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Old 29th July 2007   #238
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Originally Posted by Jose Mrochek View Post
haha see, if it only took a mediocre song to be a hit we would all have billboard success don“t you think ???
Who's gonna hear them if you don't have people to put them all over the place (TV, advertisement etc.).

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I never said all top hits are masterpieces, I said every hit song has hit elements in their melody/beat/lyrics and most importantly a good structure.
A good structure??? What other structure than the intro-verse-ref-verse-ref-solo-ref-ref-ref-ref-ref is there that fits into 3:30 and that doesn't blow the mind of the standard radio listener? Imho a hit must have structure, but please, something people don't have accomodate to!

I kind of agree with you if we talk about evergreens here, but in my opinion hits as measured in billboard placement are a marketing success.

Claus
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