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The Secrets of a Hit Summer Song

posted by martyb on Sunday July 09 2017, @06:58PM   Printer-friendly
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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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by Magic Oddball on Monday July 10 2017, @06:42AM

    by Magic Oddball (3847) on Monday July 10 2017, @06:42AM (#537050) Journal

    Don't forget, though, that hip-hop wasn't always insightful social criticism — if you go back to the early days, the performers more often just aimed to be entertaining:

    Ever went over a friend's house to eat and the food just ain't no good?
    I mean the macaroni's soggy, the peas are mushed,
    And the chicken tastes like wood!
    So you try to play it off like you think you can
    By saying that you're full
    And then your friend says, "Mama, he's just being polite
    He ain't finished, uh-uh, that's bull!"
    So your heart starts pumping and you think of a lie
    And you say that you already ate
    And your friend says "Man, there's plenty of food!"
    So you pile some more on your plate
    While the stinky food's steaming, your mind starts to dreaming
    Of the moment that it's time to leave
    And then you look at your plate and your chicken's slowly rotting
    Into something that looks like cheese.
    So you say "That's it, I gotta leave this place
    I don't care what these people think,
    I'm just sitting here making myself nauseous
    With this ugly food that stinks!"
    So you bust out the door while it's still closed
    Still sick from the food you ate
    And then you run to the store for quick relief
    From a bottle of Kaopectate.

    (From 1979's Rapper's Delight [wikipedia.org])

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