help to clarify the issue here.
posted by
on December 3, 2006
most of those pieces (and indeed most complex classical music) winds its way through many keys in the course of its duration, despite being named as though it's in one key
Well, this is definitely true, but the keys involved are not at all accidental. They are all closely related (in some way, e.g. the circle of fifths) to the central key of the piece, and the "key" in bach seems (to me at least) much more apparent than in a lot of other music. Actually part of the reason I suggested WTC was that in the post the question links to, chrismear says: "
Bach manages this because his style of music sticks quite rigidly to the 'rules' about what notes are allowed in a certain key, and what chords are allowed to follow other chords. (He doesn't use other accidentals unless he has specifically modulated into a different key for a section of the piece, in which case he uses accidentals to notate the new key that he's in. He practically always ends his pieces on the tonic. His chords are only assembled from notes in the key's scale.) Because of this, your brain can deduce very clearly what key and chords Bach is intending, even though the notes themselves are fleeting.
" I think this is a very apt description, and the regimented forms and thoroughness (in terms of keys covered) of the WTC seemed to me to make them ideal Bach pieces to try to understand this.
They do differ from many suggestions in this thread in that they're more tonally complex than a lot of popular music, but I don't think that is necessarily bad. I actually wonder if part of the difficulty ztdavis is having is because e.g. C-min doesn't just mean C, E-flat, G chords over and over again in practice -- there is at the least movement up and down the circle of fifths, and probably more complex modulation. A C-minor piece often modulates to G-major at some point. Listening to music that is this complex, but still as constrained as a bach fugue is, might help.
posted by
on December 3, 2006
That's part of another issue and I had thought of, and decided not to, bring up. Music technology has developed slowly, and one of the big changes happened at about the end of the 17th century: the development of the "
equal tempered scale
In an equal-tempered scale, the frequency of each tone divided by the frequency of the next lower semitone is the
twelfth root of 2
. That wasn't the case before; instruments were often deliberately tuned for specific keys, with some notes being slightly higher and some slightly lower than those on the equal-tempered scale.
It turns out that if you play music written for a key on an instrument tuned for that key it sounds better (except for those of us with "perfect interval" whose ears have been trained with the equal-tempered scale) but if you play in any
key, then it sounds worse.
Bach was part of that discussion, and he favored the equal-tempered scale. "The Well Tempered Clavier" was part of his contribution to the discussion, because it uses so many different keys. He was trying to show the superiority of the equal-tempered scale by demonstrating its versatility, and he and the others who favored it won out in the end.
But that has nothing to do with major or minor keys as such.
posted by
Steven C. Den Beste
on December 3, 2006
>R.E.M. is famous for writing everything in minor -- even a lot of their "happy"/up-tempo songs are in minor.
That doesn't sound right to me at all, sorry.
I'm not a huge R.E.M. fan, but their "happy" songs -- what, "Shiny Happy People", "Stand"? I can't think of any more -- are in major keys.
And on the other hand, things like "Man In The Moon", "Nightswimming" and "Find The River" (I've got "Automatic For The People" here), which are pretty mournful, are all in major keys too.
posted by
on December 3, 2006
Well, this is definitely true, but the keys involved are not at all accidental. They are all closely related (in some way, e.g. the circle of fifths) to the central key of the piece
Well of course they aren't accidental. But they aren't always so closely related. In a major key piece, there are likely to be modulations to a minor key, and vice versa, which is why I think it might cause some confusion here. e.g., Beethoven's 9th Symphony is in D minor, and yet the well-known Ode to Joy section is in D major.
Actually part of the reason I suggested WTC was that in the post the question links to, chrismear says: "Bach manages this because his style of music sticks quite rigidly to the 'rules' about what notes are allowed in a certain key, and what chords are allowed to follow other chords. (He doesn't use other accidentals unless he has specifically modulated into a different key for a section of the piece, in which case he uses accidentals to notate the new key that he's in. He practically always ends his pieces on the tonic. His chords are only assembled from notes in the key's scale.) Because of this, your brain can deduce very clearly what key and chords Bach is intending, even though the notes themselves are fleeting."
This is not true at all. Bach wrote some extremely complex and highly chromatic pieces. His chords are not "only assembled from notes in the key's scale." Some of his pieces modulate through many keys very rapidly in a way that is not easy for even a trained ear to process after a few listens.
