What makes songs great?

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Originally Posted by Pigmy Pony

Of course you're right, not an absolute necessity.

My musical peak happened when I had the job of banging two sticks together in our school's production of 'The Turtle Drum'. The extra hit I added to the end of one of the songs, the headmaster deemed worthy of mention next day.

I would say the audience was moved by the performance - there were certainly less people at the end than at the beginning.

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:lol:

I was pleased, nay, delighted to spot this vid today - what a great song, but much more than that, what a fantastic and off the wall production piece too!
Yes at their finest!

I remember this being released in early 1976.
Could they be as good as they were with Peter Gabriel?
The answer was a resounding yes :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOtw3ZYREhA

The first song from one of the best selling debut albums in US history.
And what an astonishing bit of work it is :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynFNt4tgBJ0&t=968s

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 :)