xilddx Posted March 5, 2013 Author Share Posted March 5, 2013 [quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1362511466' post='2000577'] I refuse to compromise by going commercial, and just concentrate on good writing, Just want a Lidl bit of your love baby, But it don't Asda be a Lidl bit, My darlin' Tess,come here baby, Please don't wait, rose of my life. [/quote] Is there a smiley for a dribble chuckle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 (edited) [quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1362511466' post='2000577'] Just want a Lidl bit of your love baby, But it don't Asda be a Lidl bit, My darlin' Tess,come here baby, Please don't wait, rose of my life. [/quote] Wow, that's worthy of Morrison - I mean, Morrisey. You could go Aldi way with lyrics like that. Edited March 5, 2013 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted March 5, 2013 Author Share Posted March 5, 2013 [quote name='SteveK' timestamp='1362508140' post='2000456'] I've edited my post. FWIW I think to get on in anything in life, you have to have an awareness of your strengths and your weaknesses. Unfortunately, I am more than aware that writing hugely successful, international, Grammy award winning pop songs is not one of my strengths. Sadly, my first foray into the world of songwriting (mid '80s) came to a sudden end. The chap recording my song, who was a well known singer and actor, a couple of weeks after recording the little ditty, promptly... died! I have considered it my duty, since that day, to never to let any of my 'masterpieces' escape the confines of my 'studio'... my 'Pandora's Box' if you will [/quote] Ahh that's good. Because when I were a nipper, Blinded by the Light and Davy's on the Road Again blew my little mind Shame about your singer biting the big one mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skankdelvar Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 (edited) [quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1362511846' post='2000588'] Blinded by the Light [/quote] You were saying something about lyrics? [size=3]With a boulder on my shoulder, feeling kinda older, I tripped the merry-go-round With this very unpleasin', sneezin' and wheezin, the calliope crashed to the ground.[/size] [size=3][size=4]The f***? Springsteen in his 'Dylanesque Street Troubador' period. (Spits) P'tchoo![/size][/size] [size=3][size=4]Earthband cover was ace though. Beat the bollocks off The Boss. [/size][/size] [color=#FFFFFF][size=3][size=4].[/size][/size][/color] Edited March 5, 2013 by skankdelvar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peteb Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 [quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1362511846' post='2000588'] Shame about your singer biting the big one mate [/quote] For a moment I thought that you meant that Robert Hart had just died! [color=#222222]Writing a hit song these days often seems to about writing a hook and then letting the production carry the record. Take a good pop song like 'Moves Like Jagger' - a simple musical idea with a good lyric and the rest is all production, complete with a cameo from another famous singer. It is a good record, but there isn’t room for Todd Rundgren like songwriting chops![/color] [color=#222222][font="Times New Roman"][size="3"] [/size][/font][/color] [color=#222222]Also, if you look at another couple of really good big hits I’ve heard recently; ‘Crazy’ and ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’ – both great tunes but slightly familiar without sounding like any other song in particular …[/color] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1362511662' post='2000585'] Wow, that's worthy of Morrison - I mean, Morrisey. You could go Aldi way with lyrics like that. [/quote] So [s]Sp[/s]far so good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 [quote name='peteb' timestamp='1362513557' post='2000652'] ...slightly familiar without sounding like any other song in particular... [/quote] That's the trick, isn't it? If a song is [i]too [/i]original and ground-breaking, it won't be considered. It's the tried and tested formula what does it. Can lead to boredom of course, but that's just my humble opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 [quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1362513668' post='2000654'] So [s]Sp[/s]far so good [/quote] Rather you than me. I'll stick with what I know. I'm not Budgen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seashell Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 [quote name='the_skezz' timestamp='1362510258' post='2000533'] Nope, I'd fall at the first hurdle as I absolutely refuse to use the word 'baby' in reference to a love interest, which seems to be a prerequisite for just about every pop song. [/quote] Shame I can't think of a rhyme for 'Bunnykins' :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 [quote name='seashell' timestamp='1362513966' post='2000665'] Shame I can't think of a rhyme for 'Bunnykins' :-) [/quote] Runny gin? Funny pins? Money wins? Honey sins? ... I'm going to stop, now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 [quote name='iceonaboy' timestamp='1362514286' post='2000676'] ...Somebody that I used to know is ripped of baa baa black sheep, maybe that's the secret! [/quote] Macca? