The Band- The Weight

In class on Thursday, we listened to "The Weight" by the band "The Band". When you told us the story of how it was written, I was preparing myself mentally for a terrible song that made no sense at all. I couldn't imagine how one could make a decent song using a jumble of lyrics from different people. All this changed when I heard the song. I was surprised that I really liked it!!! I thought it was cool how even though it was different people writing each line, you could get a feel of how close and connected the band was because the lines really flowed!! In some song the frequent repetition can sound lazy, but in this song I really liked it. I also really liked how they sang it! I could have thought about 30 million different ways to sing those words badly, but I really liked the beat. I really liked how the lead singer sang and then they harmonized and split into two parts. Overall I really liked the song.