Coulda' Been a Hit

SaintSwan · 08-21-2010, 07:01 PM

Shuffling the Ipod today I came across a John Fogerty song called Walking in a Hurricane off of his Blue Moon Swamp album and every time I hear that song I think the same thought: Why wasn't this a hit?

It has a catchy chorus, some nice guitar, sung well, but it got no traction on the charts at all. The factors that prevented it from being a hit are pretty obvious, new songs by classic artists aren't often hits, rock wasn't that big at the time the song was released, Fogerty wasn't ever as famous as CCR, but the song itself sounds like a hit to me.

Anybody else ever hear a song and think it should have been a hit and wonder why it wasn't? Any examples?

jackhammer · 08-21-2010, 07:10 PM

Misses are always better than hits.

clutnuckle · 08-22-2010, 03:25 AM

"Seven" by Sunny Day Real Estate in particular should've been a hit.

But I agree with jackhammer. Misses > Hits!

jtwilliams · 08-22-2010, 04:02 AM

I gotta agree with both of ^ those guys. Misses are great. Off the top of my head
Louisiana Rain by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers wasn't a hit but its probably my favorite song off Damn The Torpedoes, which has a lot of "Hits".

08-21-2010, 07:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
SaintSwan Groupie Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Airdrie, AB Posts: 29	Coulda' Been a Hit Shuffling the Ipod today I came across a John Fogerty song called Walking in a Hurricane off of his Blue Moon Swamp album and every time I hear that song I think the same thought: Why wasn't this a hit? It has a catchy chorus, some nice guitar, sung well, but it got no traction on the charts at all. The factors that prevented it from being a hit are pretty obvious, new songs by classic artists aren't often hits, rock wasn't that big at the time the song was released, Fogerty wasn't ever as famous as CCR, but the song itself sounds like a hit to me. Anybody else ever hear a song and think it should have been a hit and wonder why it wasn't? Any examples? __________________ Whine bitch moan, rinse and repeat.

08-21-2010, 07:10 PM	#2 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	Misses are always better than hits. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

08-22-2010, 04:02 AM	#4 (permalink)
jtwilliams Lost In A Purple Haze Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: The Middle Of No Where Posts: 433	I gotta agree with both of ^ those guys. Misses are great. Off the top of my head Louisiana Rain by Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers wasn't a hit but its probably my favorite song off Damn The Torpedoes, which has a lot of "Hits". __________________ Dirty Life & Times - Warren Zevon Rate Your Music Ramblings & Musings

08-22-2010, 03:25 AM	#3 (permalink)
clutnuckle Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: -_-_-_-_~__~-~_-`_`-~_-`-~-~ Posts: 1,276	"Seven" by Sunny Day Real Estate in particular should've been a hit. But I agree with jackhammer. Misses > Hits!