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1362513850' post='2000662'] Rather you than me. I'll stick with what I know. I'm not Budgen. [/quote] That's the Safeway to be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 (edited) [quote name='Big_Stu' timestamp='1362514403' post='2000681'] That's the Safeway to be [/quote] Netto lot I can say to that, really... ...except that I'm not going to be very Co-operative from now on. Edited March 5, 2013 by discreet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted March 5, 2013 Author Share Posted March 5, 2013 [quote name='seashell' timestamp='1362513966' post='2000665'] Shame I can't think of a rhyme for 'Bunnykins' :-) [/quote] Imma bwoil up mi bunnykins roast 'im in mi rammekins Plate up for di manna kins Get no sh*t on mi napkins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted March 5, 2013 Author Share Posted March 5, 2013 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1362514363' post='2000680'] Macca? [/quote] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveK Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 [quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1362511846' post='2000588'] Ahh that's good. Because when I were a nipper, Blinded by the Light and Davy's on the Road Again blew my little mind [/quote] [quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1362512923' post='2000635'] [size=3][size=4]Earthband cover was ace though. Beat the bollocks off The Boss. [/size][/size] [color=#FFFFFF][size=3][size=4].[/size][/size][/color][/quote] Cheers guys, I should say that those records were before my time with the EB which started in '85. [quote name='peteb' timestamp='1362513557' post='2000652'] For a moment I thought that you meant that Robert Hart had just died! [/quote] Yeah, I had to read that twice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingus Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 [quote name='Chris2112' timestamp='1362508690' post='2000480'] No, because pop songs have to be sh*t to be a hit these days. I am too good for that sort of thing. [/quote] Without wishing to deviate too much from the original subject of this thread , I think there was always just as much crap in the charts . The memory is very subjective - you only remember the better stuff from bygone times . Watch the repeats of 1970s TOTP on BBC4 and that point is hammered home every week . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 [quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1362515148' post='2000696'] Watch the repeats of 1970s TOTP on BBC4 and that point is hammered home every week . [/quote] It certainly is. I always had a rose-tinted memory of the late 70s, but watching TOTP from 1976 was a real eye-opener. With one or two notable exceptions, the charts were chock full of crap, and no mistake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingus Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1362515271' post='2000699'] It certainly is. I always had a rose-tinted memory of the late 70s, but watching TOTP from 1976 was a real eye-opener. With one or two notable exceptions, the charts were chock full of crap, and no mistake! [/quote] Funny you should mention 1976 , I nearly posted this clip from the charts of this week in that year to illustrate my point : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDtci6OSPzY So bad on so many levels . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Stu Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1362514476' post='2000684'] Netto lot I can say to that, really... ...except that I'm not going to be very Co-operative from now on. [/quote] Absolutely a-Mace-ing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted March 5, 2013 Author Share Posted March 5, 2013 [quote name='Dingus' timestamp='1362515148' post='2000696'] Without wishing to deviate too much from the original subject of this thread , I think there was always just as much crap in the charts . The memory is very subjective - you only remember the better stuff from bygone times . Watch the repeats of 1970s TOTP on BBC4 and that point is hammered home every week . [/quote] I remember seeing OMD on ToTP, they depressed the f*** out of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted March 5, 2013 Author Share Posted March 5, 2013 [quote name='iceonaboy' timestamp='1362517171' post='2000739'] . Oh my god, I'd forgotten about OMD ! How sh*te were they ? [/quote] They were ace, but f***ing depressing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 [quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1362517359' post='2000746'] They were ace, but f***ing depressing. [/quote] Oh come on, surely the bombing of Hiroshima is a perfect subject for a pop song? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xilddx Posted March 5, 2013 Author Share Posted March 5, 2013 [quote name='discreet' timestamp='1362517593' post='2000753'] Oh come on, surely the bombing of Hiroshima is a perfect subject for a pop song? [/quote] I prefer the Uli Jon Roth approach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discreet Posted March 5, 2013 Share Posted March 5, 2013 [quote name='xilddx' timestamp='1362517818' post='2000760'] I prefer the Uli Jon Roth approach [/quote] More profound, certainly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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