Sodajerker on songwriting

Sodajerker is a songwriting team from Liverpool in the United Kingdom. Founded by co-writers Simon Barber and Brian O’Connor, Sodajerker is the creative outlet for two friends raised on the celebrated songbooks of such luminaries as Lennon and McCartney, Bacharach and David, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Goffin and King and The Chic Organisation. Like the profession from which they take their name, Sodajerker use their hard-won skills to conjure artistry from the everyday. Their songs have been heard on radio stations around the world and on a number of film soundtracks. Simon and Brian are also the co-hosts of the Sodajerker On Songwriting podcast, a programme featuring interviews with some of the world’s most successful songwriters.  LYRICS to SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS LIKE A SONG: Radio plays No. 1 hit But is there really Anything to it Melody flows On repeat Underneath   Generic beat Soaring up Crashing down Missing meaning It's only sound Don't listen hard, and don't listen long? To something that sounds like a song The production Is delicious Only a little Repetitious Is the rift Stuck in your head Is it important What was that he said? People listen all day long To something that sounds like a song Pause for a moment To take it apart Peel back the pieces Is there a heart? A chorus to praise Wisdom in verse? Will it change things For better or worse? Fighting injustice, righting a wrong? Or just something that sounds like a song? Make a video Cover your traces Distract with images Lots of pretty faces Don't listen hard, and Don't listen long To something that sounds like a song Something that sounds like a song Something that sounds like a song LYRICS to UNNECESSARY MUSIC: The world is saturated with songs And we all just nod along They have the patter and the beat But they're whitebread food to eat Unnecessary music Why do we produce it? Cos it is more fun to do Than it is to listen to Unnecessary music Perhaps it's therapeutic But they say a burden shared Is a burden doubled No idea in there was conceived The embryo can't be believed It has a head and arms and legs But take its pulse you'll find it's dead Unnecessary music Why do we produce it? Cos it is more fun to do Than it is to listen to Unnecessary music Perhaps it's therapeutic But they say a burden shared Is a burden doubled What spurred you on to finish it? Put layers on the thinnish bit When you had half-written the song? Why'd you decide to carry on? Unnecessary music Why do we produce it? Cos it is more fun to do Than it is to listen to Unnecessary music Perhaps it's therapeutic But they say a burden shared Is a burden doubled