Friday, October 31, 2008

The Korgis "Everybody's got to learn sometime" (1980)



  • I have heard only some other songs by the Korgis, haven't liked them that much, so I am only praising their most famous single.

  • "Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime" is probably one of the best pop songs that have ever existed. Everything is in great balance, and while the recording date is 1980, you may find some "dated" effect but surprisingly, for more modern ears, the synth sound seems a bit like ambient.

  • The classic song itself lies somewhere (interesting) between 1970s soft-rock and 1980s synth-pop, offering a melody and chord changes worth calling them "genius". Check this.