Which song do you wished you'd have written?

english_bob

Nikko said:

A Christmas song...purely for royalties.

Yep. Plenty of one-hit-wonders and has-beens get a run out and a healthy royalty cheque once a year on the strength of some old tat with sleigh bells on it. No pressure for a follow-up, no need for a pesky career, just a single hit and the money comes rolling in year after year. What other bullshit pop records from the early 80s do you hear as often as "Last Christmas"? I wouldn't even want "White Christmas", I'd settle for Jonah Lewie or something.

RocknRollDave

Gassage said:

i can honestly say my songwriting output is somewhat sparse.

However, if you could have written one or two songs (not for royalty reasons) what would they have been?

My choices:
Don't Dream It's Over- simply the most poignant perfect pop song ever written and when you see Finn perform it live you'll get goosebumps. It's just sublime,

Go Your Own Way- if I were Lindsey, I'd have finished that track and thought fuck me I just created a masterpiece. Simply one of the greatest hooks and harmonies ever written.

What would your choices be?

Tsk, remember folks....^

cruxiform

RocknRollDave said:

cruxiform said:

Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol. Play that to most women and their fannies explode.

Play it live as part of a wedding band and you watch the whole room turn into one big collective swoon....as your soul dies a little more inside.

That's true Dave, but if there's a shag than can come out of it then I wouldn't mind!

west

Alfie ....

lloyd

strumjoughlamps said:

not a song just one line 'I spent friday night with a fly-by-night'... love it

a whole song....if I had written all aspects of this song and also made the decision to make it the album opener, I would be pretty chuffed with myself...perfection

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_FmSq4j36g

Yeah that rhyming night with night is right out the top drawer of wordsmiths

strumjoughlamps

lloyd said:

strumjoughlamps said:

not a song just one line 'I spent friday night with a fly-by-night'... love it

Yeah that rhyming night with night is right out the top drawer of wordsmiths

yeah, and you fking know it mate.

mudslide73

Please do not let me go - Ryan Adams. Loads of his I'd choose but this one wins for now. 

JezWynd

MacArthur Park
The Prettiest Star

goldtop

We Have All the Time in the World (another one from Hal David and John Barry)



Just a shame Cubby Brocolli ruined it.

snakemanStoo

My initial thought was something like Candle in the wind, because it sold shitlods and the royalties would look after me for ages.

bingefeller

Dopesick said:

Napalm Death - You Suffer

Good choice.  I remember David St Hubbins saying something like if you spend more than 10 minutes writing a song you're basically just jerking off.  

equalsql

"One Of Them Is Me" and "Stranded" by Andrew Gold.

David Sanborn's "Straight To The Heart" written by Marcus Miller

HAL9000

The River - Brooce. Just a great song. Simple, poignant, and effective. Paints pictures in your head.

Gassage

Chalky said:

If you could read my mind, by Gordon Lightfoot. 

I knew that already.

Moss

The National - Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks

Incredibly powerful but simple

Bellycaster

Nice Shout @west Burt Bacarach was a fantastic songwriter

The arrangement with Dionne Warwick is my favourite though, even more than the man himself singing it.





Even though I like lots of categories, songs with a feel like that are the ones I'm most envious of, not just Bacarach ones either.

Chuffola

Neil Young - Old Man

Frank Sinatra - It Was A Very Good Year (No idea who wrote it, but Frank sings it and I cry)

Alnico

Chuffola said:

Neil Young - Old Man

Frank Sinatra - It Was A Very Good Year (No idea who wrote it, but Frank signs it and I cry)

That Sinatra song does that to me too.
Excellent call on both songs.

roundthebend

Pearl Jam - Jeremy

Sambostar

None really, this is a joke