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It hit #39 on US billboard according to wikipedia, that's a pretty significant dent in the American music scene. As for not reaching the same status it did in the US as it did in the Netherlands, the same goes for a lot of of other good music I'm sure. Why did David Hasselhoff reach legendary status in Germany when we know him as a corny TV star?The song you posted though just resembles a lot of the "epic-pop" stuff that was out at the time.
Quote from: hey it's joey bananas on October 26, 2008, 03:49:50 PMIt hit #39 on US billboard according to wikipedia, that's a pretty significant dent in the American music scene. As for not reaching the same status it did in the US as it did in the Netherlands, the same goes for a lot of of other good music I'm sure. Why did David Hasselhoff reach legendary status in Germany when we know him as a corny TV star?The song you posted though just resembles a lot of the "epic-pop" stuff that was out at the time.Peaking at #39... That means there have been at least 38 more popular songs at any time. Seems to me like that's something that happens to songs that aren't worth remembering at all, while like I said, this song has reached Bohemian Rhapsody-status in the Netherlands. That's just odd.Besides, do you really think this song "just resembles a lot of the 'epic-pop' stuff" of those days? I mean, if there were at least three other comparable tracks, I wouldn't be able to name them. Just the whole climax and all... It doesn't at all seem that unoriginal to me.
Quote from: Three 2 Get Ready on October 26, 2008, 03:58:06 PMQuote from: hey it's joey bananas on October 26, 2008, 03:49:50 PMIt hit #39 on US billboard according to wikipedia, that's a pretty significant dent in the American music scene. As for not reaching the same status it did in the US as it did in the Netherlands, the same goes for a lot of of other good music I'm sure. Why did David Hasselhoff reach legendary status in Germany when we know him as a corny TV star?The song you posted though just resembles a lot of the "epic-pop" stuff that was out at the time.Peaking at #39... That means there have been at least 38 more popular songs at any time. Seems to me like that's something that happens to songs that aren't worth remembering at all, while like I said, this song has reached Bohemian Rhapsody-status in the Netherlands. That's just odd.Besides, do you really think this song "just resembles a lot of the 'epic-pop' stuff" of those days? I mean, if there were at least three other comparable tracks, I wouldn't be able to name them. Just the whole climax and all... It doesn't at all seem that unoriginal to me.I'm not denying it's unoriginal, it just didn't catch a big break over here...If you look at the Elton John, Queen, Abba, Bee Gees, those types of tracks, a lot of them were structured in this songs format, however this song had a real bluesy 50's rock and roll influence which listeners in the seventies might have been tired or sick of, so it didn't really take off..That's just my thoughts though because I agree with you it is a great song even upon the first listen..