I think I get the origin of the title. There were nine, ear-splitting, 200-decibel rock songs (each representing something), punctuated by nine interludes (or more) of sex (often unsimulated), complemented by unrelenting TALK about sex. Sexual explicitness masquerading as art does not a good...
True love lost at sea. I share the story behind “Buttercup’s Lament” inspired by Princess Bride. You'll learn why you should watch out for wild boar in Italy, see what happens when a juggler's props don't arrive, and learn about the most-beautiful place in Europe. Hear a story ...
“But she doesn’t know who I am/And she doesn’t give a damn about me.” What sets this song apart, however, is that things turn out well for the protagonist, because the girl he likes is a “teenage dirtbag” too. A classic song about loving someone you can't have. “Why Don...
Harry Nilsson did many things well, including wicked rockers and intense love songs. But he could also be utterly charming, as he was on this bittersweet toe-tapper about someone who desires both a canine friend and a human one. Like most of Nilsson’s catchiest songs, it gets a little ...
Lost Destination Translation Lost Destination Producers 150P (music, lyrics) バンビーノ Latin jazz version Translation Bambino Latin jazz version Producers Yukitsuki (music, lyrics, arrange), kkc (illust) PROJECTION Producers Nejishiki (music, lyrics), bob (illust), takap (tuning), ARiN (...
This song, originally called 'The Poor Cotton Wayver', was originally published in the depression years following the Napoleonic Wars. It tells of the economic crisis of 1819-20, when many handloom weavers lost their work due to the rise of the steam-driven weaving machines. ...
it can also heighten our awareness of how precious the present moment is. There’s a reason we listen to sad songs. I’ve read lots of interesting things about the effects of listening to sad music on the mind. Apparently, it releases chemicals in the brain that have a rea...
Football is about passion and momentum. The ebb and flow of the game can be tantalising. It is a game that mustn’t be stopped in its tracks for the slightest misdemeanour. We might have gained something through VAR, but look what we have lost. VAR is killing football, the spectacle ...
He became a less interesting artist when he succumbed to religion because the occasional song about Christ lost its weirdly libidinal contrast. “The Cross” is the spiritual center of “Sign ‘o’ the Times”; after a series of songs about sex and destitution, this meditation on faith-...
of people, their first impression of me was as a 13-year-old girl [singing] the kinds of songs that she should be singing," she said. "Then, flash forward to 19, and people are asking why I am not singing about the same things that I did when I was 13, as ...