Flea, the bassist, was phenomenal, and the front man, Anthony Kiedis, was a cyclone, lunging and pacing and whirling in every direction, belting out the lyrics. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

The lyrics of the song couldn’t be more true. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

This song does not have a refrain, but the verses themselves accumulate lyrics. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I listened to the music, not paying much attention to the lyrics, and studied the few couples dancing. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Think about other patriotic songs you know and the ways a covenant between the American people and the Christian god is reflected in those lyrics. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

It happened one night after I had fallen asleep while reading the lyrics of a song. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

For a number of weeks our two groups sang as we worked, adding songs and changing lyrics. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He half sang it, like the song lyric. Tradition 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was a popular love song, but they had changed the lyrics. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Then the two of them knocked knuckles and chanted the lyrics to their favorite classic-rock tune: “We are the champions, my friend....” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I try to look normal, like the words coming out of Phyllis’s mouth are just the lyrics to the song the congregation is singing. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

I who had promised nothing, who knew even less, whose body was as confusing as the rock and roll lyrics accompanying the trucker’s hand pumping up and down to words yelled, not sung. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Ornithological cannibalism,” he said, as he turned off his television and opened up a small green notebook filled with page after page of song lyrics. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

Note that the term phrase refers to the music, while line refers to the lyrics or poem. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

She invited James over to hang out, and as they walked up her stairwell, her apartment tilled with skateboard thunder and Matthew chanting Flush lyrics. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

She was going, “I’ve done some of it before. I had this boyfriend, he played the guitar. Somehow he tricked me into doing a thing or two before I realized his lyrics didn’t rhyme.” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t need to read the lyrics because she knows this song by heart. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

They’re a walking encyclopedia when it comes to pop culture, quoting the lines from their favorite movies verbatim or reciting every lyric from the latest rap CD. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Although that day, neither group knew the lyrics of the anthem they once despised, they would soon know the words by heart. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wrote the lyrics down and memorized them. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Earlier I was belting out lyrics to the Stevie Wonder song I’d been learning to play on the piano before we left home. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Ask your librarian to help you find a copy of a book that includes the lyrics and story of Hamilton: A Musical. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

But as I lie on my side, reading the lyrics of the first song as it’s playing, I’m immediately pulled into Hamilton’s story. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I’d read the lyrics so many times, I could almost see them pass before my eyes like they were on a digital news ticker. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The thought of turning my ideas into an actual song, with a melody and harmonies, and the lyrics I’ve been working on, sounds exactly like what I’ve been dreaming about for weeks now. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

In this one, my classmates say my lyrics. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Tom did not have his father’s lyric softness or his gay good looks. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The lyrics to these songs contain literary and social references, and are rife for inclusion in the interdisciplinary classroom. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Having the right ’80s song lyric memorized might save my avatar’s life someday. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Then the lyrics came to her in bed one night: “You are not to spend your days worrying about tomorrow.” How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The performers spent their afternoon with young people who’d come from local high schools—budding playwrights, dancers, and rappers kicking around the White House, writing lyrics and dropping beats with their heroes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

As the Hitler Youth marched through neighborhoods, they sang hateful songs with lyrics such as, “When Jew blood spurts from the carving knife/ Oh, it’s that much more okay!” Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Our Relocation Rules were mostly a mash-up of lines from her favorite poems, novels, and classic country lyrics. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

“One of my first CDs. My sister wanted it, so she gave it to me for Christmas. Do you always resort to plagiarizing song lyrics to impress a girl?” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

All she knew was that I could effortlessly recite hip-hop lyrics while struggling with my English class. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

In the background, just audible, a woman’s voice was half singing, half chanting, but the lyrics seemed to be in a foreign tongue. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Clio was Muse of history, Urania of astronomy, Melpomene of tragedy, Thalia of comedy, Terpsichore of the dance, Calliope of epic poetry, Erato of love-poetry, Polyhymnia of songs to the gods, Euterpe of lyric poetry. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I recognize some song lyrics from the Hamilton musical. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

At these types of center events, Mr. Ali wouldn’t let anybody play any music that he said had a harmful message, or grimy lyrics. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Often, books will include a transliteration of how to pronounce the lyrics as well as a translation. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

My talents consist of watching television, being Ellen’s best friend, sighing, and knowing the lyrics to nearly every Dolly Parton song. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Outside, I hear Brooke start belting out the lyrics to “Eraser.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He sits cross-legged on the bed, hunched over the lyrics, when he hears a knock on the door. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The lyrics contain many references to animals, foods, perfumed oils, etc. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“What else? Homer, surely. And the lyric poets.” The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Before teaching it, ask students to listen carefully to something in the song’s phrasing, repetition, rhythm, melody, timbre, lyrics, dynamics, rests, mood or affect, etc. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

And of course she peeked inside while we drove to lunch, without asking my permission, and read the lyrics and notes I’ve been scribbling down. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I pull out three sheets of thick staff paper, one covered in musical notes, the other two covered in words that look like lyrics. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

This bond is rooted within the inseparable relationship between lyrics and music that has existed for thousands of years. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The cowboy broke away from his aroused fans and began to synchronize his lips to the lyrics on the record, slinking around the floor like a chanteuse in boots and Stetson. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wilhelm Muller, the writer of many of his song lyrics, died aged thirty-three. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“And Dad, did you know we’ve been messing up the lyrics to ‘September’ this whole time? The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

For example, if I asked you which lines of “A Tisket, A Tasket” are the same, you would say none if you thought of only the lyrics. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Censorship, which at first covered only the mass media, was soon extended to textbooks, song lyrics, movie scripts, and even private conversation. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The singing is still not good, but she’s got one hand over her heart and she’s belting a lyric about not knowing her fate with real emotion in her voice. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

It would also drive the schoolyard lyric, “And they wear no pants in the southern part of France.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Sondheim had learnt his trade by writing lyrics for West Side Story, which opened in 1957. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

The lyrics of “Song of the Winter Solstice,” which recent defectors say is the theme song of a popular program on North Korean state television, are about traveling companions who endure hardship and pain. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He settles down again with his lyrics on the bed when something occurs to him. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The musical forms, phrases, harmonies and the poetic structure reveal a great deal of material apart from the content of the lyrics. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I also hadn’t thought of adding lyrics before. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Sounds like a song lyric—“love is how you stay alive.” Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Music pours out of me, through my face and hands, all of the sorrow or ecstasy in every lyric: What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It crawls like a maggot into my head and gets stuck, unwelcome lyrics and music playing on a loop. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

On the morning that we left for Mattru Jong, we loaded our backpacks with notebooks of lyrics we were working on and stuffed our pockets with cassettes of rap albums. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

I am an avid reader of all signs, and I find that in the historical markers the prose of statehood reaches its glorious best, and most lyric. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To the left, to the left,” I say, reciting the Beyonce lyrics while pointing my thumb and tossing my head to the left. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“I swear to God! White kids come out and eat our music up. They crazy about us. Sing along to our lyrics and everything.” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

“Check the lyrics online when you get home. If I’m right, you owe me a chili-cheese dog.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Shove those poems, those lyrics, those stupid dreams in her face. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Anita Baker’s soothing voice filled the car, and my mom and I sang the lyrics together. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Teaching a song using solfege rather than the lyrics helps the listener hear patterns and intervals, and even understand phrases and form that otherwise might be obscured by lyrics. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

These songs were shaped by the poetic metre of their lyrics, and consequently most of the troubadour songs, even the sad ones, have a gentle, foot-tapping pulse. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Shay sometimes talked in a mysterious way, like she was quoting the lyrics of some band no one else listened to. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until the song repeated for the third time that I realized the words “little tomato” weren’t even in the lyrics. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Some will even write the lyrics in the script of the original language. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Before we parted to carry out our various evening chores of fetching water and cleaning lamps, we would say “Peace, son” or “I’m out,” phrases we had picked up from the rap lyrics. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Darius bops his head, sings some of the lyrics, licks his lips a few times, and glances at me plenty of times. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Even at the time, I realised this couldn’t be right, that this interpretation didn’t fit with the rest of the lyrics. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ellie counted down again and Benny played, but all I could do was squeak out the first few lyrics. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Dwyer and Guzzo drank much more than I did, and they stood around the keg shouting out the lyrics of all the hip-hop songs blasting from the living room inside. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The lyrics spoke of how singing could make hearts rejoice. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I could imagine people bundling up and waiting to hear a band whose every lyric they could sing or enduring a snowy Super Bowl for a team they'd followed since childhood. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

Being older, I began to understand the lyrics. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Based on the poem Desiderata, the lyrics conveyed that everyone in the universe has a right to be here. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, she wrote a song for each of us kids with lyrics predicting a happy fate. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

The lyrics mean “the rock crushed my hand, grandma,” and is meant to assure the child that there are always people to take care of them in their lives, either in their family or village. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

The music seeps into my soul, lyrics transporting me to a place far beyond the moment. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The girls snickered when they heard me sing along with the lyrics. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Pindar, the greatest lyric poet of Greece, began to write toward the end of the sixth century. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I checked the liner notes to see which songs Dad had written and then I painstakingly copied down all the lyrics. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I move past a girl seated with her head down, thick-padded headphones on, her music turned loud enough for me to hear the shrieking lyrics. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

There was a joy about the tune that changed the meaning of its sad lyrics. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dissonance was just one of the effects he employed to ‘paint’ the lyrics in sound. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I sing the lyrics I do remember, stumbling over some words and repeating others out of place, but it’s a song Dad loved and I hope he hears me singing it since he can’t. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

“I said I’d write some of my song lyrics, but I changed my mind and wrote some of my favorite stuff.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

“I must’ve forgot with everything going on. Doesn’t matter. The text of the riddle is in those lyrics! You have them memorized by heart?” Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Walton starts singing the lyrics, and her voice blends in perfectly with the male lead singer, only hers is an octave above. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I concentrated very carefully on the music, trying to understand the lyrics, to unravel the complicated drum patterns. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

I’m singing the song, as if buried within its lyrics are instructions, a musical road map to where I’m supposed to go and how to get there. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also included a full copy of the lyrics, along with two new verses and full musical notation. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Hip-hop artists quoted him in lyrics, cut his speeches across the breaks, or flashed his likeness in their videos. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Pindar'ic, after the style and manner of Pindar—a lyric poet of Greece. New Word-Analysis 1871-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t even a stretch; I mean, I’d seen the video a hundred times, and if you listened to the lyrics, she’d been contemplating suicide anyway, right? Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Some album sleeves opened up like a book and included more artwork and liner notes inside, along with lyrics and information about the band. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

It was on the tip of everyone’s tongues, in the misunderstood lyrics of her favorite songs, and stamped on the jewelry she’d owned for almost half of her life. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

His lyric, among the most famous in the Nahuatl canon, answers its own question: Not forever on earth; only a little while here. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“That’s amazing. It’s a terribly difficult harmony. And to remember all the lyrics ” I marveled silently for a moment, shaking my head. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She shares quotes from famous novels, random facts about nature, or sometimes even song lyrics. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

He knew the lyrics of every song, when and where the Dead had played it, how many times, and what songs they had played only once. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

She had my lyrics notebook in her hand. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The long sleepy afternoon was perfect for writing lyrics. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It was jam-packed, and the people up front were singing along to all the lyrics. It tripped me out.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Now he was giving her X-comics five at a time, and he could tell that she liked them because she wrote the characters' names on her books, in between band names and song lyrics. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

BREN: By poems, you mean, like, rap lyrics? The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He was assured he would be able to bring his music and have time to work on his lyrics. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

She was in her room, typing song lyrics on an old manual typewriter that her mom had brought home from the Goodwill. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

It was all she could hear before Juan’s thrash of electric guitar exploded across the song, blotting out the rest of the lyrics. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

