ordinary pop songs and why they're great.

Thursday, August 14, 2003

 
So I thought I'd keep this up did I - ha! I'm a disappointment to myself. But, seized by inspiration I shall post a new entry. It's a record I don't own and it's

Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime - The Korgis

Cards on the table - I do like this one BUT I think it may be a distant relation of "Baker Street" in terms of perception (see below/above for my thoughts on that overrated song). This dawned on me recently in a car as the DJ came in at the end saying something like "...and what a great song that was". And I thought, no no it just sounds as though it's great, more important/meaningful than it actually is. Even though I like it a lot, it really doesn't bear close inspection - I mean it's just one verse, repeated, plus chorus. Not really value for money lyrically then. The Baker Street connection really came together as I realised that the "instrumental break" (can you have an instrumental break if it's only one instrument playing?) in the middle is a synthesiser emulating a saxophone! Thank goodness they didn't use a real one or I'd have relegated this to the subs bench on principle!!