One Direction second album and single "Live While We’re Young"

[Joshua]

Rami and co are really loving using the same little chord rundown from the chorus of "Live While We're Young", it's in "Still The One" and "Magic" too. I have to say, they're production is becoming very samey. The guitar intros, the cowbell, having Harry sing the last line of every chorus a cappella. But it's forgiving that they've written some absolute gems. I just wish they'd mix it up a bit. I guess they probably wrote plenty, not knowing which would get the go ahead.

On another note, I'm with Turnaround on "I Would", I think it's become my favourite. Found out it's written by the band members of McFly, who I know have been big in the UK, but I'm not sure if I've heard any of their songs before.

[turnaround]

Hehe, McFly were so good in the beginning of their career. (First album was fantastic) They will release soonish a Greatest Hits album, I can recommend it.

I was surprised they delivered such a great stand-out track with "I would"....

Single material and somehow different than the Falk/Kotecha/Rami songs.

[gm33]

You guys are going to love this Time Magazine article:
http://entertainment.time.com/2012/11/13/one-directions-songwriters-theyre-what-make-the-boy-band-beautiful/

Savan Kotecha talks about the songwriting process, Max Martin, songwriting credits, Dr. Luke, Sweden.

Enjoy!!   

[Joshua]

That was brilliant, thanks! So many interesting points in there, and I was quite surprised that Luke got a writing credit (the lead credit if I'm not mistaken) based on production only... I had no idea it worked like that. Then again, you hear plenty of stories of artists getting writing credits when they've not made even the tiniest contribution.

I've heard Max say that the "melody first" technique works for him but may not for everyone, but from the way it's mentioned here, it's more of a strategy than just personal preference.

Savan seems to be a great source of information, maybe as a forum we should probe him a bit for some more.

[Rebecca]

Thanks GMG for the article. I also thought it was interesting that Dr Luke was given a writing credit just because he produced it.

[B Steady]

so funny to read that originally max should've been involved an dr. luke was believed to be the producer of little things