A lot of songwriters managed to bury some darker storylines in their soft rock songs, keeping them just under the surface to not jeopardize that sweet, sweet AM radio airplay. Here are 14 Secretly Cruel Soft Rock Love Songs whose happy pop sides are only what a fool believes. Bee Gees, ...
Songs like ‘Kitchen Sink Drama’ would be an unheralded signpost for a strand of subsequent Anglo-rock, particularly the more ‘outsider’ niche of Britpop. Pulp might have refuted a Soft Cell influence but songs like ‘Pink Glove’ and ‘Happy Endings’ make that hard to believe. And the...
Jenn Pelly meets up with the Norwegian art-pop disrupter at the Museum of Sex in Manhattan to talk about the frightening aspects of our own bodies, the importance of revolution in an era of passivity, and how her music is like the inverse of cock rock.
The afternoon was filled with The Soft White Sixties’ sultry rock as they played songs like “Up to the Light” and “Sorry to Say” before Los Angeles-based indie-pop trio Sir Sly took over and filled the air with their infectious pop hooks. As the day went on, the crowd enjoyed fr...
rock, psych, Eastern with its sitars to jazz and even skiffle. He toured in a beaten-up van (his “fornicatorium” after gigs!) featured on the first CBS album’s cover; it must have been parked round the corner when I met him, somewhat bemused, in a tiny olde-worlde pub on Wimble...
Based on an interview with Clinton, when he was just a governor, Clinton's favorite album is Judy Collin's Colors of the Day. Collin's song lyrics are indicative of the album's unvarying mood. Most of the songs are in a minor key, arranged ...
I love their beautiful voices and heartfelt lyrics. Their songs always touch my heart and make me feel emotional. Whenever I listen to their music, it feels like they are singing just for me. In conclusion, soft music is like a warm hug for my soul. It brings me comfort, peace, and...
“Kingdom of Love” begins with a bouncing groove and positively rings with light, though the lyrics are a surreal treatment of overwhelming sexual fixation: “You’ve been laying eggs under my skin / Now they’re hatching out under my chin / Now there’s tiny insects showing through / ...
Billie Eilish's new album 'Hit Me Hard and Soft' has arrived. Here's all 10 songs ranked from worst to best.
Other than these examples, “Sob Rock” is pretty earnest stuff… with the earnestness extending to both the heartfelt lyrics and how unironically MVP session guy Greg Phillinganes is recreating the kind of synth parts that dominated the early MTV era. Mayer’s primary concern here is the sam...