As kid I loved a lot of crappy Eurodance, such as 2 Unlimited, but I had an excuse – I was a kid. These days I am more into rock and ‘quality’ dance music (i.e Prodigy, Daft Punk), although I’ve found myself liking more and more music that I really should hate. Everyone at some [...]
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A song doesn’t always have to have great lyrics to be a good song, but it helps. Sometimes just a sentence or two stand out, and sometimes the entire song is filled with incredible writing. This is one of them, although ”I’ll squeeze into heaven and Valentine” is a contender for a tattoo if I [...]
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There are two songs in the world that bring a tear to my eye. One I posted a while back, which is ‘Yesterday’ by The Beatles. The other is this. It is literally one of the most beautiful and heartbroken songs ever written. Before leaving for Australia I was going to post the last line [...]
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In my Top 10 songs of all time, and probably my favourite lyrics of all time. RIP Ian Curtis. When routine bites hard, And ambitions are low, And resentment rides high, But emotions won’t grow, And we’re changing our ways, Taking different roads. Then love, love will tear us apart again. Love, love will tear [...]
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From the old to the new, a band from New Zealand with some beautiful lyrics and creative music videos to match; We’re only young and naive still We require certain skills The mood it changes like the wind Hard to control when it begins The bittersweet between my teeth Trying to find the in-betweens Fall [...]
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I believe lyrics are the modern form of poetry, and often make me fall in love with a song instantly. I like to occasionally write my own lyrics, but am usually inspired by another song when writing them. Now and again I will post some of my favourite songs from the past 60 years on [...]
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