Written in free verse, each page begins with “If I picked…if I walked.. if I practiced…If I wrote ” and ends with “imagine.” His poetry beckons children to be dreamers of their futures — to “imagine” their own stories as they read his beautiful lyrics. What stories will they...
- Pet peeve: when your friends sing the wrong lyrics, but they sing it so loudly and with so much conviction, you question if you're the one who's had it wrong. Spell it out for them on HypeType. /// How to play ///
There’s definitely method in their madness: intelligent, often socially-conscious lyrics that are actuallyaboutsomething, subtly-effective major/minor chord changes, hooks galore, spooky textures, a superb rhythm section and the ever-reliable Clive Langer/Alan Winstanley producing/engineering team (the...
Prince walked into LA’s Sunset Sound studios, sat at the drums, taped the lyrics of four new songs onto a music stand, picked up his sticks and instructed engineer Susan Rogers: ‘Don’t stop the tape when I stop playing. Just keep rolling.’ ...
- Pet peeve: when your friends sing the wrong lyrics, but they sing it so loudly and with so much conviction, you question if you're the one who's had it wrong. Spell it out for them on HypeType. /// How to play ///
23. John Martyn: ‘Johnny Too Bad’ (1980) Originally a reggae track by The Slickers and first released on ‘The Harder They Come’ soundtrack in 1972, Martyn and drummer Phil Collins rearranged it and added some lyrics. It featured on John’s fantasticGrace And Dangeralbum. ...