It was like a million of them surrounded my window and were screaming the lyrics to the most annoying song you could think of. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

The lyrics to his song “The Message” are so true. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

We were delirious with it, tossing the chorus back and forth between us like a ball, making up new lyrics as we grew bored with the old ones. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Like I was actually making up hip-hop lyrics or something. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I clicked on it again—because I recognized it—and I read the lyrics again—because I knew them. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

I haven’t been able to get my melodies or my lyrics to work, though, and don’t know if I’ll ever be able to make a listener feel what I do. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

The lyrics for each section were preceded by a paragraph of prose that augmented the narrative laid out in the lyrics. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

He howled the words at the top of his lungs, exhaling each lyric with a puff of cigarette smoke. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

In return, I transcribe lyrics when I should be studying and slip them into the album covers so we can sing the songs together. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We tend to think of children’s songs as simple, and in some ways, they are in terms of lyrics, structure, and music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Memorizing lyrics left me little time to think about what had happened in the war. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Ignatius quivered as the philosophy of the lyrics became clear. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

C.P. had heard this one often enough so that, against his will and much to his dismay, he anticipated each line before the lyrics were actually sung. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“But I don’t know any of the lyrics.” Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

The music was still faint, but now I was able to make out some lyrics: My only love, We’ll never see yesterday again. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

What are some of the lyrics in the song that tell you about different cultural elements in India? Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

It's not the lyrics or even the overall mood of the song. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Similarly mournful love songs were cropping up all over Europe during this period, their woeful lyrics gaining popularity in courts, noble houses, and other places where a sheet of printed music could be afforded. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

Phrase-by-phrase teaching is best when the song is longer or has a lot of lyrics or complex melodies. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

For the rest of our performance, I pogoed and twirled, and the lyrics didn’t stumble awkwardly out of my mouth like they sometimes did when I spoke Spanish. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

My favorite lyric is “One song before I go...” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

In this case, both the music and lyrics are highly informative, as is the situation in which the song was sung, lending itself to integration through three areas: music, language arts and social sciences. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Which made me feel extra guilty, since I was reminded that God was watching me and I really didn't want to be a wretch, like the lyrics said. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

I loved the dance, and particularly enjoyed learning the lyrics, because they were poetic and it improved my vocabulary. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“A lot of folks have been focusing on the violent nature of the lyrics. Do you think they encouraged those students at that school to act out violently?” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Many rap and hip-hop songs had lyrics referring to the “over-seers,” meaning any kind of cops. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever actually listened to the lyrics?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She remembered this as she listened to me reciting lyrics like I’d written them myself. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

But Harry was in a party mood, so he cleared his throat and began: “When I’m calling youuuuuuuu Oooo-oooo-oooo Oooo-oooo-oooo—” Harry had a delightful yowl that went very well with the lyrics of the song. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

When my brother could find nothing better to do, he would jot down the lyrics to whatever song was playing in his head. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

I think of the last jumbled lyrics that I scribbled into my notebook, words and phrases like “where is your heart,” “missing you,” “are you home now,” and “the other half of me.” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

A single name was the only lyric to the song in my brain. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t even realized that Dad wrote lyrics. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The description of Danaë in the wooden chest was the most famous passage of a famous poem by Simonides of Ceos, a great lyric poet who lived in the sixth century. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lyrics retain images of early American life: the one-room schoolhouse, the rural environment, no industrial noise and automobiles, and the prevalence of animals. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Now try to vary the accompaniment to highlight or mimic the lyrics in some way. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Fumulani’s songs often described the struggles of the poor, his lyrics straight from the warm red Malawian soil. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

“You can write the lyrics of the songs you like on the album and we can learn to sing them together, if you want.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Dorian,” the cowboy pleaded in a lyric soprano. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I remember enough of the lyrics from this afternoon and I google them. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

My mom humming along to pop music on the radio even when she doesn't know the lyrics. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It’s as much a rehearsal space as a tree house, with another guitar in the corner, as well as notebooks full of lyrics and music. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

An even more challenging and creative way to use body percussion is to create onomatopoeia in accordance with the lyrics, mimicking or relating to the sounds presented in the rhyme. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Then it came to her—the name of the song and all its lyrics just as she had heard it many times before. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

The lyrics meant nothing to him, either, but the melody was enough. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I find a scented purple pen and start to write about my trip, random thoughts and memories that I can maybe turn into lyrics later. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Instead they sang, their lyrics timed perfectly to the rhythm of the bombs. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

As I grew comfortable with Esther, I talked to her mainly about Bob Mar- ley’s lyrics and Run-D.M.C.’s, too. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Eleanor's algebra book was covered with her handwriting, the lyrics to one song wrapped and coiled around the title of another. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

She’d tell me to pay special attention to the words, because according to her, good lyrics were what made a song. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Only I didn’t say the next word of the lyrics. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

There were some hoots from the women in the crowd too, especially when Evan and Hari began their bit, slapping the girl’s butts and mouthing the lyrics. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Rabiya and I talked about my lyrics the other day, but I haven’t had a chance to work on them since then. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

I’m actually wearing my tracksuit and standing in the water, thinking of those lyrics about love going to waste. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Then I began to sing along, reciting the lyrics. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Yet Athens had a coruscating tradition of rhetoric, lyric drama, and philosophy. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Junior, Talloi, and I listened to rap music, trying to memorize the lyrics so that we could avoid thinking about the situation at hand. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t we start working on the music,” Mrs. Hidalgo said, “and give Malú time to get the lyrics down, all right?” The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

The lyrics say: Ah ah ah ah, sing and don’t cry, because hearts become happy by singing. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Dad says I’m old enough for the lyrics, as if I hadn’t already looked them up on the Internet. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She got hit, and now she’s in some dream state where Luke Messenger spoke the lyrics she was just listening to, and has now handed her a towel that has the scent of pine trees. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

It was always a great joke between us, except for those rare times when Papa began to weep at the lyrics. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of his pictures—the one I think of as his major picture—has been as recallable to me, over the years, as, say, the lyrics of “Sweet Sue” or “Let Me Call You Sweetheart.” Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“I have some of my lyrics I can write.” The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

That was a lyric from one of Cool Papa Byrd’s blues songs. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Piper could hear Coach Hedge above deck singing “Blow the Man Down,” except he didn’t know the lyrics, so he mostly sang, “Blah-blah-hum-de-dum-dum.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

They would quote the Bible like regular people toss out song lyrics. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

Instead, I’ve got the same jitters I had when Nico read my lyrics for the first time: How will people react? Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

He mouths the lyrics too, and holds his head as if the bass has taken over him. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

If you have trouble, remove the lyrics and hum the melody. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

“I even rewrote some of the lyrics to the song so it would be okay for school,” I said. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Repeated them until they became his blues riff and he could hear Wah-Wah Nita’s hot electric licks whine in between his lyrics. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

She smiled as the lyrics came back to her. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She invited James over to hang out, and as they walked up her stairwell, her apartment tilled with skateboard thunder and Matthew chanting Flush lyrics. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Thanks, Baba,” Gogol says, eager to return to his lyrics. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

In the woods, they built hideouts and sang forbidden songs, making up irreverent lyrics for the Hitler Youth songs. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her dialect deepened as she spoke, abandoning the smooth lyrics she had been trained to use when she worked in the houses of white men. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I am writing the lyrics down, trying to catch each word before it's gone then reading them back, out loud to my mother. Brown Girl Dreaming 2014-08-28T00:00:00Z

How did she know I loved to write song lyrics? A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

There’s something in the lyrics about feeling all alone when pretty birds have flown that I don’t quite understand. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

“What if I help you with lyrics for your song and you help me with producing mine when it’s ready?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

In terms of the song itself, explore the meaning of the music itself apart from the lyrics—sing the melody of the song on a neutral syllable. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

At that point I began to sing a freedom song, the lyrics of which say, “There are the enemies, let us take our weapons and attack them.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not even a single lyric came to me as I dashed after the girls in the cart. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

We cheered and jumped and sang “I’m Going Back to Indiana,” messing up the song lyrics to announce that we were going to New York City to see the Jackson Five at Madison Square Garden. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

The instinct passed through me in the form of a word, a bold lyric, strong, declarative. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

According to the lyrics, we can do so many fun things as long as we’re together. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

But a few nights later, he again broke into song and offered to teach Shin the lyrics. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Their lyrics were about love, heartbreak, guys named Fernando, and places called Waterloo. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

I let my body ride the bass, and I mouth the lyrics to myself. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

My job was to rewrite some of the lyrics to “Blitzkrieg Bop” and get rid of “objectionable content,” as Mrs. Hidalgo had suggested. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I’m lost in the bass line, in the lyrics, in my sneakers beating against the stall door and not caring who hears. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“But iambic trimeter is fairly common in Greek lyric, isn’t it?” said Julian. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Many times the primary author does not have enough insider knowledge of the language, and has to rely on someone with that knowledge to help with song lyrics and other cultural attributes. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Every lyric of “Amazing Grace” is consuming me, opening my eyes real wide. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“And maybe you can help me with lyrics?” Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

It’s like that song lyric she quoted in one of her videos: “Don’t tell me the sky’s the limit when there are footprints on the moon.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

Mess Night was a testament of linkage, an evening that allowed for the lyrics of both form and ferocity. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I mostly filled mine with song lyrics, copied in my biggest, sloppiest handwriting. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Twice a week Leslie came and went over the lyrics with me. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Already I was scribbling down bad rap lyrics and bad poetry. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Finally, among all types of song, it is the song created by lyric poets that I find most compelling. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s their own fault for not knowing all the Schoolhouse Rock! lyrics by heart. How did those fools even get this far?” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The DJ is playing James Brown, and everyone is going wild, flailing their arms and screaming the lyrics. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Together, like the perfect lyric over a hip-hop beat. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“As they used the song to taunt school officials,” Sullivan says, “the lyrics seemed to have encouraged students to violently take matters into their own hands.” On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

The singing man on the corner named Bad Leg provides the lyrics. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

The dream that woke me, wondering anew about my name, was full of stars and whales blowing and the lyrics of the sea. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I could not understand a word of the Swedish lyrics, but it sounded angelic. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The tears start rolling down my face faster than I can catch them as I watch his deep-blue eyes, focused on reading every lyric off that crumpled piece of paper. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“I mean, the lyrics, though. I wish I could be like a bird in the sky? This song is my anthem!” Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

Darlene’s my chill spot: a place to share the lyrics in my head, the words crawling through my bones, the latest gossip running through Grafton Hill. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Having students hum the melody rather than singing words helps them hear the melody separately from the lyrics. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

With such confidence and no awkwardness at all, Lucas had mentioned my brother as if he were merely inside the house listening to music or watching TV or writing down song lyrics. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

When the lyrics kick in, Halliday begins to lip-synch along, still gyrating: “All dressed up with nowhere to go. Walking with a dead man over my shoulder. Don’t run away, it’s only me....” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Unlike Grandfather’s stories, which quieted the warring spirits within her with the softness of moonlight or the lyric timbre of a lone flute, Mrs. Rappaport’s speech thrilled her like sunlight and trumpets. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

On the opposite side of the record sleeve were the printed lyrics to all seven parts of the 2112 suite. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Nathan felt the hard, short consonants and the long, lyric vowels weave together. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

When it finally did, I sounded like I was croaking out the lyrics. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

I finally broke down and consulted the Mighty Googler, and now I see that it's a lyric from an Elliott Smith song. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Next to the door there’s a large TV where the lyrics will appear. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

When we listen to a song, a musical phrase usually accompanies a phrase of lyrics; a verse or refrain emerges from a short poem. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

