The lyrics to the Beatle’s classic “Hey Jude” in flowchart format, for your sing-along pleasure.
Hey Jude don’t let this flowchart get under your skin
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 2 November, 2009 to the music subset
The final lyrics of Manic Street Preachers’ Richey Edwards
Posted by John Lampard on Wednesday, 13 May, 2009 to the music subset
Nicky Wire and James Dean Bradfield of Welsh band Manic Street Preachers talk about their new album, Journal for Plague Lovers, and their long thought out decision to use lyrics written by former guitarist Richey Edwards, who disappeared in 1995.
The lyrics were in a folder that Manics guitarist Richey Edwards had given to Wire in [...]
Michelle, ma belle, these are words that I don’t hear well
Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 28 August, 2008 to the music subset
Sting and the Beatles top the list of artists whose song lyrics are often misheard, according to a recent survey in Britain.
Song Michelle has a line “Michelle ma belle, sont des mot qui vont tres bien ensemble tres bien ensemble”, which is heard as “Michelle ma belle, some say monkeys play piano well, play piano [...]
Hitting the high notes
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 11 February, 2008 to the music subset
Hitting the high notes
A recent study of popular music has found the lyrics of about a third of contemporary songs make reference to substance abuse in one form or another, while the remaining two thirds of songs are apparently open to interpretation, or in other words, make no sense at all.
Researchers cited the lyrics to [...]
Posted by John Lampard on Saturday, 18 August, 2007 to the comment subset
I woke up this morning to the realisation that I’ve been on my own for ten years.
Ten years without a TV that is.
Ok, it’s not quite ten years, but give me any reason to reference Don McLean’s “American Pie” lyrics, and I will.
Now for ten years we’ve been on our own
Two things happened ten years [...]
Reykjavik
Posted by John Lampard on Friday, 10 September, 2004 to the music subset
Chess master Bobby Fischer’s current plight brings to mind the lyrics of a song written, and titled, in his honour (as well as a nameless girl known to the lyricist) by Sydney band, Lazy Susan.
They’re all saying that you’ll never play againThey’re all saying that you’re finishedThat you’re washed up as a friendAll my life [...]
