The star of this Southern rock monolith is of course Lynyrd Skynyrd’s lead guitarist Allen Collins, whose big solo takes the theme of the lyrics and soars into the heavens with it. But “Free Bird” has two unsung heroes: One ios co-guitarist Gary Rossington who plays that expressive slid...
All are welcomingly anchored by the band’s unapologetically transparent, heart-on-sleeve lyricism. “Even with how raw we were on ‘Unlike Me,’ these ones somehow feel even more personal,” offers a candid Gauthier. And while lyrics are poetry by definition, the term feels like it falls ...
What I wanted for my first release was to approach Pop music from a DIY standpoint, allowing layers of sonic abstraction and authentic imperfection about the human condition among a torn political climate in the social media era to unveil slowly through each listen. Burst Mode accomplishes just ...
Producer Jon Peters and director Franco Zeffirelli asked Lionel Richie to compose an instrumental along the lines of the theme fromLove Storyfor the movieEndless Lovestarring Brooke Shields. When Zeffirelli changed his mind and asked Richie if he would add lyrics, the Motown star agreed to write ...
Immediately shooting to the top of global streaming charts, GNX appears to double down on Kendrick’s rap beef era, with lyrics addressing the fall out from the Drake feud, as well as controversy surrounding his upcoming performance at the next year’s Superbowl. If you’re listening to Kenny...
Nutshell has been voted one of the saddest songs of all time, and Cantrell’s guitar takes over as Layne Staley’s lyrics reach a peak of despair, as though the guitar speaks when mere words are insufficient. The use of delay is particularly effective at 3:34, when Cantrell slides ...
And the entire album burns with apocalyptic cohesion: the sex-mad desperation of “Live With Me”; the murderous blues of “Midnight Rambler”; Keith Richards’ lethal, biting guitar on “Monkey Man”; the epic moralism, with honky-tonk piano and massed vocal chorus, of “You Can’t ...
The Pharcyde’s “Runnin’” is the rare kind of song where the lyrics chase the beat. J Dilla’s production (arguably the best of his career) combines elements of jazz and samba to give it the sense of motion. Meanwhile, The Pharcyde’s lyrics are some of the most vulnerable of their...
Outside of the competition, the rapper is known for peppering her lyrics with themes surrounding motherhood. In the September 2024 track "My Verse," Charlu includes bars about how she feels motivated to keep going when she sees her children at the end of the day. ...
The final song of “Parade,” Prince left his fans with the perfect song through which they could mourn him. It’s just that no one expected that day to come so soon. It’s Prince’s loveliest, most delicate ballad and all the more effective due to its closing lyrics: “All good ...