I carefully slip the treasured book into my bag and, after a second thought, add the notebook filled with my lyrics too. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Many of the lyrics, as she suggested, resemble late-night ruminations, pondering life’s pressures, aging, the meaning of love. The Clock Strikes: Time for Taylor Swift’s New LP, ‘Midnights’ 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z

There was a certain emotional truth to the lyrics — do several years’ age difference ever seem more consequential than when you’re a teenager? — but some older listeners were skeptical. Taylor Swift and the Wisdom of Youth 2021-03-09T05:00:00Z

The dregs of the party wailed along, though they were pitifully rusty on the lyrics. It’s not a party without Joe Biden: Scenes from the correspondents’ dinner aftermath 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z

A mid-tempo rock tune well furnished with strumming and chiming guitars, it recalls mid-70s exemplars of Swedish pop, with lyrics that lean into tranquil mysticism: The Playlist: Danny Brown and the Weeknd Serve Up Twists and Turns 2016-09-30T04:00:00Z

They all laughed, and Jeremiah said that he suggested including the lyric in the song. A Songwriting Dispute Brews Over ‘Truth Hurts,’ Lizzo’s Biggest Hit 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z

Some songs were just backing tracks, so Clark sang lyrics to Weintraub so he could understand where he planned to go. Gary Clark Jr. was supposed to save the blues. But the guitarist would rather channel Curtis Mayfield. 2019-03-27T04:00:00Z

Schmidt says it isn't necessarily the similarity of titles that is of legal concern, but whether or not the exact lyrics "would you hold it against me" are used in the same way. Behind the music: If I said you had a beautiful body, would you sue me? 2011-03-14T15:18:01Z

The lyrics feature languages from Arabic to Zulu, as well as McFerrin's own invented words, and he's partnered by a fine local choir. This week's new live music 2010-05-28T23:06:00Z

He populates his lyric sheet with people who don’t normally appear in country songs, gilding their unfamiliar dramas in deeply familiar melodies. Brad Paisley’s country continues to expand its borders

Mr. Howard’s lyrics, unfortunately, are not particularly eloquent or deft in either comic or somber mode. | 'Falling for Eve': Joe DiPietro?s Look at Eden by York Theater Company 2010-07-16T03:54:00Z

Even still, the demo take of "100 Years Ago" reveals new textures of passion and meaning inherent in Jagger's heartbreaking lyrics. Inside the remastered "Goats Head Soup," the end of an era for the Rolling Stones 2020-09-26T04:00:00Z

The new 10-minute long version of “All Too Well,” which has been a fan favorite, is one of the top trending items on Twitter, with fans reveling in the juicy details of the additional lyrics. Taylor Swift short film has fans excited for her “Red” redo 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z

But to borrow a lyric from a later song in this ravishingly scored musical from 1945, “What’s the use of wond’rin’?” Erotic attraction, as cruel as it is transporting, is not to be denied. Review: A ‘Carousel’ That Spins on a Romantically Charged Axis 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z

It’s hard not to notice all the references to alcohol and other substances sprinkled throughout the album’s lyrics. A rough journey to new music for Jenny Lewis 2019-03-19T04:00:00Z

Together Fran and Wolf created the lyrics and music for Jay's unpublished novel about the Beat scene in New York, The Nervous Set. Fran Landesman obituary 2011-08-10T15:37:01Z

But Ms. Simmons is stubbornly detailed about unpublished and unreleased work, alternative lyrics, studio personnel, tour musicians, documentary footage and musical arrangements. Books of The Times: ‘I’m Your Man,’ Leonard Cohen Biography by Sylvie Simmons 2012-09-13T22:17:26Z

Then there are the lyrics, which relish various states of derangement and paradox. Review: Weaves Brings Sonic Slapstick in Shifting Tempos to the CMJ Music Marathon 2015-10-18T04:00:00Z

The lyric was, in part, a message to herself. Sadie Dupuis Confronts Her Darkest Memories on Speedy Ortiz’s New LP 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z

Its lively rhythms and her cheeky preamble might have put her mainly white audience at ease until her lyrics betrayed her impatience with those who asked African-Americans to slow down their civil rights demands. Art That Confronts and Challenges Racism: Start Here 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z

He’s forever filling up notebook after notebook with drafts of lyrics, the majority of which will be discarded. Nick Cave looks into his dark mind with ‘20,000 Days on Earth’ documentary

It features pizzicato cello and a subtle growl of organ, along with lyrics that revel in comeuppance. The Playlist: 21 Songs From 2016 That Nearly Got Away 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z

His solo album is drenched in lyrics riddled with depth about Ayer’s personal experience with love. Local Natives’ Kelcey Ayer brings solo project Jaws of Love to Barboza 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z

I thought Crystal’s voice was great and good for her, she didn’t change the lyrics.  "American Idol" recap: Take a hike, Casey 2010-05-19T13:01:00Z

Both the sound and the imagery in the lyrics suggest a kind of weightless, underwater dreaminess. Warpaint's patience is paying off 2011-03-18T22:10:00Z

“Heard It in a Past Life” is a collection of buoyant electronic pop songs, but the lyrics are unmistakably the work of an introvert struggling to recalibrate. Maggie Rogers Went Viral. Then She Had to Become Herself Again. 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

Having grown up in Detroit, I think of it as a Motown song, though it was recorded in New York, with music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David. Rembrandt and Gerard Manley Hopkins: How to Take Comfort in Art 2014-05-20T04:00:00Z

As he wrote in one new lyric: “When I wake up with a brand-new tune, that’s how I know I’m still livin.’ After Four Decades, the Swamp-Pop Singer Tommy McLain Rises Again 2022-08-24T04:00:00Z

It’s big too: The 400 or so objects include 60 of his performance costumes, 85 handwritten lyric sheets and an abundance of music videos, television clips and concert footage. From 12th Century B.C. to 2017, Art in Startling Variety 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z

The accusatory lyrics left many art-world observers wondering whether Mr. Barney planned to say anything in his defense — and what he is up to these days. Matthew Barney, Artist and Ex-Boyfriend, Gets Museum Show in Los Angeles 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z

She called the lyrics “trashy” and “inappropriate” for teens. Band banned from playing Bruno Mars, Fall Out Boy 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z

Its weird juxtaposition of subject matter and mood infect the whole song, which is possessed both of a beautiful melody and a lyric about people trying to escape a rioting city and drowning in sewage. PJ Harvey: Let England Shake - review 2011-02-10T15:29:01Z

Their explicit lyrics prompted local advocacy groups to set up a booth at the festival and pass out information to concertgoers about violence against women and gays. Wolf gang grins, but doesn't flinch 2011-07-17T23:23:00Z

Bieber’s team decided it was too good to just be the “lyrics” video, though, and their gamble paid off. Here's Your Guide to the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

I'm not a big Pulp fan but there's something about that song that draws you into Jarvis' lyrics. Pulp: a beginner's guide 2012-12-20T09:26:21Z

One of her travel stops in Mississippi was the Tallahatchie Bridge, where, in the song's lyrics, a young man jumped to his death. Rosanne Cash's new project takes her out of NYC 2013-05-10T18:14:09Z

It also noted that while country music has a subgenre known as the “murder ballad,” it is only the lyrics of rap artists that have been singled out. California Bill Could Restrict the Use of Rap Lyrics in Court 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z

And I think one reason that I was really comfortable with that was just because when you deal with the lyric subject, you’re just not burdened with that information. “Queer sexual bodies are despised”: Garth Greenwell on writing his debut novel and why everything comes back to Kentucky for him, “for better and for worse” 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z

As the '60s progressed, though, what became particularly remarkable about the Beatles to the couple were their lyrics. Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. of the Fifth Dimension on reinterpreting Beatles songs for today 2021-04-24T04:00:00Z

And it's not just due to the mismatch of lyrics with story. ‘Proud Mary’ has a ‘Proud Mary’ Problem 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z

The upbeat horns on “When You Lose Someone” contrast with the gravity of Eddy’s lyrics, as he struggles to figure out how to be there for a grieving friend. 2 of Seattle’s hottest live bands, Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio and The Dip, kept sizzling through pandemic 2022-02-02T05:00:00Z

Aldean, 46, has denied that race plays any part in the lyrics, or that “Try That” is a “pro-lynching song,” saying on social media, “These references are not only meritless, but dangerous.” Jason Aldean, Decrying ‘Cancel Culture,’ Has a No. 2 Hit 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z

Many of his most troubling lyrics are done no favors by transcription. Arts & Leisure Preview: Angry Rhymes, Dirty Mouth, Goofy Kid 2011-05-04T11:00:08Z

And then, two minutes into her performance, catastrophe: Smith forgot the lyrics. Review | Patti Smith looks back at a heartbreaking year 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z

For those who send humans to die in battle for notions like property and borders, it must seem simple: Sing war broadly, with your whole chest, with lyrics like patriotism, courage and loyalty. Maaza Mengiste Sings a Modern Song of War 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z

The video features lyrics "What does the fox say?" backed by a dance track The brothers sing lyrics in the video such as "gering-ding-ding-ding-dingeringeding!" and "fraka-kaka-kaka-kaka-kow!" Ylvis land children's book deal 2013-11-12T10:03:30Z

This is fitting, since he is played by Mr. Sax, who wrote the show’s score and, with Mr. Rosen, its lyrics. Theater Review: ‘Venice,’ by Eric Rosen and Matt Sax, Teems With Action 2013-06-14T03:18:01Z

Play and see if anyone notices the impossible misery of the lyrics: "All the dreams we had are dead . . . we might as well lay down and die." The perfect New Year's Eve playlist 2010-12-31T08:00:03Z

Bathed in a neon glow, they splashed beer from pitchers, traded jokes and belted out lyrics to a Taylor Swift heartache anthem thundering overhead. 2010-02-06T03:40:00Z

The lyrics elevate the album from being just another above-average R&B record to a brilliant release sure to top many “Best of” lists. Frank Ocean Pours His Heart Out on Channel Orange: Album Review 2012-07-10T20:23:02Z

Midnight at the Never Get, book, music and lyrics by Mark Sonnenblick. Review | Digital theater productions highlight the power of art without an audience 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z

So much so that they plan to ignore Ms. Perry’s often suggestive lyrics and bring their young children — both filmmakers are married, though not to each other — to the premiere. Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz Direct a Katy Perry Film 2012-06-29T20:39:34Z

Until then, here's a staple of the regular Elling repertoire, composed by former Bill Evans bassist Marc Johnson and featuring the singer's lyrics – formerly known as Life of the Mind, and now Samurai Cowboy. Take Five: John Fordham's month in jazz – April 2013-04-19T09:33:10Z

Since then, they have toyed with five decades of guitar rock, as Alex Turner’s lyrics detail a very British mix of self-doubt and pugnacity, sulking articulately about romance gone awry. New Music: 2 Chainz, Arctic Monkeys and Keith Urban Release New Albums 2013-09-09T22:11:48Z

Most metal bands don't write explicitly political lyrics, but then again they don't need to – simply embracing metal's transgressive freedom is enough of a statement. Why Ai Weiwei and heavy metal are a perfect match 2013-03-11T13:59:02Z

My voice is a light lyric soprano, with a bit of coloratura. ‘I Would Love to Sing Lucia’: A Male Soprano Comes Into His Own 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z

As the lyrics examine post-Brexit isolation, the music posits a very uncertain future. The Playlist: Beyoncé and Jay-Z Unite, and 12 More New Songs 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z

So while Cervantes provided a starting point, the rappers improvised lyrics that focused mostly on personalities and issues of today, like political corruption in Spain and drug violence in Mexico. Rapping for Cervantes, for the Glory of It 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z

It’s one thing — a complicated, prodigious thing — to write such fastidious lyrics, and then to mock that fastidiousness by rhyming “Hallelujah” with “what’s it to ya.” An Appraisal: Leonard Cohen, Master of Meanings and Incantatory Verse 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

