""Oops I Did It Again" Not Awesome, but still catchy, many think so." you're right, not awesome. I've rarely heard Brit's music spoken of with anything but complete derision. Her and the backstreet Boys are punchlines.

lyrically Pet Sounds is basic pop. but God Only Knows has a beautiful lyric. to me, that's deceptively simple, not simplistic. "life could show nothing to me, so what good would living do me"...that's a wondrous couplet...has Jason written any? Wouldn't It Be Nice has a fantastic musical hook that opens the song. so does You Still Believe In Me. direct me to a Jason hook that good and I'll buy his book. production is a major part of Pet Sounds but not the crucial part...those songs are strong without it. In their case(and Phil Spector's) the production compliments the hooks, it doesn't mask their weakness. I had a long discussion about Pet Sounds with a top session player once. he loves that record and holds it as a big influence. he never mentioned Jason.

I've never heard any major songwriters praise Jason's hooks. or seen the Backstreet Boys or Britney spoken of as anything more than teen fodder. and teens do have disposable income. the only problem is that in a few years the music they bought is disposed of.

as for writing a hook as good as Oops I Did it Again...I much prefer my own Some of My Best Friends Are Songs. or what I wrote today Life Leaves Traces for that matter.

Last edited by couchgrouch; 03/25/08 07:47 PM.
Nashville demos etc:

https://www.soundclick.com/bands3/default.cfm?bandID=431939

other demos:

https://soundcloud.com/wabash-cannibal

Amazon Kindle books by Robert George you may enjoy:

1) Americana

2) Teenage Graceland

3) The Will to Be

4) Fort Mystery

5) Wheel Sea

6) My One True Love