Listening to music that is this complex, but still as constrained as a bach fugue is, might help.
Well, I respectfully disagree that listening to Bach fugues is going to be very helpful to someone who can't tell the difference between a major and minor key.
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Just because this has bubbled to the top of my brain: most cheerful song in a minor key I can think of: "Moondance" by Van Morrison.
Bruce Springsteen wrote some quite upbeat good-times songs in minor keys too, on the earlier albums. "Kitty's Back" and "Spirits In The Night" would be examples.
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TOTENBERG: …the safety net, an end to research which has made, scientific research which has made this country great. Those are the things that, you know, you can sound the alarm bells on. And conversely, the Republicans want to make it about the end of the country by fiscal default.
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER: Obama will win the argument if the electorate is as gullible as Nina and Mark and Evan in accepting what the Administration is saying about the cuts. You just said cutting student loans. Actually, the Ryan budget keeps the level of public Pell grants exactly where it is.
What Obama speaks about when he talks about a cut is he wants to keep inflating the amount of spending the government is doing. Today the government spends 25 percent of the economy which is the highest since the Second World War. The average is 20 percent. He's now at 25 percent. So what he calls a cut means the not increasing of a budget he's already inflated radically. There are no cuts in student loans.
Indeed there aren't. Yet folks like Nina, Mark and Evan disgracefully tell their readers otherwise.
Which means the only hope for this nation is that the overwhelming majority of Americans doesn't exclusively rely on what people like this are saying and instead reads things like Ryan's actual budget to find out the truth.
Sadly, what's the likelihood of that?
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The Three Stooges and Charles
Submitted by mmilesll on Sat, 04/07/2012 - 12:44pm.
Charles deserves combat pay for dealing with these morons every week.
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Submitted by GregE on Sat, 04/07/2012 - 12:50pm.
And he surely uses his rounds efficiently.
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Such easy targets...
Submitted by bigdaddy on Sat, 04/07/2012 - 1:05pm.
...after they shoot themselves in the foot...
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safety first
Submitted by frank_andrini on Sat, 04/07/2012 - 2:18pm.
whilst 'cleaning' their 'guns'...dancing with themselves?...spanking their monkeys? Oops this was NOT intended to encourage anyone to hurt any primates as these guys do it well on their own. You know...being monkey's relatives? Somebody stop me just had my meds today.
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Submitted by RMR on Sat, 04/07/2012 - 12:59pm.
Two senior "journalists" advising Obama to run on lies? I am shocked! HA!
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Are We So Stupid . . . .
Submitted by Bourbeau on Sat, 04/07/2012 - 1:13pm.
That we think the likes of Tottenberg, Shields or Thomas have an honest assessment of anything the Republicans put forth. What boggles my mind is, as a country, we accept these morons oeprating without a budget for three years and barely say a word. We think, whatever they're doing, must be okay, because nothing changes. We're as hapless as the morons in Washington. Whether we like it or not, we created this mess, we have allowed the mainstream media to promote as "Good vs. Evil", and we have completely abolished anything ever closely resembling negotiations where every one get a little of something and loses a little of somethin. Today, we want to keep everything, regardless of cost, as long as it's somebody else's wallet.
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Nothing Changing?
Submitted by bmac32 on Sat, 04/07/2012 - 1:29pm.
Mmm, gas prices have doubled, food prices are 12% higher and the national debt is out of control. Real unemployment is like 17 or 18%, you call those 'nothing changes', I call those changes that will haunt this country for years. Obama makes Carter look like a few smart man and Jimmy was a peanut farmer.
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Agreed, Bourbeau, that we are responsible, ultimately, ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Sat, 04/07/2012 - 4:30pm.
for not having kept a weather eye out on the educational system, the political system, and the judiciary, as well.
When the educational system is rife with liberals, at all levels -with no attendant oppositional consequences; when a politician representing the Party in power says "We must pass the bill to find out what's in it - with no oppositional outcry or consequences; and when the judiciary - especially a non-elected jurist - overturns a majority vote (think CA Proposition 8) and there are no immediate consequences of note other than the gnashing of conservative teeth ---
The "no consequence" scenario can not be allowed to stand if this country is to survive as a bastion of freedom
The tap root of the 'system' that threatens us is an unholy mixture of the three previously mentioned systems; and the removal of that cancerous growth is essential to insure a palatable future.