Here and elsewhere the composer has a tendency to add rising “oohs,” suggesting a numinousness that reaches beyond the lyrics. Review: ‘Renascence’ Introduces a Thoroughly Modern Millay 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z

Miley Cyrus, who is recovering from an allergic reaction to medicine she was given for a sinus infection, sent her father Billy Ray to accept the best lyrics award for her single Wrecking Ball. Pharrell overcome at US radio awards 2014-05-02T09:08:18Z

Backed by a punchy, slithering, pulsating brass band, the duo blends herky-jerky funk, heady lyrics and techno touches with irresistible results. David Byrne, St. Vincent offer reprise of ‘Love This Giant’ 2013-07-11T23:01:50Z

Conductor Edward Gardner and the orchestra bring out the quiet lyric beauty of many passages while hitting the dramatic climaxes with thrilling power. A grim, ghostly 'Billy Budd' on British stage 2012-06-24T11:27:08Z

Individual pages will allow creators to upload videos, lyrics, images, outtakes all in the same place, allowing instant Twitter and Instagram-like communication with fans. Apple Music: Five things to know about the major iTunes revamp 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z

I've always thought it was really cool that Jenny Saville gave her permission for her work to be used for free after Richey described his lyrics, and I'm glad she did. The greatest ever album covers 2012-07-06T16:00:14Z

The title was announced more than six months ago, with the lyrics leaked piecemeal by the lady herself. Lady Gaga's Born This Way: first review 2011-02-11T11:05:00Z

Glass’s lyric setting has often felt straitjacketed by attempts to wedge words into his repetitive musical patterns. With world premiere of his thrilling 12th Symphony, Philip Glass continues to intrigue 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z

And most of Dylan’s lyrics don’t stand up terribly well as poetry: They sound great when he sings them, thanks to his gift for phrasing, but they die on the page. Dylan deserves the Nobel Prize: He brought sophistication to the language of popular music like no one else 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

But Grant's way with a melody never fails him, even when his lyrics are at their most dyspeptic. John Grant: Pale Green Ghosts – review 2013-03-07T15:29:01Z

King, dressed in a black leather jacked that looked like it could've been worn during the band's early club days, reacted to the caustic music and agitated lyrics with physical abandon. Gang of Four turn back the clock with vital, aggressive show 2011-02-12T11:21:00Z

It’s from the movie “Frozen 2,” one of her kids’ favorites, but the lyrics are pretty grim. On a hump day for the ages, Americans try to act and feel normal 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z

Instead of bearing down on lyrics to elucidate their meaning or to showcase a rhyme, she creates a complex character from whom words slide out as naturally as though they just popped into her mind. Music Review: The Cheeriness of Those Gershwin Boys 2011-01-27T22:43:45Z

Stylistically his music might be described as sub-Frank Wildhorn, meaning gobs of generic melody and lyrics stuffed with romantic and inspirational clichés, with dollops of ersatz gospel, all ready made for belting by large voices. Music Review: Playing a Jukebox Full of Show Tunes 2011-07-08T21:06:41Z

He writes beautiful music and I wrote lyrics for Julee Cruise in the “Twin Peaks” era. Sing Along With David Lynch on 'Dark Night of the Soul' 2010-07-15T14:50:00Z

The wistful lyrics — originally suggested to be about family strife in a film by the same name — lend themselves to another interpretation now. Why mariachi music matters in the age of Trump 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z

And she went on to milk the publicity by posting another Snapchat video of herself singing along to the “Famous” lyrics in question. The New Celebrity Diet: Cyberbullying 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z

Seth MacFarlane, nominated for original music and lyrics for "Family Guy," and Seth Green, nominated in the voice-over category for "Robot Chicken," kept each other in stitches near the bar. Emmy Countdown: Nominees party at pre-Emmy soirees 2010-08-28T19:26:00Z

Out of sight of the camera, an interpreter stood ready to translate any instructions from the crew, all hearing, while a laptop displayed the song lyrics. Making Music Visible: Singing in Sign 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

The album’s lyrics were inspired by Mr. Grohl’s interviews and encounters; part of the fun of watching each episode is recognizing the sources of the lines from the song that concludes it. ‘Sonic Highways,’ Dave Grohl’s Musical Travelogue 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z

This may come in the form of dreadful song lyrics: “Where does time go:/I finish the dishes, I go to the store; before I know it, time is no more.” Review | At 87, William Shatner has advice on how to live well. Should we listen? 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z

Those tracks backed lyrics that slung references to international strife and terrorism as well as self-assertion. Critics? Choice: CDs by M.I.A. and Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse 2010-07-11T22:31:00Z

We'll have heated debates over a flute line, a tambourine hit or a lyric. The National: gloomy ? with a hint of sunshine 2010-04-22T20:30:00Z

The series’s story lines and characters are inspired by Beatles lyrics. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Crooked House’ and ‘Who Killed Tupac?’ 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z

The new songs feature some of Ulvaeus’s most poetically bittersweet lyrics, with references to the difficulty of relationships and separation. After 40 Years, Abba Takes a Chance With Its Legacy 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z

The shining achievement of the musical is its winsome country and bluegrass score, with music by Mr. Martin and Ms. Brickell, and lyrics by Ms. Brickell. ‘Bright Star’ Is Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s New Show 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z

She jived on it, though she does not quite remember the lyrics: “It was something about all the miles of the city that he saw,” she said. A Song in His Heart. It Was for Her. 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z

Drill represents a shift from the socially conscious rap of hometown heroes like Common, Lupe Fiasco, and Kanye West to a more brittle and minimalist sound with lyrics that depict neighborhood violence. Chicago residents fighting back against Spike Lee and the Chiraq moniker 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z

The Maltese-born Calleja, who will be singing three major roles this season at the Metropolitan Opera, has matured into one of the finest lyric tenors before the public today. Soprano Martinez tries out "Butterfly" wings 2010-10-23T18:16:00Z

It’s deployed as the Act 1 finale, and the lyrics are used as such a literal guideline that one of the characters is actually “nibblin’ on spongecake” as the number begins. Review | Jimmy Buffett’s music comes to Broadway and, well, the beach party’s a dud 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z

They had both taken a break from filming to listen to some tunes, and when “Poison Ivy” by the Coasters came on they began belting out the lyrics. In ‘Secret Invasion,’ Ben Mendelsohn Faces a Turning Point 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z

But there are no lyrics to spell that out. Band runs Russian Circles around cliches 2014-03-13T15:03:11Z

Everything around these lyrics, though, suggests a dull and probably algorithmic interest in the sound of now. Halsey’s Second Album: Something New, but a Lot Borrowed 2017-05-31T04:00:00Z

The performances on Thursday were all too human, a parade of sensitive young songwriters reaching for introspective illumination in their lyrics and unusual harmonies on their flattop guitars. ArtsBeat Blog: Staying Undefined at the Antifolk Festival, and That's Fine 2011-09-23T07:40:41Z

I loved the music and none of it registered in terms of the lyrics. Maya Rudolph’s Prince-approved Prince cover band is keeping his songs alive 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z

Tuesday in the Hall With Stephen “Attend the score of ‘Sweeney Todd,’ ” Nathan Lane said, tweaking the lyric to the ballad that opens the masterpiece musical by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler. Music Review: Philharmonic’s ‘Symphonic Sondheim’ at Avery Fisher Hall 2013-01-30T23:29:07Z

The educational regime is one of "nicotine and collage-making", where teachers are referred to by their Christian names and pupils "doodle Jimi Hendrix lyrics on the margins". You by Joanna Briscoe ? review 2011-07-08T10:42:01Z

Although she knows her way around a lyric, her sound is neither distinctive nor compelling enough to grab your ear or your heart. Review: Sara Gazarek Exudes Confidence and Cheer 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

Mr. Gates has made a specialty out of vocalese, the jazz practice of setting original lyrics to a musician’s improvisations. 2010-01-08T03:51:00Z

“If you aspire to be a gangsta rapper, by definition your lyrics need to be violent,” said Charis Kubrin, an associate professor of criminology, law and society at the University of California, Irvine. Rap lyrics can be used as ‘smoking gun’ in criminal cases 2014-03-28T02:01:41Z

When I went to record it for the album, I told the engineer that I had to change the lyrics. Michael Kiwanuka Felt ‘One Step Away.’ Now He Has a Seat at the Table. 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z

Mr. Fernandez delivered the last reason, a lyric sung by Bruno Mars, through tears, and chose it because Mr. Mars is of Jewish and Filipino descent. A Heart So Full, Her Chipped Teeth Were an Afterthought 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z

Much of the material has rarely or never been seen in public, including the lyrics to most of the songs. Woody Guthrie Gets a Belated Honor in Oklahoma 2011-12-27T23:39:33Z

The distance between the 1970s and the 2010s also shows up in slightly rougher language and more openly materialistic lyrics. Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak Revisit Vintage Luxury as Silk Sonic 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z

“Don’t fake it baby, lay the real thing on me,” the choir joined in with a bold sound, singing a slightly altered version of Bowie’s lyrics. Finding their true voices in the Trans Chorus 2017-04-20T04:00:00Z

We recorded about five minutes of our playing and I went home and wrote the lyrics. R.I.P, the list pop song: Missing the lost art of rock ‘n’ roll lyrical overload 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z

Often the job of the music is to be clear and concise and get out of the way of the lyrics. How we made Beauty and the Beast 2017-03-13T04:00:00Z

He went on to write songs for Tom Jones, Michael Jackson and Buddy Holly, as well as the English-language lyrics for Frank Sinatra's signature tune, My Way. Mohamed Al Fayed sues singer Paul Anka 2013-06-05T14:00:47Z

Despite many complaints – including criticism from a member of the band – officials are not backing down, insisting the song's offensive lyrics make it unsuitable for broadcast. Dire Straits' Money for Nothing banned on Canadian radio 2011-01-17T14:14:05Z

But for the most part Kelly forgoes the sing-songy minimalism that made him rich in favor of more developed melodies, fully orchestrated arrangements and lyrics that are as much spiritual as sexual. R. Kelly brings back the 'Love' 2010-12-13T23:10:40Z

She privately honed her voice by painstakingly pressing play and pause on her CD player to transcribe the lyrics to her favourite albums and learn the vocal styles. Singer Ren Harvieu's second chance 2012-05-14T00:52:15Z

“If you listen to the lyrics of ‘A Winter’s Tale’ from the final album, you can hear and see everything in Montreux,” Freestone says. A Queen fan’s pilgrimage to a sleepy Swiss town where Freddie Mercury found tranquility 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z

“Some people think that if you sing a funny song and write some clever lyrics, then boom, it’s a success. ‘Spamilton’ lyrics are bitingly clever.” Now ‘Spamilton’ Really Can’t Miss Its Shot to Tease ‘Hamilton’ 2017-06-02T04:00:00Z

This year local musician Dave Owens switched up the lyrics to one of Nelson’s songs. ‘On the Farm Again’ Woman makes hay replica of Willie Nelson 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z

Happy End transformed the rock scene with poetic Japanese lyrics that somehow fit the cadence and rhythms of American-style rock. The Hidden History of Japan’s Folk-Rock Boom 2017-10-27T04:00:00Z

People don’t listen to the actual lyrics, just the chorus. Dee Snider’s still not gonna take it: “I don’t know what ‘great’ [Donald Trump’s] talking about. Is that when we had two sinks, colored and white?” 2016-06-01T04:00:00Z

Its lyrics were found to be "unacceptable", contravening the human rights clauses of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters' code of ethics. Dire Straits' Money for Nothing banned on Canadian radio 2011-01-17T14:14:05Z

