Hum A Few Bars

"Both sides do it?"

"Wishful thinking?"

Signature dialog snippet of the time, for sure. By another name, an ear worm. The naked lyric saturates quickly. With a hook … well, that is altogether different. Is it not?

If 'the man' of popular music is anything but, what are we to make of why that type of sound almost always transcends selfish intent?

© 2011 Buzz Hill