The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory
17 hrs. 28 min.
Description
It seems that at the dawn of the 21st century, popular music reached a completely new stage of development. To write a song, you no longer need to virtuously play the guitar or have a poetic talent, and to sing it you don’t need a powerful voice—welcome to the era of autotune! But there’s one thing to make just a song, and another to create a hit that can instantly make the performer famous and turn the author into a millionaire. By the way, who creates all these masterpieces?
In his book “Song Machine. Inside the Hit Factory,” John Seabrook, an American cultural scholar and journalist, explores the phenomenon of popular music, its impact on modern society, and also breaks down in detail the “anatomy” of a hit, arriving at an interesting conclusion: in such a creative endeavor as making a song, originality is not that important after all. Everything is governed by a strict logic—the “mathematics of melody”—and behind it is an entire team of professionals: producers, top-liners, beatmakers, and lyric writers. Studying the history of how pop hits emerged, Seabrook leads us to another, no less surprising thought: it has been almost like this for almost always.
In his book “Song Machine. Inside the Hit Factory,” John Seabrook, an American cultural scholar and journalist, explores the phenomenon of popular music, its impact on modern society, and also breaks down in detail the “anatomy” of a hit, arriving at an interesting conclusion: in such a creative endeavor as making a song, originality is not that important after all. Everything is governed by a strict logic—the “mathematics of melody”—and behind it is an entire team of professionals: producers, top-liners, beatmakers, and lyric writers. Studying the history of how pop hits emerged, Seabrook leads us to another, no less surprising thought: it has been almost like this for almost always.
25:30
01 You Spin Me Round
16:20
02 Постоянство хитов
39:41
03 «Внутри ящика»
37:39
04 The Sign
30:36
05 Биг Папа
1:12:34
06 Ужасный секрет Мартина Сандберга
31:39
07 Бритни Спирс Hit Me Baby
49:11
08 I Want It That Way
09:24
09 Мой наследственный хит-парад
17:46
10 Зубы дракона
11:03
11 «Застой»
25:12
12 American Idol
38:13
13 Since U Been Gone
56:06
14 Gee
1:13:23
15 Umbrella
32:14
16 Эстер Дин На крючке
34:53
17 Stargate долговязые норвежцы
32:27
18 Rude Boy
40:37
19 Блицшахматы
28:54
20 Кэти Перри Зов алтаря
25:36
21 Математика мелодии
39:09
22 Кеша Кошмар подростка
44:05
23 Пространство момента
17:25
24 Roar
1
05:53
01. Donna Summer - I Feel Love
03:22
02. Ace of Base - Mr Ace (Demo)
03:33
03. Ace of Base - All That She Wants
03:18
04. Ace of Base - The Sign
02:13
05. The Drifters - There Goes My Baby
03:43
06. Backstreet Boys - We've Got It Goin' On
03:43
07. Britney Spears - Hit Me Baby (One More Time)
03:56
08. Backstreet Boys - Quit Playing Games (With My Heart)
03:36
09. Backstreet Boys - I Want It That Way
03:31
10. Britney Spears - Oops!.. I Did It Again
03:46
11. Kelly Clarkson - A Moment Like This
03:35
12. Yeah yeah yeahs - Maps
03:09
13. Kelly Clarkson - Since U Been Gone
03:43
14. Kelly Clarkson - Because Of You
03:21
15. Girls' Generation - Gee
04:12
16. Psy - Gangnam Style
03:37
17. Rihanna - Pon de Replay
04:01
18. Rihanna - SOS
04:55
19. Rihanna - Unfaithful
04:13
20. Rihanna - Umbrella ft. Jay-Z
03:31
21. Ne-Yo - So Sick
03:45
22. Rihanna - Rude Boy
03:48
23. The Asphalt - Tonight
03:59
24. Daughtry - Feels Like Tonight
03:03
25. Chrissy - Slushy
03:20
26. Kesha - TiK ToK
05:39
27. Tom Tom Club - Genius Of Love
04:47
28. Diana Ross - I'm Coming Out
03:21
29. Miley Cyrus - Party In The U.S.A.
03:00
30. Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl
03:44
31. Bonnie McKee - American Girl
03:43
32. Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball
03:24
33. Flo Rida, Kesha - Right Round
03:20
34. Kesha - TiK ToK
03:07
35. Kesha - Your Love Is My Drug
03:32
36. Kesha - Die Young
03:43
37. Katy Perry - Roar
03:41
38. Sara Bareilles - Brave
1
03:48
01. Teenage Dream
03:51
02. Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
03:56
03. California Gurls (feat. Snoop Dogg)
03:48
04. Firework
03:52
05. Peacock
04:33
06. Circle The Drain
03:47
07. The One That Got Away
03:26
08. E.T.
04:09
09. Who Am I Living For_
04:08
10. Pearl
03:32
11. Hummingbird Heartbeat
04:01
12. Not Like The Movies
04:19
13. The One That Got Away (Acoustic)
03:35
14. Part Of Me
03:41
15. Wide Awake
03:44
16. Dressin' Up
03:51
17. E.T.
03:59
18. Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)
07:03
19. Tommie Sunshine's Megasix Smash-Up