Jazzy and swinging but solidly middle of the road in attitude, she has a warm glowing tone and a forthright interpretive approach that focuses on lyrics phrase by phrase. Music Review: Hilary Kole?s CD Release Concert at Birdland 2010-08-10T22:34:00Z

Nor is Reznor investing much in these lyrics beyond sharing his anxiety. Nine Inch Nails, 'Hesitation Marks' review 2013-09-03T16:31:00Z

It's deliberate, as Mixed Race sees Tricky focused on developing not his lyrics but his sound. Tricky: Mixed Race 2010-09-23T22:00:00Z

Come up with a snappy title, and worry about the lyrics later. The surprising stories behind everybody’s favorite songs 2016-10-19T04:00:00Z

The message of its lyrics seems to be the spiritual failure of Mr. Young’s generation to “save the world.” Music Review: Neil Young and Crazy Horse at Barclays Center 2012-12-05T04:50:08Z

Her script is like the lyrics of Bob Dylan’s “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall”: a simple list of things she’s seen that is full of mystery and portent. ‘About Endlessness’ Review: Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z

The songwriting is solid, until Blair tries her hand at protest lyrics: "War Song" and "Human Nature" have their hearts in the right place but deal in awkward generalities. The Fruitful Earth: The Fruitful Earth ? review 2011-07-23T23:05:47Z

The members of Proper are all Black, and in a genre where alienation is already top of mind, lyrics about navigating through whiteness stands out. Three emo bands fight the alienation of the online world by rocking out IRL 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z

Big Deal Lights Out Mute Artists Costelloe says it hadn't occurred to her before that people would assume that the pair were singing their alternately lovelorn, confused and intimate lyrics to each other. Big Deal interview: 'It's best if there's room to wonder ? ' 2011-08-18T22:00:01Z

She not only wrote the music and lyrics, but also stars as the show’s jester and sage, M.C. and balladeer, accompanist and accordionist. Finding Music in Shakespeare, Suffragists and Mitch McConnell 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z

Yet no one ever wrote less “beautifully” in the contemplative, lyric Hemingway fashion. Review: ‘The Complete Stories,’ by Flannery O’Connor 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

One song reworks Irving Berlin’s 1924 ballad “All Alone” with new lyrics about racism and discrimination in America, penned by the gospel singer Jermaine Dolly. Old Songs in the Public Domain Get Makeovers With a Purpose 2021-05-17T04:00:00Z

Yet his lyrics for “Lulu” verge on self-parody, a series of blunt objects that make “Saw IV” seem nuanced and humane. Album review: Lou Reed and Metallica, 'Lulu' 2011-10-28T05:34:00Z

The humor in Lerner’s lyrics remains pungent half a century after their composition, and Loewe’s gently soaring melodies still enchant. Critic?s Notebook: ?Jesus Christ Superstar? and ?Camelot? at Stratford 2011-08-29T21:59:36Z

He was so inspired by its upbeat lyrics and Astaire’s airborne rendition that he built the movie around it, praying he could afford the licensing fee. Whit Stillman and the Song of the Preppy 2012-03-18T05:30:57Z

We talked with the two individually about working together, the difference between poems and song lyrics, and the night they met at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Talk about that evening at the White House. White House event sparks collaboration between poet and singer 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

Assured on musical aspects, Breithaupt rightly deals with the lyrics as literature. Reading Steely Dan: The lyrical genius that helped define a decade 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z

"People start singing about 'This is a great moment, that we're together in one place,' and then they start improvising with the lyrics, exchanging ideas." T Magazine: Island Records 2012-11-16T18:00:23Z

Composed by Jones with lyrics by Lincoln, it’s not a career-defining song for either of them. Music Review: New Names On Jazz?s Honor Roll 2011-01-12T22:33:45Z

Her lyrics also delve further: to thoughts of heritage and identity in “Green & Gold” and to elegant extended metaphors like the ones she sang in a hushed ballad, “Wonderful”: Review: Lianne La Havas Sings of Love and Identity 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z

After all, they’re singing the same tune and sharing lyrics about the difficulty of being women who must put on masks to face the world. Review: ‘War Paint’ Recalls Two Cosmetics Titans 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z

And suddenly you’ll get the equivalent of a montage, where he’s interspersing newspaper stories, newsreel narration and popular song lyrics in an almost kaleidoscopic fashion. Why we loved the men and women of “Mad Men”: “They’re the only characters in television history who are 100 percent consistent in their behavior” 2015-11-29T05:00:00Z

Its lyrics are especially vague; its Madonna borrowings are multitudinous. Music: Girl Pop?s Lady Gaga Makeover 2010-07-21T19:40:00Z

Sometimes it’s freeing to belt lyrics that don’t belong to you. Bon Iver, Feist, Arcade Fire — and More — Cover Peter Gabriel 2014-01-06T17:26:36Z

Pasek had carried along some rudimentary songs — lyrics and basic chords — from high school days; he asked Paul, a skilled pianist, to help flesh them out. Their songs and their names will linger in your ears: Pasek and Paul and 'Dear Evan Hansen' 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z

The Strausses were ready with sheets of printed lyrics in 31 languages. Scene City: The Ultimate Hostess Gift, in a Song 2010-12-29T19:33:21Z

O’Connor can make lyrics like these sound sympathetic, righteous. Listen to Sinéad O’Connor 2014-11-05T05:00:00Z

All of these interests converge in his insanely detailed analyses of the symbolism of pop videos and lyrics. Lady Gaga and the New World Order 2010-07-01T20:59:00Z

“Sometimes people leave you/ halfway through the wood,” the vivacious Williams sang, in a lyric from the Sondheim-James Lapine musical “Into the Woods.” Perspective | Renée Fleming and Vanessa Williams sang at the Kennedy Center. And it turned the electricity back on. 2020-09-27T04:00:00Z

“Don’t even try to understand the lyrics,” Mr. Vander told the audience on Monday night at Le Poisson Rouge, where Magma finished the United States part of an international tour. Review: Magma Plays Prog-Rock at Le Poisson Rouge 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z

The songs are distinguished by beautiful vocal lines and playful lyrics that aren't afraid to be silly, particularly when the gang from Dan's head pops in. 'Frozen' team premieres 'Up Here,' a quirky, pleasing, undercooked musical 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z

Then and now Mr. Tweedy puts melody first, while his lyrics flicker between the oblique and the candid. Music Review: Wilco at Central Park SummerStage - Review 2011-09-25T22:40:39Z

It turns out those lyrics made a particular impact on his bride-to-be. John Legend talks 'Love In The Future' 2013-04-17T00:14:07Z

The strength of his voice was understandably overlooked on his debut, but it comes into its own here: a high, aching croon that adds an appealing touch of self-doubt to the hardest-hitting lyrics. Plan B: The Defamation of Strickland Banks 2010-04-08T14:27:00Z

And then, suddenly, the song turns ecstatic: An orchestra appears, her voice multiplies, the lyrics splinter from sentences to incantations: “transcend!” With ‘Divers,’ Joanna Newsom Is Clinging to Her Every Word 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z

At the benefit songwriters chose lyrics that touched on faith, freedom and the power of love. Music Review | Tibet House Benefit: Boisterous Bliss in Celebration of an Iron Tiger Year 2010-03-01T05:55:00Z

Some acts - 50 Cent, Eminem - have retreated to safe ground, making darker beats and tougher lyrics to appeal to their hardcore audience. Sister Act 2010-04-27T07:13:00Z

A sheaf of papers with handwritten song lyrics was in the guitar case and PBS took them to an expert, Jeff Gold, who said the handwriting matched Dylan's. Ownership of Dylan's historic guitar in dispute 2012-07-12T04:05:11Z

They gush with words, and since the singer-songwriter was accompanied by just three other musicians Thursday night at the Lincoln Theatre, many of the lyrics were audible. Joanna Newsom, unconventional in every way 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z

Still, “Plastic Doll” is compelling because although it’s got that “Fame Monster” gleam on the surface, its lyrics shatter that image into sharp pieces. Here’s the Lady. Where’s the Gaga? 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z

“But the melody is very complex, and the lyrics are very personal. So for me, the question is whether it’s suitable for singing together.” Denmark Has a National Songbook. Should It Mention Ramadan? 2019-08-12T04:00:00Z

Her youth-based lyrics made her a hit with her teen peers. Taylor Swift ready to "Speak Now" with third album 2010-10-15T22:29:00Z

Guare, who provided the necessary new lyrics, recently declined to comment on the experience, having “closed the door” on it ages ago. A Golden Team, a Terrible Title and a Show That Vanished 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z

A publicist for the Rev. Al Sharpton says he is attempting to arrange a meeting between the parties to work out differences over Wayne's vulgar reference to Till in a song lyric. Till family calls for meeting with Lil Wayne 2013-05-03T01:31:12Z

In fact, there's something infectiously joyous about it: you get the sense the duo love the original too much to let a small matter like the inappropriateness of the lyrics preclude them from covering it. AlunaGeorge: Body Music – review 2013-07-25T14:30:01Z

Her loyalty is more to aura than to lyric or, for that matter, idiom: she slips from jazz to country easily. Music Review | Norah Jones: Norah Jones?s Moody Notes at Madison Square Garden 2010-03-29T04:45:00Z

Clark will include a song for which she wrote the lyrics, "Starting all Over." Downtown and all around New York with Petula Clark 2012-01-24T17:55:42Z

Even his poetic, gnomic lyrics feel like a nod to the pageantry of the day. New Music: Releases From Kurt Feldman, Elle Varner and Marcus Miller 2012-08-06T22:24:05Z

“Sleep Now in the Fire” was rowdy and tart, and “Guerrilla Radio” used groove to drive home agitated lyrics. Rage Against the Machine Returns for Fresh Battles 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z

Ms. Franklin made small but crucial adjustments to the lyrics. How Aretha Franklin’s ‘Respect’ Became a Battle Cry for Musicians Seeking Royalties 2018-08-18T04:00:00Z

This was serious stuff for a folk-rock band previously concerned with lyrics about love. Jon Savage on song: The Dovers open their Third Eye 2010-10-04T12:55:00Z

Reading the lyrics and listening to the record, I'm floored it was finished before lockdown. "I'm a Scottish witch, I think": Shirley Manson on the prescient lyrics in Garbage's dark new album 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z

Mr. Zechory and Mr. Lehman, both 31, are the founders of Genius.com, an ambitious Brooklyn-based start-up that allows its users to annotate song lyrics and any other text available on the Internet. Anger Management: Why the Genius Founders Turned to Couples Therapy 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z

Mr. Alex’s lyrics grapple with fading youth in songs like “Too Late to Die Young,” but in most songs he simply clings to noise and music to keep feeling “young and alive.” Review: Beach Slang Arrives From Philly, Prepared to Punch 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z

Does that determine to what extent you put lyrics in your songs that could be deciphered? Madonna: 'Caring about what people think is the death of all artists' 2015-03-10T04:00:00Z

Those songs are awfully well-constructed and exactingly played; there’s a hint of Paul Simon in Scheuer’s easy, knowing lyrics and disciplined musicianship. Singer-guitarist Benjamin Scheuer purrs his life and times in ‘The Lion’ 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z

“Don’t bring your black cloud to bed,” he texted her, in what became a lyric in “The Devil Beneath My Feet.” A Dark Prince Steps Into the Light 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

The epic tone of the music offsets the lyrics, enabling the album to be both deeply personal yet also vague enough to mean different things to different people. The Antlers' kiss of death 2010-05-13T21:50:00Z

Ostensibly, it’s about a washed-up businessman who unearths his dead son’s lyrics and starts playing haunted folk songs at an open-mic session. William H Macy: ‘I’m scared and horny like a 14-year-old-boy’ 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z

The song includes the lyrics, “We’re all members of the animal kingdom. Leave your brothers and sisters in the sea.” PETA offers pro-vegan Prince song as free download 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z

