“Shotgun” is about doing vulnerable and delusional things in love, knowing they’re just quick fixes, and not giving a damn anyway. –Gio Santiago Listen: Soccer Mommy, “Shotgun” 27. Steve Lacy: “Bad Habit” Steve Lacy is a lovelorn Eeyore on “Bad Habit,” his Gemini Rights ...
That’s who Hynes has been to a generation: the sensitive, vulnerable, sometimes-sour poet of emotional contradictions, the singer of our thoughts, both clean and otherwise. –Alex Frank Listen: Blood Orange, “You’re Not Good Enough” 79. Lana Del Rey: “The greatest” (2019) On “...
Let It Be was written by Paul McCartney after having a dream about his mother while the band was going through a tense period. In his dream, her mother assured him that everything would be all right, so he just needed to let it be. Just like The Beatles, you need to let things flo...
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That musical scope is paired with a narrative that’s no less ambitious — vulnerable and lurid, nostalgic and hopeless, funny and utterly bleak. And the bow tying it all together? The name of classic root beer brand, “A&W” used as shorthand for “American Whore,” because no one bends...
about 2:30 minutes into the track, when Swift howls “burning it was red” over a searing guitar solo. It’s a moment of catharsis two-thirds of the way through one of her most subtly important songs. Before “Red,” Swift was afraid to leave the comfort zone of her first three ...
“New Romantics” from another angle, with Taylor twirling on high heels, spinning like a girl in a brand new dress, hating herself for being so desperate to sparkle for strangers. This is the kind of vulnerable teen sensibility that got her started writing songs in the first place (i.e....
Thanks, I guess it is a little vulnerable. I don’t know I’m just to the point; I’m fucking 47 now I’ve been doing this for a while, and I’m never like,“I’m never gonna be a star”, right, and that’s that’s fine, that’s not what I’m trying to do right now...
tell the story of someone who was broken and afraid and built themselves back up. Despite the song being about a breakup, it can also apply to many other aspects of life. It is an empowering song for anyone and motivates the listener to believe in themselves and find the strength within....
Thomas, incidentally, has said that Bacharach originally composed the movie theme song to fit Bob Dylan’s voice. If You Want To Sing Out, Sing Out (Harold And Maude, 1971) Cat Stevens sings about wanting to “be free, be free” in his award-winning movie theme song for the quirky ...