The perfectly written pop/rock song. - Bilge

S Shipwreckjoey Member San Diego, CA Joined: Nov 29, 2002 Posts: 1794	S Shipwreckjoey Posted posted on Thu, Jan 12, 2006 12:09 AM Suffering Bastard, you've opened up a whole new can of worms. What is the criteria for determining a pop hit? Back in the olden days of AM radio, a pop hit was determined by it's position on "the Charts" (which consisted of 30 or 40 songs). If your song spent X number of days on the charts as No. 1 with a "bullet" you were pretty cool. Then along came "FM RADIO" that played all the "loooonngg" versions of songs you couldn't hear on AM stations because they didn't have to suck off all the sponsor's every five minutes. Remember Bill Bored Magazine? Very influential piece o' shit back in the day. What is No. 1 on the Hit Parade today? I couldn't tell ya 'cause I'm outta touch with the "record industry". For all I know it's a 16 year old kid from the South Side of Chicago doing an Eminem cover and takin' his money to the bank in a new Escalade.

Suffering Bastard, you've opened up a whole new can of worms. What is the criteria for determining a pop hit? Back in the olden days of AM radio, a pop hit was determined by it's position on "the Charts" (which consisted of 30 or 40 songs). If your song spent X number of days on the charts as No. 1 with a "bullet" you were pretty cool. Then along came "FM RADIO" that played all the "loooonngg" versions of songs you couldn't hear on AM stations because they didn't have to suck off all the sponsor's every five minutes. Remember Bill Bored Magazine? Very influential piece o' shit back in the day. What is No. 1 on the Hit Parade today? I couldn't tell ya 'cause I'm outta touch with the "record industry". For all I know it's a 16 year old kid from the South Side of Chicago doing an Eminem cover and takin' his money to the bank in a new Escalade.

Post #207067 by Shipwreckjoey on Thu, Jan 12, 2006 12:09 AM