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pus-filled malignant growth that is Dustin Lynch’s pop country career that it’s in need of laceration, draining, and intense radiation to keep it from metastasizing and destroying country music. To think this asshole is a Grand Ole Opry member is enough to anger the blood and keep one w...
Eva Hendricks: I didn’t want to go so far with being specific that people are like, “Oh, this is the song about rape.” That was really scary to me, because I do want anybody to be able to relate to the song, whether it’s about sexual assault or a manipulative person you’re...
But when I mention the tour to Lisa, she squints. “That’s what they say?” she responds, in a voice that conveys some skepticism. (“I don’t know,” Kang tells me later. “We’ll have to wait and see what YG confirms.”) How Lisa will juggle her own career with her group...
No matter that the music is absolutely “unsingable” to the average congregation (it sounds great on the radio where thousands of dollars have been spent to sync, digitize, loop and process each song); the lyrics trite and shallow; not to mention that the keys are pitched for high-...
1, Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men’s “One Sweet Day” holds the record for most weeks tallied atop the Hot 100 – 16 – but it’s worth considering that “Every Breath You Take” deserves an honorary mention as thecompositionthat’s combined to spend the most time all-time No. 1 –...
I also think that when it comes to traditional songs potentially offensive material is very hard to avoid. Rape, for example, is treated as a routine plot element in songs as varied as The Bonny Hind (tragedy), Knight William (romantic comedy) and Tam Lin (supernatural weirdness); in John...
A lot of people complain that the lyrics in this song sound kind of rape-y, but I think they're actually kind of sexy. It's just a song about a guy using the bad weather as an excuse to get his girl to stay and snuggle, right? Don't worry—I'm not that naïve, and I can...
I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention that Gaga clearly loves the song. She’s made no secret that writing and perfecting “Hold My Hand” gave her a sense of release. “I didn’t even realize the layers it spanned across the film’s heart, my own psyche, and...
“But I hadn’t even known he’d done it, and he hadn’t known that we had.” We’ll take Page at his word that his bassist didn’t mention this to him, and it must be said that the Jeff Beck take is clearly the superior one. — A.G. Related Content Clem Burke's Beat ...