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The Secrets of a Hit Summer Song

posted by martyb on Sunday July 09 2017, @06:58PM   
from the bam!-bam!-I'm-a-lamb! dept.

cafebabe writes:

On a slow news day, the BBC "reports" some rules about a summer hit tune. In summary:

1. It has to be simple.
2. It should make you feel like you're on holiday.
3. Novelty is everything.
4. Radio-friendly songs make bigger hits.
5. It should be released before the summer.
6. But it should have the word "summer" in the title.

If simplicity and novelty are the most important then this summer's hit could be Beep! Beep! I'm A Sheep!

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• Satchmo Satchmo (Score: 3, Informative) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday July 09 2017, @07:08PM (2 children)

  by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Sunday July 09 2017, @07:08PM (#536879) Homepage

  Joe Satriani's "Summer Song" [youtube.com] comes to mind.

  As well as pretty much every Beach Boys or Van Halen song ever recorded, particularly Panama.

  And to describe musically the bad after-effects of summer nights, G.G. Allin's Sleeping in my Piss. [youtube.com]

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• My head just exploded My head just exploded (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 09 2017, @11:05PM (1 child)

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday July 09 2017, @11:05PM (#536961)

  "G.G. Allin" and "Hit Summer Song"

  Hope the jackass is enjoying his time in Hell right now.

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  • Re:My head just exploded (Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Monday July 10 2017, @02:40AM

    by LoRdTAW (3755) on Monday July 10 2017, @02:40AM (#537008) Journal

    Nah. He's partying with Seth Putnam, Don Decker and Eldon "El Duce" Hoke.

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