Its telegraphic lyrics pack far-reaching implications into a few words; its succinct melodies harbor nervy sonic experimentation. The Playlist: Missy Elliott Reappears With a Boast, and Wire Returns With a Blast 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

There is also the possibility that using lyrics as text reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of how a picture book works. Bob Dylan and Will Smith: Children’s Authors? 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z

Most of the dialogue is verbatim interviews, playing over phantasmagoric images that serve as music to the show’s lyrics. Life Is More Like a Simulation. On These Shows, So Is Death. 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z

And then there was the music itself, as immortalized on that infamous record: a fascinatingly dreadful stew of out-of-tune guitars, skittering drums and affectless vocals bleating out naïve, often haunting lyrics. Sad and Haunted Girls Who Couldn?t Play Worth a Lick 2011-05-22T00:45:25Z

As the project progressed, Vales, Gala’s composer-in-residence, signed on to handle the score and lyrics. Music and poetry leaven a heavy subject 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

He’s telling you as much in his lyrics. Review: ‘The Colour in Anything’ Mourns Lost Connections 2016-05-08T04:00:00Z

Swift’s use of her own life experiences as grist for her lyrics has made her the subject of tiresome jokes, but has also become a central part of her identity. Is Taylor Swift's 'Bad Blood' About Katy Perry? A Textual Analysis 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z

The lyrics on “Rebel Heart” feel almost violently resistant to wisdom, as if espousing even the slightest air of sophistication might remind the planet that Madonna is now 56 years old. Be still, the unseemly beating of Madonna’s “Rebel Heart” 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z

One of Alex’s teammates, who is of Indian descent, rapped along with the lyrics, which include a racist slur. Tales From the Teenage Cancel Culture 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z

Neither it nor any of his lyrics read well on the page. Ryley Walker explores a pastoral past with mesmerizing folk set at the Echo 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z

An accompanying lyric video features animation of Michael over the years. Late pop idol George Michael returns with new song 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z

But of course she got the essence of the book, sucked it in, and transmogrified it in her teen-aged soul, and she knew how to keen those lyrics like a ghost ceaselessly yearning. The Enduring, Incandescent Power of Kate Bush 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z

For acting principal clarinet Jessica Phillips, hearing French lyrics while Italian words are in her music can be disconcerting at times. Verdi’s ‘Don Carlos’ arrives at Met Opera in original French 2022-02-28T05:00:00Z

The lyrics of “The Bridge” offer the last words of a pregnant woman about to jump to her death, on the spot she first kissed the lover who deserted her. Dolly Parton, American icon: Why everything's coming up Dolly now 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z

For Gregory Orr, one of our most esteemed lyric poets, the answer is to embrace language and to grow “through this/ Deepening I didn’t choose.” Review | ‘The Last Love Poem I Will Ever Write’ and other best poetry of the month 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z

On the third evening, on another beach, the lyrics were provided. Explorer: An Aimless Sailing Trip Off Palawan in the Philippines 2012-03-09T23:12:36Z

“I taught a song performance class this last semester,” she said, “and I kept telling them, ‘I don’t care how you sound, I care about the lyrics.’ ” A Big Belter Who Found a True Voice 2011-05-13T23:00:44Z

Last fall, as they began filming, the producers asked Mr. Dylan to appear on the show and examine the guitar and lyrics. ArtsBeat: A Dispute Over a Famous Dylan Guitar 2012-07-12T18:00:10Z

She asks for what she calls “noodles,” which Kron described as “bits of lyric that didn’t make it into the lyric I built for her.” Jeanine Tesori’s Gift: Conjuring the Storytelling Potency of Music 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z

During a break in the recording Mr. Marley took a moment to clarify his lyrics on “The Promised Land.” Damian Marley and Nasir Jones in ?Distant Relatives? 2010-05-13T17:54:00Z

Music, from this perspective, offers a way to learn about the therapeutic method of the Stoics in a way that goes beyond the contemplation of philosophical lyrics. How Stoicism influenced music from the French Renaissance to Pink Floyd 2022-09-03T04:00:00Z

I always considered this, in tone and syntax, to be the most explicitly Yiddish of their lyrics, and assumed that Horovitz, who delivers the line on the record, was the one who wrote it. A Capacious New History of the Beastie Boys by the Two Who Remain 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z

Their debut album is chock full of well-crafted power-pop tunes and guitar riffs, whimsical lyrics and one of the most dynamic rhythm sections in the country. Putting the world's music blogs on the MAP 2010-10-15T11:52:00Z

Produced with David Mansfield, whose uncluttered Neo-Appalachian arrangements deepen the pathos of her lyrics and vocals, Jones’s record is an inadvertent concept album. She Was Deeply Moved by Refugees’ Stories. So She Told Them in Song. 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z

But like the sound of the album, the lyrics also seem more dense and strange, less prosaic than its predecessor. 'It's OK to embarrass yourself' ? Nick Cave and the return of Grinderman 2010-09-02T22:00:00Z

When it does, though, matters don’t improve, since the anything else is the return of the wild-eyed Ms. Laverman and lyrics that are now impossible to ignore. Dance Review: Swirls of Motion in Black and White 2010-12-06T23:25:00Z

Now she’s in a relationship that inspires lyrics like “I got naked right away when I saw you / And my love was like the rain when I saw you.” Martha Wainwright Tells a Few Stories She Might Regret 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z

In essence it’s a soulful house song, exuberant in tone and conflicted in lyric. Music Review: Drake Performs at PNC Arts Center 2012-06-13T22:02:28Z

A letter from the friend on the occasion of Ms. Lee’s father’s death inspires one of the more chipper songs, its lyrics drawing on harsh but honest sympathy. | 'We?re Gonna Die': Amid Catchy Choruses, Personal Tales of Life?s Brutal Verities 2011-04-10T21:32:33Z

Records with explicit lyrics in the United States have carried parental warning labels since the 1980s, and last year the Rihanna video "S&M" was banned in at least 11 countries. Cuba targets racy reggaeton in lyrics crackdown 2013-01-07T20:12:27Z

I saw Dylan live in 1974, at the Nassau Coliseum, and his performance has burned what is perhaps his most familiar lyric into my brain with a heat from which smoke is still rising. Our Favorite Dylan Lyrics 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

Last month, at a Standing Rock benefit concert, Apple performed a scathing, anti-Trump rendition of “The Christmas Song,” swapping out its classic, cozy lyrics for more timely ones. Fiona Apple’s Protest Chant “Tiny Hands” Meets Trump at His Level 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z

As the musicians explored her largely unknown catalog, Ms. Metcalf’s dry, understated singing allowed the lyrics to speak for themselves. Music Review: Traveling to the Stars, No Joy or Romance Needed 2011-03-08T21:29:40Z

You felt very strongly about gangster rap, and set up an early meeting with Snoop Dogg, Suge Knight and others to encourage them to reconsider their lyrics. Dionne Warwick Is Ready for an Encore 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z

Then I read Tin's dond of the week posting and went back to listen to the lyrics again. Readers recommend: songs with handclaps 2010-07-08T23:02:00Z

How did your lyrics for the record come together? From Fleetwood Mac back to Crowded House, Neil Finn weighs in on the band's open-hearted new album 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z

One lyric brags that the town is full of "good ol' boys raised up right." Bruce Springsteen and John Mellencamp can teach Jason Aldean a thing or two about small towns 2023-07-30T04:00:00Z

That suspicion is confirmed once the actors begin to sing — or rather, growl, belch and warble their notes and lyrics. | 'The Threepenny Opera': ?Threepenny Opera? With Berliner Ensemble at BAM - Review 2011-10-05T16:50:18Z

When it came to conjuring the era through the lyrics, the urbane, “playfully bawdy” couplets of Cole Porter were a touchstone for Shaiman and Wittman. How ‘Some Like It Hot’ Tunes In to the Jazz Age 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z

“Taylor is good because she has lyrics that work for her age,” Rose said. Taylor Swift’s ‘All Too Well’ and the Weaponization of Memory 2021-11-15T05:00:00Z

One criticism Palladium faced – and given the lyrics quoted above it's maybe not so surprising – was that they were some kind of ironic in-joke. Hidden treasures: Palladium – The Way It's Not 2013-03-26T16:31:00Z

King in favor of fast songs with lyrics not so subtly about sex. ‘Little Richard: I Am Everything’ Review: The Nitty-Gritty Beyond ‘Tutti Frutti’ 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z

Songwriters who drop scientific principles into their lyrics often get them wrong. Songwriters' bad science lyrics 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z

What linked Ms. Previn to the flourishing singer-songwriter movement were her starkly autobiographical lyrics, in which she described mental instability, fears and fantasies, sometimes wittily and at other times with a blunt, almost scary directness. Dory Previn, as Portrayed by Kate Dimbleby 2014-12-18T05:00:00Z

In it, Iggy describes his desire to write short, reductive lyrics and to never, ever write like Bob Dylan. Jim Jarmusch: ‘I shy away from sex in my films. It makes me nervous’ 2016-11-25T05:00:00Z

“Is it a blessing or a curse to be found?” the lyrics wonder. Movie Review: ‘Touchy Feely’ Explores Family Emotions 2013-09-05T22:05:20Z

The lyrics, full of carefully deployed proper nouns, simultaneously flaunt and dissect the privileged life, while the production turns manic and kaleidoscopic, hopscotching a world of pop while listeners are distracted by sheer catchiness. The Year in Culture: 2010 Anthems: From a Kiss-Off to Jolts of Hope 2010-12-16T19:28:05Z

Conner shares directing and lyric duties with librettist Stephen Gregory Smith, another busy Signature artist, and their interpretation of James’s famously ambiguous events leans toward a cycle of abuse. Adapting to the times: Mexican lovers, Irish terrorists and James’s ghosts 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z

Are the group’s lyrics reports of literal desires? Arts & Leisure Preview: Angry Rhymes, Dirty Mouth, Goofy Kid 2011-05-04T11:00:08Z

Finn’s lyrics provide a guidebook on how to navigate life’s divisions and fissures, whether personal, political or societal. What was shares the stage with what might have been in Crowded House vinyl reissue 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z

His lyrics, the raw words of a New York street hustler - poetic yet startlingly direct - set a template for his work. Lou Reed: In his own words 2013-10-28T13:32:31Z

Country Music Television pulled the video this week after accusations surfaced on social media that its lyrics and message were offensive. The History of the Lynching Site Where Jason Aldean Filmed a Music Video 2023-07-21T04:00:00Z

The album is crammed with ballads custom-built for Faltskog's strong soprano, boasting the sort of lyrics the singer is known for: songs about the sensitive, complicated nature of relationships. Faltskog reflects on ABBA, releases new solo album 2013-05-15T13:20:12Z

Though he grew up speaking mostly English, he studied Arabic to write lyrics, with the goal of “bringing poetry into Arabic pop music.” A Lebanese Rocker Caught in a Human Rights Incident Over Rainbow Flags 2017-11-10T05:00:00Z

For the crowd of mostly Black politicos and journalists, belting out the “Family Affair” lyrics about not needing drama or “hateration” felt like a release. Pent-up partying before — and long after — the correspondents’ dinner 2022-05-01T04:00:00Z

Indeed, the rose's poetic range has often been demonstrated in the compass of a single lyric. Poster poems: Roses 2011-04-08T10:04:54Z

Her “War” cover had lyrics slightly modified to allude to the abuses in the Catholic Church that she was protesting. The Night Sinead O’Connor Took on the Pope on ‘SNL’ 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z

His capacity to write remarkable lyrics and indelible melodies seems to materialise overnight, then dematerialise just as quickly a few years later. Here Comes Everybody by James Fearnley – review 2012-06-14T07:00:01Z

