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"Every major pop song" seems like a bit of an overstatement. He's clearly very good at finding the sound that sells - but there are many successful songs (even

by swombat 13y ago

"Every major pop song" seems like a bit of an overstatement. He's clearly very good at finding the sound that sells - but there are many successful songs (even just in the genre of "pop") not written by him...

joelrunyon 13y ago
You missed the "virtually" in front of every. That dramatically changes the context & meaning of the sentence.
- elpool2 13y ago
  ok, but "virtually every major pop song" is still an overstatement.
- jrockway 13y ago
  Not really. "Some" would be the accurate modifier.
- TylerE 13y ago
  Yes, but "virtually all" != ~5% under even the most liberal accounting.