As McDonough points out inShakey, "Love to Burn" has an acrid, accusatory edge that might slot it next to "Stupid Girl" in the pantheon of Neil's Mad At An Ex jams: "Where you takin' my kid / Why'd you ruin my life?" But the chorus salves the burn: "You better take your ...
In addition to memorizing lyrics, she reads bios of the entertainers to get a feel for them as people and watches videos of their performances to get a feel for them as artists, so she can properly “channel” the singer’s personality for her audience. Depending on where she’s working,...
Minor Threat’s early songs capture a sense of tribal community — the moment when punk kids ignored by the world recognized one another as kindred spirits. “Cashing In” is about how it hurts when that community falls apart. Like everything else onOut of Step, the band’s farewell recor...