Mr. Emm played guitar, a tertiary instrument in this band, if that, and, frustratingly, sang in a muffled manner, taking lyrics that on the album were merely curious and rendering them almost completely gnomic. Music Review: Tanlines at the Bowery Ballroom 2012-04-15T21:23:51Z

The film was more interesting than the music, articulating a "cool Islam" and featuring subtitles to lyrics that were inaudible on stage. Taqwacore punks/Wainwright & Thompson 2010-06-22T21:40:00Z

The younger Cornell portrays his father as a paperboy — a job the Soundgarden frontman once reportedly held — biking through the city as some of his father’s most famous lyrics splash across the city. Watch: New Chris Cornell video tours Seattle landmarks through Seattle Times paper route 2018-11-19T05:00:00Z

Biz Markie, the innovative yet proudly goofy rapper, D.J. and producer whose self-deprecating lyrics and off-key wail on songs like “Just a Friend” earned him the nickname Clown Prince of Hip-Hop, died on Friday. Biz Markie, Hip-Hop’s ‘Just a Friend’ Clown Prince, Dies at 57 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z

Unable to walk because of multiple ailments, she sang from a wheelchair, reading lyrics from a stack of manuscripts by her side, and confessed that she found her physical situation embarrassing. Review: Barbara Cook, a Lioness Who Still Has Some Bite Left 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

The songs were hits, sure, but they were also unique, especially in the vivid imagery of their lyrics, which found new ways to describe jealousy and heartache. ‘Shucked’: A Broadway Musical That Doubles Down on the Corn 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z

With melancholy lyrics, delicately blended voices and careful, often Baroque-tinged productions, their songs offered yearning and solace in psychedelically turbulent times. How the Bee Gees Stayed Alive 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z

I remembered every lyric, like a catechism, and the whole thing came streaming out of my mouth like a glitter rainbow. REO Speedwagon will save us 2012-08-08T01:00:00Z

A different spin on hip-hop sampling by Dean — music from scratch, lyrics from other songs. Download this: "They Got the $" by Renton's Michael Dean 2011-07-11T16:12:06Z

Mr. Sondheim strongly defended the original “Porgy and Bess,” particularly the contributions of DuBose Heyward, who wrote the libretto and, with Ira Gershwin, the lyrics. Some Ground Rules for Revising Operas and Musicals 2012-03-11T05:41:51Z

The lyrics of one song repeat the line “Nitchpakroyd like an android!” Review | In Nell Zink’s ‘Doxology,’ D.C. punk and modern politics collide 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z

Some scenes are maddeningly inaccessible – there's a nagging feeling that the lyrics are the key – but others are mysteriously enthralling, sometimes ritualistic, often heart-catching. Rosas: Cesena – review 2012-11-09T17:37:01Z

In his improvised lyrics, Skone praised Cervantes but also said, “I represent the current poets.” Rapping for Cervantes, for the Glory of It 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z

But even if polished, the material would still be earnest and bland, mainly illustrations of the lyrics padded with gamboling and some sloppy clog-dancing, all smiles and no bite. Downtown Dance Festival's Echoes of Pete Seeger 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z

Mashrou’ Leila, which has garnered international acclaim for lyrics tackling sectarianism, gender equality and homophobia, has seen its events canceled elsewhere in the region following pressure from conservative groups. U.S. university in Qatar cancels Lebanese band talk after anti-gay backlash 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z

He later included a lyric in one of the “Rent” songs about the “model that lives in Penthouse A,” an apparent reference to Mr. Rosen’s neighbor. The Interloper on Avenue B 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z

The lyrics of the song stay close to this sentiment, with lines like, “The padding is gone and I’m sorry to say / I think it’s time for me to throw my chair away.” Watch Adam Sandler Bid Farewell to Chair With a Funny Ballad 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z

Adam Cork has provided an atmospheric score that would be even more effective if the lyrics were better projected. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe – review 2012-05-31T10:37:01Z

Ever an expert re-interpreter of her own material, Mitchell breathed new meaning into some of her most famous lyrics. Joni Mitchell Reclaims Her Voice at Newport 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z

Mr. Martin has said, in fact, that one of the arrangement’s highlights — the descending cello line, after the lyric “I’m not half the man I used to be” — was Mr. McCartney’s idea. George Martin and the Beatles: A Producer’s Impact, in Five Songs 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z

To translate the song "Rack City" into non-profane lyrics is impossible, but suffice it to say, it's hard-core misogyny: ugly, hateful stuff. Motherlode Blog: Remixing Parental Objections Into Rap Lyrics 2012-08-19T11:00:41Z

Though you might expect Springsteen’s lyrics to be heavy on the New Jersey specifics, he is in fact quite restrained in this department, favouring instead a more general sense of the state. 10 of the best Bruce Springsteen landmarks in New Jersey 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z

In Strand’s case, this meant lyric thought was imagistic, painterly, but also articulated in a voice unlike any other. Mark Strand, a revelatory poet of love and death 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z

If they were relatively friendly revolutionaries, with their pressed suits and bemused grins and professional politesse and their malt-shop lyrics, they were revolutionaries nonetheless. A really big show: tribute to a coup — Beatles on ‘Ed Sullivan’ 2014-02-04T19:49:20Z

Obviously, lyrics can tell a story that feels real, and the quality of the singer’s voice can reinforce that reality. Review | How do we know if Lorde is keeping it real? 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z

He's known for his satirical and poignant lyrics and his animated film scores. Randy Newman gets Hollywood Walk of Fame star 2010-06-02T22:04:00Z

Meanwhile its lyrics fling images of consumerism as brainwashing and distraction, and of partying toward self-destruction, none of which stopped fans from dancing. Critic’s Notebook: Calle 13 at the Latin Alternative Music Conference 2012-07-15T22:22:21Z

“You can see that in her lyrics. She had this uncanny ability to predict what was going to happen.” How Poly Styrene Broke the Mold 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z

With his lyric evocations and expansive lists, Wolf seems to be wanting to write a prose equivalent of William Carlos William's Paterson. SOUND: A Novel by TM Wolf – review 2012-07-20T21:55:01Z

An apology was later broadcast the following Saturday and Bauer said it was reviewing its music database to ensure no tracks contained unsuitable lyrics. Kerrang! Radio breaks Ofcom rules 2013-12-02T14:36:12Z

They were brought aboard after a 2009 run at Kansas City Repertory Theater in Missouri, with music and lyrics by another composer, Scott Davenport Richards. ?A Christmas Story: The Musical!? Aims to Become a Franchise 2011-12-05T23:16:05Z

“Blisters” set the tone of his work: dark, spare arrangements; lush melodies with virtuosic runs; and lyrics that draw on the gospel tradition to tell stories of anguished queer love. Serpentwithfeet‘s Sensual Ode to Drama 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

Not surprisingly, those lyrics were written for Swans, around 1997, but left unused. Never Say Never: Swans Return 2010-09-05T00:14:00Z

His tunes may be simple and his upbeat lyrics barely a step above greeting card homilies. Music Review: Marilyn Maye at Feinstein?s - Review 2011-11-08T23:59:31Z

On some dancing lyrics: "Let me fall like the dust that burns in every falling star." Ditch; Marine Parade 2010-05-22T23:05:00Z

These are, after all, the most exceptional lyrics. Hail, Hail Rock'n'Roll 2011-02-17T23:08:00Z

Droney's the word, actually – it's all very limited and repetitive, but you get the impression it's deliberate, as a way of drawing attention to the thing they consider most important: the lyrics. New band of the day – Parquet Courts (No 1,442) 2013-01-30T18:17:10Z

Its lyrics are calibrated for the audience at the old Northeast Washington club but could be adapted to fit different events. If D.C. makes go-go its official music, what would its official song be? 2019-11-08T05:00:00Z

That second one doesn't refer to the veal special, as this lyric sample tells you. Bridget Everett on finding herself in "Somebody Somewhere": "This experience is changing my life" 2022-02-20T05:00:00Z

McCartney's handwritten working lyrics to "Maxwell's Silver Hammer" from the 1969 Abbey Road album are expected to be the top seller with a price tag of at least $200,000. Beatles, Lady Gaga memorabilia in online auction 2010-10-06T21:54:00Z

In both cases the vocal and lyric got somewhat lost in the barrage of sound — though perhaps that was the point. Review | Michael Bowie gets funky at Blues Alley 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z

And Joel will have to see if he can live up to the song’s lyrics — or if, for the second time in his life, he will fail to save a young girl. ‘The Last of Us’ Series Premiere Recap: Fungus Among Us 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z

The group’s aesthetic evolved, marrying angsty lyrics and alternately chugging and wailing guitars. Mark Lanegan, Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age Singer, Dies at 57 2022-02-22T05:00:00Z

He predicts that country-influenced music will dominate because it tends to be less “disposable” in terms of lyrics and message. MTV’s Original VJs: 32 Facts 2013-05-08T15:23:03Z

In the poem, Reed describes Neo-HooDoo as akin to “the music of James Brown without the lyrics and ads for Black Capitalism.” In “The Haunting of Lin-Manuel Miranda,” Ishmael Reed Revives an Old Debate 2019-01-09T05:00:00Z

Mr. West went on to acknowledge the frivolity of his continuing dispute with Ms. Swift over lyrics about her in his song “Famous” while young people are dying because of gun violence. For a Little While, the MTV Video Music Awards Were Kanye West’s Show 2016-08-28T04:00:00Z

When the lyrics were done, the songs continued, often in wordless vocal harmonies over tolling chords. | The Antlers: Strumming Off This Mortal Coil 2009-12-17T05:48:00Z

A woman lifted her sleeve to reveal Ms. Dion’s lyrics tattooed on her forearm. Celine Dion Loves You. And You. And You. 2017-09-02T04:00:00Z

After a performance outside Prague, Mr. Topol underwent the first of several interrogations by the Czechoslovak secret police over his rebellious lyrics. Filip Topol, Rock Musician of Czech Revolution, Dies at 48 2013-06-26T03:31:05Z

How Magnets Work; Also, Giraffes In days “Miracles” generated numerous imitators and detractors; in some video responses listeners attempted to unpack the song’s awestruck lyrics. Spoofing Insane Clown Posse on the Internet 2010-04-29T21:43:00Z

It’s all that was wrong with the nineties encapsulated in one inane, brain-worm lyric. Ten bands I will be forced to listen to in hell 2012-07-11T14:15:00Z

The subject is erotic desperation, and the lyrics are racy to the point of raunchiness. Review: ‘The Wild Party,’ With Sutton Foster as a Louche Jazz Baby 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

It's Sedaka's second picture book using child-tailored lyrics, a popular marketing hook for other performers looking to bring their oldies music to children. Neil Sedaka turns his calendar girl into dino pet 2012-05-15T21:41:12Z

And so it becomes very hard not to seize upon lyrics – downcast throughout – and wonder if he's referring to that incident, and if he's accepting blame. Surfer Blood: Pythons – review 2013-06-28T12:30:02Z

I started with reading translations of the lyrics as I listened. It's more than just a parasocial relationship: BTS and their impact on my mental health 2023-06-04T04:00:00Z

He was equipped with three guitar chords, a screaming vocal style and an endless stream of punchy, provocative lyrics aimed at the Establishment in all its forms. David Peel, Downtown Singer and Marijuana Evangelist, Dies at 74 2017-04-09T04:00:00Z

The angelic yet longing lyrics from Bannister, "I don't wanna break your heart", are complemented with reflective synths that sound like a soprano choir has recorded the track with them. Explorers – New Band Up North #26 2013-05-13T16:00:01Z

However, musicians Lydia Liza and Josiah Lemanski are changing the narrative by remixing the entire song with humorous, but on point lyrics that emphasize consent as well as mutual respect between the two parties. This 'Baby, It's Cold Outside' Remix Emphasizes Consent 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z

