Gotta *promote this *quality story.

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That was awesome.

The origin of a riff being "accidental" doesn't seem unusual -- people come up with riffs that get turned into earworm songs while just jamming / screwing around all the time.

But having the combination of sudden inspiration and accidental creation of the riff immediately followed by impromptu creation of the lyrics is really really cool.

Awesome sift, thanks!

The moral of the story, if you happen upon an unadvertised concert by a relatively unknown band at a curling arena.....go see it.

That was cool that they tried to a brand new song by accident to the audience. Great tune!

I have to say that this story sounds like complete bullshit. Writing a song is hard and it's almost always a slow, iterative process.

But damnit, everything I've read said this is exactly what happened.

Stupid talented people and their ability to write music without spending days agonising over every damn chord change....

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I haven't done as much reading on the subject as you have, so maybe the story is bullshit. But I don't think the idea that sometimes God smiles, the stars align and everything just falls into place is all that crazy. So I just try to shut up and be happy that it did happen.

When they jammed it out on stage, I doubt it was as succinct as radio / record version. But a lot of great songs tend to be written(or should I say discovered) in this kind of instant form, all of a sudden something just clicks, and it just feels natural, it's almost a subconscious processes. Especially if you've been jamming with people for a while, then you're all on the same wavelength, or same drugs as I'm sure anyone from the 60s will tell you.

Many bands most popular songs start off as a joke, such as Nirvana's Smells Like Teens Spirit, or Primus' Shakehands with Beef. Which is why you get a lot of one hit wonders. They've had their light bulb moments, but nobody really knows how it happens, so it can't be reproduced. (not to say that Nirvana or Primus are one hit wonders by any means).

I see parallels with song writing and inventing or engineering. A lot of the greatest inventions were eureka moments while most of the others were just plain old hard work by dedicated engineers. But it's usually the eureka moments that change the course of history.

If you all of a sudden feel the need to rock out https://youtu.be/gkqfpkTTy2w

Burton Cummings lives here in Victoria and Bachman is out on a nearby island.

Good Story good storytelling.