Keep It Simple!!!

There is a song called 'Lemon Tree' by a band called Fool's Garden and i'm not talking about the song by kinston trio. The beauty of the song in my personal opinion lies in its simplicity. Lyrics go like ' I'm sitting here in a boring room,It's just another rainy sunday afternoon.I'm wasting my time, I got nothing to do.I'm hanging around, I'm waiting for you,But nothing ever happens - and I wonder.' You don't have to be a rocket scientist to understand this. But what adds the flavour to these words are the arrangement and the tune. I am not trying to analyse the song but what i am trying to say really is that songs which are simple to ear strike us most, to me atleast. By simple i mean songs which are simple to listen to, like lets say Till There Was You by The Beatles (their cover version), the arrangement in my opinion is not at all simple but when you listen to it, it flows smoothly and gently sets you in the mood.
Now lets take songs by Dream Theatre into consideration. When you listen to them you can immediatly sense how complicated the whole structure is. How all the individual players in the band are playing to their level best wtihout comprising at all. Individually, undoubtedly, they sound brilliant because of their technical superiority but as a band, to me, they sound like noise.
Most metal bands also have this habit of overplaying and making music complicated by putting too much technicality into it and loosing the essence of the song amidst all of it.
So, i think, songs which are actually number one are the ones which are simple to the ear, smooth flowing, rhythmical and has a punch. Rock 'n roll, classic rock i thnink are two genres where songs are simple to hear, makes a point whether dealing with political issues or emotional wreckage. Alternative is another genre which has come up in last decade has that quality of simplicity. Life generally is too complicated for words and if songs follow the same trend its damm frustrating!!!!! So I SAY ... KEEP IT SIMPLE !

PS. I would also like to say that rock n roll and classic rock being my personal favourite i mentioned it that way... but i think simplicity in songs is genre free !

Help! Wanted!

Roughly 400 bands in kolkata if i make a guess are functioning or tryin to function... well they'r i'm sure holdin practice sessions somewhere... where is wat i want to know... cause i play in this band and we hold our prac on one of the floors of a 13 storey highrise ... i must put in .. we play english rock... and the result is we get numerous complaints from the flats in the vicinity sayin they are very much disturbed by noise we create... i agree they may get disturbed beacuse all they get to hear is not the song or the jam but a constant hum of the bass drum and bass guitar accompanied with sudden guitar distortions and organ chops ( our keyboardist is very fond of organ chops not my fault ) .... so do every band face this.. and how do they wrk it out.. can anybody give us some prac space.... help help help..... ! i must also say put in dat sound proofin this flat is out of the question bcause by father will butcher if i try to ruin the flat in any way.... ! help help help elp elp elp lp lp lp ppppppppppppppppp !