三分鐘的祕密 Beyond Vinyl: Exploring the Persistence of the Three-Minute Pop Song
MAY. 06,2024 / Analytical Editors
Have you ever wondered why pop songs tend to be around three minutes long? This custom of the three-minute song actually dates back to the middle of the 20th century. In the 1950s, the small 45 RPM record was favored by radio stations over larger long-playing (LP) records. This preference was mainly because 45s featured only one song per side, as opposed to the five or six on LPs, making it much easier for the DJ to locate the specific track they wanted to play. Due to their small size, however, 45s couldn't manage much more than three minutes of music per side. This restricted the length of songs and reinforced the brief airtime a song got on radio shows. Musicians who wanted to get their music played on the radio had to adapt to this trend.
你是否曾想過，為什麼流行歌曲往往都大約三分鐘長呢？這個三分鐘歌曲的慣例實際上可追溯至二十世紀中期。1950 年代時，比起較大張的密紋唱片，廣播電臺更喜歡小巧的 45 轉黑膠唱片。這種偏好主要是因為 45 轉黑膠唱片每一面都只有一首歌，與擁有五或六首歌的密紋唱片不同，這讓 DJ 在找想要播放的特定樂曲時，變得更輕鬆得多。不過由於它們容量很小，45 轉黑膠唱片每一面無法置入長於三分鐘的音樂。這限制了歌曲的長度，也更強化了廣播節目中，一首歌能獲得的短暫播放時間。想要讓自己的音樂在電臺上播放的音樂家們就必須適應這個趨勢。
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- persistence n. 持續
- date back to + 時間 回溯至...（某時）
- favor vt. 偏好
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