Recently I have become obsessed about looking into the mind set of some my favourite artists. What inspired them? How did they solve the obstacles all musicians face? How and why did they evolve and change as artists? Although Bono is a glorious douche bag, I do love his music and will defend him to [...]
On this weeks Hit Song Breakdown we tackle Coldplay’s inaugural hit: Yellow This song is the reason Coldplay are the biggest band in the world. Their first single “Trouble” was well received but it was nothing compared to Yellow. So why was Yellow such a massive hit? There are a few reasons. Timing – D’ya [...]
In this week’s Hit Song Breakdown we tackle Leona Lewis’ massive world wide smash Bleeding love. Oh joy. I understand that this is a big hit, and that tons’o’people loose there shit when this song is on the radio, but I am not one of those people. Right now there is a ton of shiite [...]
Okay so by now you’ve probably heard ‘Violet Hill,’ Coldplay’s newest single from their new album Viva La Vida Let us know what you think of the song, because we have some heard some different reviews. Hoover and I have a few long discussions over where they are heading with this album and with this [...]
What makes a hit song work? why do some song have all the elements but never break anywhere? why is mmmmmbop stuck in my head????? why am I asking all these questions? This is what we will be going over in our weekly post called Hit Song Breakdown. First up is Rihanna’s Umbrella. Okay so [...]
Hit Song Breakdown: No Woman No Cry
Vincent Tata Ford, the human being credited to writing No Woman, No Cry has died. I doubt that many major news outlets will cover this story, but I would argue that out of most of the news that you will hear today, little will be as important as the death of that songwriter. I may [...]