One song you wish you'd written

starseed_10 · Post by **starseed_10** » 1/31/2006, 8:24 pm

stolen from somewhere else:

Which one song do you wish you had written? One that you'd be willing to stand or fall on the basis of it's merits and as a song you can identify with

This is way hard by the way!

Also, please no lists. i came up with a list but i can't narrow it down as of yet.

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 1/31/2006, 8:33 pm

*points at her sig*

Imagine. Definitely.

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 1/31/2006, 8:39 pm

Haha. Instead of coming up with some brilliant timeless masterpiece of music I'd probably say I'd wish I had written Thriller or Hit me Baby One More Time or some insanely overplayed pop song so that I'd get lots and lots of royalties.

clumsychild_ · Post by **clumsychild_** » 1/31/2006, 9:04 pm

Also, this is waaaay too hard.

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 1/31/2006, 9:10 pm

Are we looking at this from a strictly lyrical perspective, or the song as a whole (instrumentation, composition, et al)?

starseed_10 · Post by **starseed_10** » 1/31/2006, 9:14 pm

whole, i'd say

bovine · Post by **bovine** » 1/31/2006, 10:08 pm

Soon Forget by Pearl Jam is one that quickly comes to mind, but I'd really need some more time to consider it.

:::troy:::

Hope · Post by **Hope** » 1/31/2006, 10:15 pm

this is a hard question, brett.

*thinks*

pit_girl1 · Post by **pit_girl1** » 1/31/2006, 10:27 pm

This is an insanely hard question. In terms of popular music, I think I'd go with Disarm by the Smashing Pumpkins. While it's not *lyrically* the best thing ever, I think the music is just absolutely amazing - all the random instruments they used to put it together. Sheer brilliance. And my favorite song ever.

If we're talking music as a whole though, Rite of Spring by Stravinsky. I don't know how he did it. Blows me away every time, and I wish I had the creativity and genius to come up with something both that revolutionary and that good.

ihatethunderbay · Post by **ihatethunderbay** » 1/31/2006, 10:29 pm

bovine wrote:Soon Forget by Pearl Jam is one that quickly comes to mind, but I'd really need some more time to consider it.

:::troy:::

Sorry is the fool who trades his soul for a corvette...

Haha, I love that song.

I'd probably say Off He Goes by Pearl Jam, but watch me switch to another PJ song tomorrow...

don't ask why · Post by **don't ask why** » 1/31/2006, 10:41 pm

It's a tie:

Radiohead - Karma Police

or

David Usher - Devil By My Side

Monkey · Post by **Monkey** » 1/31/2006, 10:57 pm

bohemian rhapsody period

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 1/31/2006, 10:59 pm

Blackbird

Dr. Hobo · Post by **Dr. Hobo** » 1/31/2006, 11:13 pm

the alphabet

thirdhour · Post by **thirdhour** » 2/1/2006, 12:19 am

^

I'd say...Weapon by Matt Good? Can I just go with that whole album?

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 2/1/2006, 12:55 am

god this is hard.

I'm thinking that I'll have to go with something by Matt Good. I absolutely love his lyrical style, and the instrumentation always compliments it perfectly (although it's rarely the highlight of the song).

God damn this is hard. :lol:

Hope · Post by **Hope** » 2/1/2006, 1:37 am

oooo hannah reminded me of the smashing pumpkins. i might say "1979" by the smashing pumpkins is a song i wish i'd written. i LOVE the lyrics to that song.

umm...
*looks at music folder*

so far its a tie between:
smashing pumpkins - 1979
matthew good band - suburbia
foo fighers - everlong

im sure i can think of some more candidates tomorrow. ughg sooo hard.

Dr. Hobo · Post by **Dr. Hobo** » 2/1/2006, 2:25 am

thirdhour wrote:^

what?
that song is whack yo
and think of the royalties!
every damn school in the world uses that mofo
its hot
and not for just the money
its hot for the lyrics
and the style and the cadence
its just
an eargasm wrapped up in an eargasm

Kathy · Post by **Kathy** » 2/1/2006, 5:08 am

:lol:

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 2/1/2006, 6:28 am

If we wanna talk major royalties, we should all be saying "Happy Birthday".