Again, that was one of the more devicee ways of doing it. By and large I think we write our songs in an old fashioned way. Our songs are pretty verse-chorus oriented. Yeah, It's not that different from a lot of other kinds of expression where there's this over-arching form. There are things that you just have to take for granted.
Some people find that really limiting.
It's nice to have a set of rules to follow. Yeah, the pop song is a weird thing. Some people think of it as being this incredibly obtrusive and alien form. I think of it as one of few compelling forms of expression left. The double-edged sword of being in a rock band that becomes well known is that everything you try to do after that will be in the shadow of it.