Tag: Lyrics
Legendary Pink Dots 01: A Word for the Uninitiated
The Legendary Pink Dots have been one of my favourite bands for quite a while. I have read and listened to many interviews with them along with a fair number of articles (read, not listened to, of c... Read More
Nick Cave 01: Push the Sky Away (review)
This is not so much a review as praise to an album that continually gives every time it plays. This album has a mood throughout that is like any other Nick Cave album and yet also unlike any other N... Read More
David Bowie 04: Blackstar Revisited: I Can’t Give It all Away (Part Two)
‘Tis a Pity She Was a Whore: One breath inhales and the second song begins. “The groove was a one bar loop on the demo,” says Mark Guiliana (Modern Drummer, Feb. 26, 2016). The c... Read More
The Plastic Together Tour
The weekend before this, I went to see the singer on the first album I bought. I had enjoyed Paul Revere and the Raiders music since I was five and appreciated their songwriting and production talen... Read More
Paul Revere and the Raiders 01: My First Album Purchase at Age 5
I usually get a funny look from people when I tell them I bought my first album at 5 ( I could say I get funny looks anyway but that joke would be a bit clichéd, eh?). I have been obsessed with mus... Read More
Steely Dan 01: Royal Scam, Subversive MOR and an Apt Description of the Band
For those who don’t know, MOR is a radio term standing for Middle of the Road. An acronym that was a euphemism for bland inoffensive music. It should’ve been BIM. Captain and Tenille... Read More
Interpol 01: El Pintor shows they still have a pulse.
I’ve liked Interpol for quite a while. My introduction to them was a co worker who heard I was in a Joy Division tribute band and that I was hoping to develop it into an original band. He w... Read More
OBTW: Robert Wyatt 01:Some Clever and Entertaining Lyrics
Frivolous as I know is, I thought I’d pass these on. For those of you not familiar with Robert Wyatt, I would advise you look him up on Wikipedia. Outstanding and fascinating musician as w... Read More