We were thinking a lot about joy and the kind of fantastical nature ofABBA,Dolly [Parton]and ELO that I felt would fit her voice and lyrics so well. She [does] this quick vacillation between really cheeky then really emotional, back to really sarcastic, and then she smacks you over the...
The lyrics are about a girl I was dating at the time, actually named Georgia [who is mentioned in the song]. I sent a demo to my label and my girlfriend, and that was it. Nobody really gave much attention to it, but then I posted it online and everybody paid attention to it....
As one of the founding members of the Native Tongues collective, Monie Love's contributions to hip-hop cannot be understated. With her smooth flow and insightful lyrics, she quickly rose to prominence as one of the leading female voices of the golden era. Throughout her career, Monie Love ...
The song lyrics make several errors in relation to the games, however. Aside from the Super Mario Compact Disco, Daisy had her own song on the Super Mario Land [single]. On the Japanese release, the song was titled Daisy's Mix, but on the United Kingdom release it was titled Daisy'...
“Go Where You Wanna Go” captures the quintessential sound of the mid-60s West Coast music scene. The lush harmonies of the band members—John, Michelle, Cass Elliot, and Denny Doherty—blend seamlessly, creating a bright, harmonious contrast to the song’s introspective lyrics. The ...
I begin with this excerpt from O’Brien’s essay “’Next Year’s Words’: T. S. Eliot’s ‘Tradition and the Individual Talent’,” because the lyrics ofMetropolestrike me as his best, and this achievement could be said to be the result of his “taking control of [his] respiration,...
Tyler is in the middle of the kitchen holding a wooden spoon to his mouth while belting out the lyrics along to “I Like Me Better” by Lauv. More than just the karaoke performance, Tyler is dancing, and I can’t peel my eyes off him. His entire body seems to move in time with ...
As a powerhouse duo, these two artists combined their unique talents to create some of the most memorable melodies and lyrics in country music history. Their catchy tunes and heartfelt ballads dominated the airwaves throughout the 1990s and early 2000s, while their electrifying live shows won the...
All eyes are on several members of the faculty, though the police have no clues to go on. Alf Kjellin plays Edwin Volck an intense pianist/composer who seems very tightly wound, especially around women. Handsome Jeffrey Hunter is Harold the psychology professor who dabbles in abnormal behavior...
L. P. Dodge’s house in Newburyport, where the members of the club assured Marquand that the past was real, was “Ascension Island.” It’s reprinted in Thirty Years, and it’s worth quoting to illustrate that Marquand — like his fictional counterpart Briggs — could see the materialistic...