Disecting The Hits, tell us why?

[BlackLake]

Ok so why is a hit a hit?

Post your song, and disect it.

My first choice: The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald - Gordon Lightfoot (certified hit)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99rOzMVtcx4

!) Historical event
2) Catchy melody
3) Classic gtr riff
4) Story Lyrics
5) Foot tappin beat.
6) Wicked synth line.
7) Touching piece
8) Great drumming
9) Excellent chord sequence
10) 4 chord song

[JimmyM]

If we all knew why a hit is a hit, then we would all write hits. But the basic qualification for a hit is that someone in the organization has a buttload of money that they use to buy off radio station programmers and buy their way into commercials, TV shows, and movies.

[BlackLake]

You're missing the point of this thread...post a hit and tell us why you like it.

[JimmyM]

OK:

Bye Bye Bye---N'Sync

They're cute boys and preteen girls love them
They had a manager with a buttload of money

[Parabolic Box]

Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen... It has it all: A piano intro, vocal harmonies, guitar solo, an a capella operatic section, a hard rock headbanging section, and a gigantic tam-tam.

[BlackLake]

Originally Posted by Parabolic Box

Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen... It has it all: A piano intro, vocal harmonies, guitar solo, an a capella operatic section, a hard rock headbanging section, and a gigantic tam-tam.

Brilliant Post!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irp8CNj9qBI


One of the greatest songs ever written!