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[b]honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote:[/b]
[quote][b]K wrote:[/b]
[quote]I would say it depends on what your definition of a hit is. Most "hits" consist of a very basic chord structure and melody with generic lyrics and a clever production to make it "radio friendly". Not to mention someone cool to front it.

This kind of song is the starting ground for many songwriters, they write them while still learning. As they mature they want to explore rhythms, timings, chord progressions, poetry.. They no longer want to write a 3 minute throw away ditty to please other people, it's meaningless, soul destroying and the act of forcing it produces transparent pulp.

Good examples are the Paul's, Simon & McCartney , both of whom wrote the throw away ditties at the start of their careers but then matured.

Simon continues to write excellent songs but they're not "radio hits", they're rich in structure and lyrical content. In interviews he says his best song is Graceland, not his biggest hit and certainly not the catchiest of melodies, it's the lyric and sentiment that make it a great song. The opening lines set the scene in a beautiful flowing and concise manner:

The Mississippi delta was shining 
Like a national guitar 
I am following the river 
Down the highway 
Through the cradle of the civil war

McCartney is a good example of a matured writer attempting to write "hits", some of the songs on Memory Almost Full are so shallow they're painful.[/quote]

I like shallow.  :lol:   To me, Cecillia is a better song than Graceland.[/quote]

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Topic History of: Why do people lose the ability to write hits as they age?
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NCS	JK2006 wrote: Almost impossible to pick the best ever Paul Simon song but I'd go for American Tune myself. The melody of which is a hymn written centuries ago, ostensibly by J S Bach (in The St Matthew Passion) but supposedly borrowed from someone else. Still hear it sung in U.S. congregations today as Oh Sacred Head Now Wounded.
honey!oh sugar sugar.	Lester Dodd wrote: Bridge Over Troubled Water has got to be the best Paul Simon song, not only for its lyrics but also for the rich melodic piano accompaniment. A beautiful masterpiece in my view. It certainly is,and Garfunkel's vocals made it exceptional. I think you can learn to write a "clever" song, but there is no formula to make it grab your heart.
Lester Dodd	Bridge Over Troubled Water has got to be the best Paul Simon song, not only for its lyrics but also for the rich melodic piano accompaniment. A beautiful masterpiece in my view.
Http hi	Loads of McCartney songs could have been hits, it's absurd they didn't down to merit. That ghastly Radio One book showed where good songs were going thanks to idiots like Dann.
K	honey!oh sugar sugar. wrote: K wrote: I would say it depends on what your definition of a hit is. Most "hits" consist of a very basic chord structure and melody with generic lyrics and a clever production to make it "radio friendly". Not to mention someone cool to front it. This kind of song is the starting ground for many songwriters, they write them while still learning. As they mature they want to explore rhythms, timings, chord progressions, poetry.. They no longer want to write a 3 minute throw away ditty to please other people, it's meaningless, soul destroying and the act of forcing it produces transparent pulp. Good examples are the Paul's, Simon & McCartney , both of whom wrote the throw away ditties at the start of their careers but then matured. Simon continues to write excellent songs but they're not "radio hits", they're rich in structure and lyrical content. In interviews he says his best song is Graceland, not his biggest hit and certainly not the catchiest of melodies, it's the lyric and sentiment that make it a great song. The opening lines set the scene in a beautiful flowing and concise manner: The Mississippi delta was shining Like a national guitar I am following the river Down the highway Through the cradle of the civil war McCartney is a good example of a matured writer attempting to write "hits", some of the songs on Memory Almost Full are so shallow they're painful. I like shallow. To me, Cecillia is a better song than Graceland. I wouldn't call Cecilia shallow, it sounds natural and not like a matured writer forcing himself to write a hit.