Odd that a Founding Father, those many years ago, noted that the Tree of Liberty sometimes has to be watered with blood.
That situation will come to pass; of that I have no doubt.
The only uncertainties are: when; and how bad is it going to be?
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Nina Totenberg
Submitted by Ogundipe S.O. on Sat, 04/07/2012 - 1:31pm.
Her name is just as risible as every balderdash she spews.
Charles Krauthammar is accurately emblematic of how intellectually savvy Conservatives are as a whole.
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A real media would confront Owebama daily on his 6 trillion
Submitted by merly1 on Sat, 04/07/2012 - 1:30pm.
first term new debt............how is this not a daily query of how to scale it
back and quickly?
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Obama will likely win again if the electorate are as uninformed,
Submitted by Rush Fan on Sat, 04/07/2012 - 2:15pm.
misinformed and stupid as the Leftist on Inside Washington, and the 47% of Americans who approve of the job Barack Obama is doing as president reflected in the latest Drudge-linked Gallup Poll.
Welcome to the United States of
America Greece! Let's hope the forthcoming riots and demonstrations will be more civil than in Europe.
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Charles Krauthammer
Submitted by Pinger on Sat, 04/07/2012 - 2:19pm.
Listening to Charles Krauthammer makes me realize just how wonderful political commentary could be. If only more had the insight of Charles, and if only less and less were willing propagandists like Nina and Mark and Evan.
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Submitted by pcnav on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 1:50am.
Charles should have used Dan Ackroyd's line from the original (and funny) SNL.
"Nina, you ignorant s.......
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Of Course...
Submitted by Aubrey on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 8:13am.
....Liberals Lie and Distort. They do so with such ease.
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Hard to believe
Submitted by SaguaroJack on Sun, 04/08/2012 - 3:40pm.
It's hard to credit that anyone with an IQ above that of a rock can seriously believe what these liberals claim to believe. Either they don't use their minds, or they are just liars.
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4.09/5 rDev -4.2%
A bit pricey and inconvenient to get to, but the owner is nice, and the facebook site does a good job keeping updated. You can get the rare beers here. Overall though, it's nothing you can't find at one of the other Seattle bottleshops, and it's usually a bit more pricey. I still shop here on occasion.
05-30-2013 17:59:20 | More by Smurf2055
4.35/5 rDev +1.9%
I've been to this place a couple of times now, when I've been in the city. Somewhat out of the way, in what strikes me as a recently reclaimed industrial area in the south city. It's not that large, but the atmosphere is what I like in a bottle shop: beer, beer related things and beer (along with some wine/cider/other alcohol stuff) all with a... lived in? kind of feel? That's not the exact words Im looking for, but you can probably get the idea. Not some sprawling soulless STORE (heaven forbid!!), but a smaller space, lots of wood, beer taking up almost all of the space, with character and shit. Found a number of really good stuff that I hadn't come across elsewhere (wasn't SCOURING the city, but have looked at other stuff as well), the owner I believe (who has been there both times I've been in), offered us help if we needed it, but was not overly pushy. We looked by ourselves and picked some stuff out, then asked her advice/opinions on a couple of things, and she clearly was a beer person who had a store, not just a business person who just happened to sell beer. A little more expensive for some of the items, but I've found that to be true at most of the bottle shops I've been to in the city, and besides: i'd rather pay a little more for something I want than not have access to it at all.
04-14-2013 08:24:44 | More by kemoarps
3.86/5 rDev -9.6%
Checked this place out after grabbing lunch at Jules Mae last fall.
Bottles, bottles, everywhere! In coolers, in boxes, on top of boxes. One gets the impression there's not a lot of storage space in the back, so it all goes on the salesroom floor!
Selection is good, not great for the area. There were a number of beers I can't get in Spokane, but would not be out of place at Bottleworks. Still, if I lived in the neighborhood it'd be my go-to place.
One employee on duty, was friendly and looked up things I couldn't find (none of which they had at the moment).
A nice bottleshop that would draw rave reviews where I live, but is simply good without being great in Seattle.
03-09-2013 21:40:31 | More by woemad
3.17/5 rDev -25.8%
Stopped by while in the area visiting the oldest pub in Seattle, was not impressed by the staff, their knowledge, their selection or much of anything. It is a bottle shop where there are no other bottle shops, that is what allows this place to thrive. Perhaps I am spoiled by The Beer Junction but I do not consider myself a beer snob or particularly particular when it comes to what I want or expect from a bottle shop but there is little to be desired from this joint, skip it unless you have nowhere else to pick up craft beer in S. Seattle.
