Tag: lyrics

by M. Bijman January 14, 2022

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What is your unguilty pleasure? – ENYA, by Chilly Gonzales

Musician Chilly Gonzales (born Jason Charles Beck) hates bananas. I’m not that fond of bananas myself. It’s that sticky, doughyContinue Reading

by M. Bijman November 10, 2021

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Horrible lyrics and pitiful prose

My guilty pleasure is reading bad writing and then making savage but unspoken criticisms of it. It’s easy to lambastContinue Reading

by M. Bijman September 10, 2021

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Listen to this – Feel it

I am a fan of Nick Cave, and subscribe to his Red Hand Files communiques in which he answers questionsContinue Reading

by M. Bijman February 5, 2021

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Nick Cave explains his departure from fictitious narrative songwriting

Nick Cave has become a writer of note in addition to being a celebrated musician, lyricist and composer. His blog,Continue Reading

by M. Bijman August 29, 2020

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Absolutely excellent – Going Medieval on Pop Music

One of the books I’m reading now is William Shakespeare’s Get Thee…Back to the Future, by Ian Doescher, which isContinue Reading

by M. Bijman August 9, 2019

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A Source for the Perfect Rhyme? Sorry, there’s no easy solution

Rhyming is devilishly difficult. It’s a serious head-scratcher, as people who write poems, lyrics and rap well know. If youContinue Reading

by M. Bijman April 23, 2014

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Happy birthday William Shakespeare – 450 years on

It’s the 450th anniversary of the birth of William Shakespeare, who is traditionally believed to have been born today, 23Continue Reading

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