clinton wrote:Ugh...I went to the clinic for this and it just made me want to puke. "get to the chorus in 30 seconds or less" kinda dribble. Icky!
Back in my attending Trebas days, I remember attending a super interesting seminar on pop music where they averaged the qualities of the "hits" of the rock 'n roll era and came up with a formula that was scary accurate with what was going on in "current" popular music.
The most interesting part was after demonstrating the "formula", they pointed out several amazingly successful contradictions to that average including Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean".
Just like gambling, you can bet with the odds, but anything can win. Interesting songs are interesting songs for a plethora of reasons.