Tuesday's first set began as the album does: with "Espa?' a kinetic concoction set in 5/4 meter, its springy melody hitting the upbeats in a minor scale.
The third single from Billy Joel's 1989 Storm Front album, it's a moody, mature ballad with a great melody and hit #37.
Andy Goldberg from The Jerusalem Post said that "Cherish" took "Madonna back to her old stomping grounds, the lively bass line and lilting melodies of hit albums past".
Reviewing the concert in Los Angeles, Rick Florino of Artistdirect wrote, "Scaling everything back momentarily, she emerged from the center of the stage in a stunning red dress for soaring renditions of 'Love the Way You Lie (Part II)', 'Take a Bow', and 'Cold Case Love' flowing within a perfect melody of hits".
There's something about Rodgers and Hammerstein melodies that hits my sweet spot every time.
Midwestern favorites Cheap Trick succeeded with a highly amped version of Beatles-influenced melodies on hits Surrender and Dream Police.
Powered as much by the charm of lead singer Oana Nistor as their simple synth melodies, the hits of Activ played a major role in taking Euro house out of the country's clubs and into the domestic pop mainstream.
"It's a kinesthetic melody that she hits," Gerber said.
When the game ended in a 33-14 victoverover the Jacksonville Jaguars, the stage at the Wildhorse, usually host to country music singers crooning about sadness, heartache and defeat, filled with jubilant revelers dancing to a song that had the melody of the pop hit "Mambo Number Five," but lyrics about their Tennessee Titans.
The first one out of the gate is "A Place with No Name," which is built on the melody of the America hit "A Horse with No Name," which Randy Newman famously described as a song "about a kid who thinks he's taken acid".