03-09-2013 05:45:16 | More by Hopmodium
4.23/5 rDev -0.9%
Been here a few times and think I can give a fair assessment.
Atmosphere: Has a gritty feel to it that I appreciate. Never have felt rushed or uncomfortable. Good beer talk with the staff on a couple of occasions.
Quality: Tend to have a very solid local and more generally West Coast beers. Always new stuff to take a look at. Some rarities from time to time that they send emails about to let people on their distribution list know about.
Service: In general, friendly staff that is helpful for recommendations and knowledgable about their products. Had one experience where an employee told information about a bottle limit that conflicted with their email blast.
Selection: Very good compared to most stores in the area. There is almost always some new stuff in the store.
Value: A wee bit more pricey than some of the other shops in the area, but usually fair.
03-01-2012 04:47:39 | More by mfavoino
4.64/5 rDev +8.7%
I've been able to stop at Full Throttle a few times, as it wasn't that out of the way on my commute home from work in the past.
One recent stop was to pick up my first bottle of Pliny the Elder, which they'd tweeted about that day. I'm not sure if it was the same stop, but I snagged two Duvel tulips for $5 each, as all their glassware is $5.
A very nice selection of beer (and wine). They have a stamp program where $100 spent gets you 11% off your next purchase.
I haven't had the opportunity to hit all the bottle shops in the area, but I do really like FTB's service, selection, and atmosphere. Copious tantalizing updates via Twitter and Facebook don't hurt, either.
12-01-2011 19:14:35 | More by jpbebeau
British Columbia (Canada)
4.64/5 rDev +8.7%
Full Throttle Bottles is located in the historical area of Georgetown in South Seattle near the Boeing airfields. It is a cozy beer store that also offers wines.
They offer a number of hard to fine beers such as Parabola and Pliny the Elder (from time to time). Staff is friendly and knowledgeable and offer advice on how Canadian travelers such as myself can maximize their limit of alcohol to take back home.
I always visit this place whenever I make a trip to Seattle, and have yet to be disappointed. It is better than the vast majority of stores in British Columbia.
09-27-2011 04:59:46 | More by DaftCaskBC
4.58/5 rDev +7.3%
Stopped in here this afternoon and I was impressed.
The selection was excellent with a large amount of NW beers including a few hard to find ones like Parabola. They also had a large selection of wines, ciders and meads.
The staff was friendly and they seemed knowledgeable.
The prices seemed about average, nothing seemed really pricy or really cheap.
Overall I really liked this place, they had an excellent selection, friendly knowledgeable staff and reasonable prices. Next time I'm in the area I am going to stop in.
08-21-2011 22:44:14 | More by beerandcycling88
4.14/5 rDev -3%
stopped through after a recent visit to nearby schooner exact...
located on a beaten up stretch of road that seemed to have some other interesting spots - damned construction. dark cozy interior, lots of cooler space.
service was friendly - stamp cards, discounts, etc.
seattle is blessed with a lot of really impressive bottleshops, and while this spot is certainly included, its hard for me to hold in the same class as bottleworks, 99 bottles, chucks, special brews, etc.
selection was solid but at times a bit spendy - all the russian river releases, stone, boulevard, your standard smorgasbord of washington locals.
if in the area, knock this place out, but for those in the city, likely not worth the journey
08-20-2011 04:43:59 | More by dirtylou
4.28/5 rDev +0.2%
I made it out to Seattle about 3 months ago and just now thought to review this location.
I scouted it out due to it proximity to the airport so that I could pick up a few bottles to pack away in my suitcase.
As a midwesterner, I was blown away by the amount of west coast beers - obviously FTB would not be unique in this regard - but I was nonetheless impressed with their selection.
I loaded up as much RR and Lost Abbey as I could squeeze into my suitcase.
The thing that stands out in my mind from this visit was how the lady who was working there tore the store apart looking for the last bottle of LA BA Angel's Share. Her PC said she had one left and damnit, she was going to find it for me. I certainly appreciated her effort.
I have nothing to compare it to in the area, but if I find myself back out that way, I will definitely stop back in.
07-23-2011 02:35:27 | More by bb8189
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