Lyrically, it’s amusing and totally risible; as a pop song, it’s absolute genius. Prince jumps right on top of the melody with a piano intro and bangs out the song quickly. It’s wonderful, and yet it didn’t make the final cut of “Sign ‘o’ the Times.” 22 of 25 "Uptown...
Renowned for his expressive guitar sound and the distinctive way he bent notes to squeeze every drop of feeling out of the strings, this left-handed Mississippi blues master rose to fame in the clubs of Chicago’s west side. After stints with the Windy City Cobra and Chess labels, in 1969...
“Red Brick” brings the energy back up with the EP’s most full-throated pop chorus,Zauner’s bright vocals accompanied by a veritable chorus of synths. As Zauner sings “day byday, you give and take / on and on until there’s something,” in the chorus, it’s easy torelate to t...
”“Freek’n’ You” – and Silk add their own sensual single to the mix with their No.1 hit, “Freak Me.” Under the guidance of New Jack Swing vocalist/producer Keith Sweat, Silk couched their more lustful lyrics in gorgeous vocals, so you had to go back and read the lyrics before...
s like all hell breaks loose,” said Higham of the scaled-up arrangement. Meanwhile,Melissa McCarthy“gave us that full range, from humorous to scary to deeply hurt and out for revenge,” said Marshall. “She’s not a singer, but she was ...
Singing the lyrics is the bestI prefer for them to sing the song lyrics, but also to be able to count the notes. Usually, we will practice a new song with "drumsticks" (pencils) on the piano lid as we sing, alternating hands as the song calls for one hand or the other....
“The day I saw your white Mustang,” repeats the chorus, which treats the car as a stand-in for the man, but never elaborates on that central metaphor. The production is business as usual — piano, trap drums — as is the Rich Lee-directed video, even with its admittedly beautiful ...
” The Bronx’s Peter Gunz nimbly delivers the line on the triumphant “Deja Vu (Uptown Baby),” an ode to the birthplace of hip-hop, but check the liner notes and you’ll find that the only credited writers are Steely Dan’s Fagen (of Passaic, New Jersey) and Walter Becker (Queens...
“So Bad” is an impossibly delicate and bittersweet ballad, the kind of melody any other songwriter would have sold a kidney to compose, with Paul lobbing high notes across the room to Linda like it’s no big deal. (Not much cop in the lyrics department, but it beats “Say Say Say...
“were about happiness and losing it and three-day raves with my best friends.” she dialed down the ferocity on her follow-up ep, fresia magdalena , so it’s fitting that the highlight “by your side” initially pulses with soothing energy — dulcet notes on what sounds like a keyboard...