Genius that raises the music to a seminal level. Talent.... hard Work...musicianship...A combination of ideas...drugs....emotionally living the experience. Martin Hannett was the fifth member of Joy Division. Morrissey and Marr made a stunning combination ...would it have suceeded otherwise?
Who really knows...I like to think I have good musical taste...will people still be listening to it in a few hundred years time?
If youve got it something magical happens. Maybe there is an element of luck and being in the right place at the right time. I dont think the truly great songwriters and performers needed much luck though...do you?
As Les Mcqueen of Creme Brulee says.....its a shit business
" Did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?"
'I can't explain myself, I'm afraid, sir' said Alice, 'because I'm not myself, you see.'.