Songs you wish you'd written...

octatonic

thecolourbox said:

So ignoring financial motivations, ie don't pick a Christmas song for the royalties etc. What song or songs do you wish you'd written? It what are closest to what you'd like to achieve? And why?

'White Christmas' by Bing Crosby has sold in excess of 50 million copies... so that would do.

(I'm a rebel).

Philly_Q

Ace of Spades - Motorhead

Don't Believe a Word - Thin Lizzy

I'm not a massive fan of either band, but those two songs always strike me as great examples of punchy little rock songs which say exactly what they need to say and don't outstay their welcome.

Philly_Q

Thought I Knew You - Matthew Sweet

Don't really know what to say about it, it's just perfect.

west

EricTheWeary

octatonic said:

thecolourbox said:

So ignoring financial motivations, ie don't pick a Christmas song for the royalties etc. What song or songs do you wish you'd written? It what are closest to what you'd like to achieve? And why?

'White Christmas' by Bing Crosby has sold in excess of 50 million copies... so that would do.

(I'm a rebel).

Written by a Russian jew Irving Berlin; I quite like that one of the world's favourite christmas songs was written by someone who didn't really celebrate it ( although after a few million record sales perhaps he started!).  

White Christmas as featured in the film ... Holiday Inn, the success of the song lead to the film White Christmas some 12 years later. According to wikipedia the version we normally hear is from neither but a 1947 re-recording. Still in Berlin's copyright in the UK for another 39 years, I think, if anyone was thinking of marrying one of Berlin's descendants.    

Hattigol

Paranoid Android - Radiohead.
Spellbindingly brilliant.

matdotcodot

Sparklehorse  Apple bed......RIP Mark Linkous

fob

First one that jumped to mind was Amazing Grace - it's stood the test of time and can be powerful as an a cappella or full over-the-top orchestration. Ironically, written by a slave-trader.

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