So that no one missed the message of such numbers as “Evil People” and “Best to Live on the Good Side,” Kuti often held his backing musicians in check as he talk-sung the lyrics. Review | Angelique Kidjo offers intercontinental delights at Wolf Trap 2018-08-08T04:00:00Z

The jaunty melody contrasts with the rising indignation and frustration in the lyrics. Music that declared an era 2013-08-23T16:38:51Z

And its seeming serenity belies lyrics about a lover’s quarrel that doesn’t clear the air. Bush Tetras’ Defiant Return, and 10 More New Songs 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z

A 23-foot-wide video screen above the stage will display the lyrics and steps for the numbers, which will also include “Seasons of Love,” from “Rent,” and songs from “Beautiful” and “Les Misérables.” Spare Times for Children for April 17-22 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z

Five months after the case was filed, it was dismissed by a judge who said that the lyrics in question were “short phrases that lack the modicum of originality and creativity required for copyright protection.” Lawsuit Over Lyrics in Taylor Swift’s ‘Shake It Off’ Is Dismissed 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z

“If you sing the lyrics to yourself, the guy gets nowhere,” he said. Pharrell Williams Says He's a Feminist After All 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z

Among the three duets the happiest surprise was Ms. Franklin’s contribution to “How Do You Keep the Music Playing?,” in which her shivering airborne melismas underlined the lyrics’ fearful vulnerability. Music Review: Tony Bennett at the Metropolitan Opera - Review 2011-09-19T22:54:03Z

But now Jackson’s voice returns with lyrics, sounding suspiciously as if it has been digitally pitch-shifted. Arts & Leisure Preview: After Death, the Remix 2010-12-09T16:58:00Z

More than once, I’ve heard the show’s own lyrics used to explain how “Into the Woods” devotees feel about the adaptation. Why “Into the Woods” Matters 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z

Hers is a rich, gleaming lyric soprano with ample colorings and spinto thrust where needed. Triumphant 'Otello' marks Muti's return to CSO 2011-04-08T16:30:00Z

Singing melodies, Ms. Ono sounded high and fragile, as deliberately exposed as the lyrics. Music Review | 'We Are Plastic Ono Band': Amid All That Experience, Innocence 2010-02-18T00:28:00Z

OK, those lyrics don't work very well written down. The Wanted, Biffy Clyro, Bo Bruce: this week's new tracks - with videos 2013-06-21T12:00:00Z

The 2010 song “Industry Epidemic” by George Doman, known as TraGiC, responds to the lack of inclusion with the question lyric, “Hey public, what if your favorite artists had a disability like me?” After #OscarsSoWhite, Disability Waits for Its Moment 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z

And I listened to lyrics as if they would teach me some truth about art and the future and how to get boys to fancy me despite face/personality. Going to the Glastonbury festival for the first time 2013-06-30T05:37:00Z

"Adding a lyric which told the tale of betrayed love was a masterstroke and, as he did so often, he touched hearts." The soulful revenge of "Last Christmas," Wham!'s potent yuletide breakup song 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z

William began writing songs when he was about 11 and immediately latched onto the themes of love lost and regained that would dominate his lyrics for decades. William Hart, Driving Force Behind the Delfonics, Dies at 77 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z

New York’s Drama Book Shop sold out the first volume of his collected lyrics. A Sondheim Surge: Interest in His Work Soars After His Death 2021-12-08T05:00:00Z

It may jolt her to learn that Ms. Eilish once scorned wannabes, venting that resentment in her lyrics. Billie Eilish: Gen Z’s Outrageous Fashion Role Model 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z

Central time, which marks "7 hours and 13 days" — a lyric from the song — since Prince's death. A Minnesota radio station is arranging a nationwide simulcast of a Prince song to honor the late music superstar 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z

Show music was born a mongrel form, of course, when the lyric sounds of operetta became infused with the vitality of original American forms like jazz and blues. Tony Nominations Prove the Musical Has Lost Its Voice 2010-06-11T04:31:00Z

He said he is planning to release a book analyzing his lyrics, similar to Jay-Z’s best seller, “Decoded.” Music: Managing a Brand He Made Himself 2011-06-16T15:19:38Z

Ms. Remy, among others, has also won fans with lyrics that confront sexism and don’t shy away from rage. Pop Music Makes Way for the Post-Diva Star 2018-07-07T04:00:00Z

The group’s lyrics aren’t policy arguments, just epic portraits of misery that read a bit more realistically in their context. Music Review | Acrassicauda: A Scorpion From Iraq Trying to Sting in America 2010-02-24T21:34:00Z

One Polish drug maker borrowed "Koko Euro Spoko" in one of its commercials for liver medicine, taking advantage of the fact that the traditional melody, unlike the lyrics, is not protected by local law. Poland's song attracts extreme emotions, copycats 2012-06-05T13:26:48Z

She mostly sang in the version of creole spoken there, but even audiences who couldn't understand the lyrics were moved by her stirring renditions, her unpretentious manner and the music's infectious beat. Grammy-winning singer Cesaria Evora dies at age 70 2011-12-17T19:52:37Z

There are two meanings that I take from the lyrics. 'I have a tattoo of Bruce Springsteen wearing 3D glasses on my leg' 2011-02-08T11:56:00Z

Some of the revised and corrected lyrics are handwritten and others are typed. Unpublished Dylan lyrics to be sold in New York 2011-06-08T19:35:04Z

If this seems like heavy-duty nitpicking, it's a result of Oscar teaching me to examine every word in a lyric with fierce care, because there are so few of them in a song. Stephen Sondheim: Gershwin great? It ain't necessarily so 2010-11-24T21:31:00Z

“Tremors” has its share of dirges, and Sohn’s voice and lyrics stay forlorn and moody. New Music: Albums From Sohn, Oran Etkin and Pedro Luis Ferrer 2014-04-07T21:31:47Z

To Rubin, Tyler’s lyrics were a kind of scattershot poetry, a rap song in waiting. Review | How the crossover hit ‘Walk This Way’ became a major pop cultural moment 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z

Mr. Segarra brings a forceful magnetism and swarthy good looks to his performance, although his scruffy singing voice does no favors for ballads with lyrics like this: Review: ‘On Your Feet!’ Rides the Rhythm of the Estefans 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z

He brightened my days with his running commentary and incorporating the passers-by into his lyrics. Daily Rant&Rave: Lose the crude T-shirt 2014-09-18T04:00:00Z

Mr. Cohen, a native of Montreal, is one of the most admired songwriters of his generation, known for his poetic lyrics. ArtsBeat Blog: Leonard Cohen to Release a New Album Next Year 2011-10-20T18:25:42Z

But, for myself and Pete, they marked Bruce at his apex, a jumble of loose, jazzy riffs and poetic lyrics colored with intricate rhymes. The inauspicious arrival of Bruce Springsteen 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z

Custodians of Woody Guthrie's legacy chose him to put rediscovered lyrics by that icon of the American left to new music, in collaboration with the band Wilco. Billy Bragg: Barking's Woody Guthrie on 30 years of songs and activism 2013-03-26T17:00:32Z

“And although she has dementia, she has a great memory for song lyrics. She and Jamie sing together most of the day.” ‘Music takes her back to her happy place’: A woman with dementia is lighting up the pop charts with a pitch-perfect tune 2020-01-25T05:00:00Z

They even covered such titles as "Scrambled Egg," which is close to the working lyric "Scrambled Eggs" that McCartney once used for the song that became "Yesterday." Paul McCartney settles with Sony/ATV over Beatles music rights 2017-06-30T04:00:00Z

Mr. Ai wrote the lyrics in one morning. Ai Weiwei’s Music Video, Recreating His Detention 2013-05-22T02:00:13Z

They've just released their self-titled debut album and we think it's great, with really funny lyrics written in an almost scientific poetry. July's best new music from across the MAP 2011-07-18T08:26:00Z

Roy Orbison's Pretty Woman is a song about a change of mind A change of mind, when it comes to pop lyrics, often involves ending a relationship. Readers recommend: songs about a change of mind ? results 2011-08-04T14:27:52Z

Earlier this year, she posted lyrics to a love song about Diet Coke, photos of herself and her husband dressed for a Renaissance fair, and links to Twitter job openings. She Worked for Twitter. Then She Tweeted at Elon Musk. 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z

“Not tonight,” he could be seen mouthing — before being persuaded to trot out a few lyrics. President Obama's 'Amazing Grace' moment and the power of spontaneous song 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z

All but three of the singles come with decorative foreign sleeves with elaborate artwork, and, in the case of the Japanese sleeves, hilarious mistranslations of lyrics. Review: Box sets from Cash, Kiss, Jackson, others 2012-11-20T19:58:14Z

His crowning purchase was Springsteen’s old 1957 Chevy Bel Air, which is referenced in the lyrics of early versions of “Born to Run.” Bruce Springsteen Superfan Launches Online Museum All About the Boss 2014-06-30T04:00:00Z

For example, in the song “Black Cow,” Breithaupt discusses the “meticulously matched” vowel sounds of the lyrics’ inside lines. Reading Steely Dan: The lyrical genius that helped define a decade 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z

The producers, worried about offending Native Americans, took one obvious liberty by rewriting the lyrics of Tiger Lily’s song, “Ugg-A-Wugg,” calling it “True Blood Brothers.” 'Peter Pan Live!' on NBC, With Allison Williams and Christopher Walken, Mostly Succeeds 2014-12-05T05:00:00Z

The album stumbles somewhat when Hawkins isn't using his voice to its full range and sings bland lyrics about banal domesticities, making cups of tea and getting taxis. Review: The Darkness return, offering 'Hot Cakes' 2012-08-20T16:59:11Z

“Revolver” opens with George Harrison’s “Taxman” — a politico-financial gripe — and ends with “Tomorrow Never Knows,” an avant-garde cosmic drone with lyrics based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead. ‘Revolver,’ Newly Expanded, Shows the Beatles at a Creative Peak 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z

The theatrical giant, who died Friday at 91, was as complex as his lyrics, dogmatic in his rules and not generous with praise about his work. Perfectionist. Genius. Icon. That was Stephen Sondheim 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z

And it’s interesting because poetry is not the same as lyrics. White House event sparks collaboration between poet and singer 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

The catchy Green Day melodies are often hypnotic while Armstrong's lyrics are big and bold. Alienation sings! 'American Idiot' comes to B'way 2010-04-20T23:17:00Z

Sussman, who wrote the book and lyrics, said the show was “about the quest for harmony in what turned out to be the most discordant chapter in human history.” ‘Harmony,’ a Manilow Musical Set Under Nazis, Is Broadway-Bound 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z

Faraway and Madani smoked cigarettes and sipped steaming glasses of sweet tea as they recorded lyrics for their latest song, a tribute to cities caught up in the revolution. Rap music inspires Libyan rebels to defeat Gadhafi 2011-04-24T12:49:10Z

District Judge Denise Cote in Manhattan striking down copyright protection for the lyrics and melody of the first verse of “We Shall Overcome.” U.S. civil rights anthem 'We Shall Overcome' now in public domain 2018-01-26T05:00:00Z

With his masterful lyrics at their level best, Mike McCartney reminds us of pop’s ineffable power to transport our senses to another time, another place. Revisiting the brilliance of "McGear," Paul McCartney's brother Mike's 1974 solo album 2019-07-28T04:00:00Z

The Belgian electronic group Soulwax deadpans these lyrics in “Transient Program for Drums and Machinery,” which is both a free download from its website and the name of a touring project next year. The Playlist: Nicki Minaj Flips Mannequins Into Barbies 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z

Stanfield played a shy, emotionally damaged teen with a talent for rap lyrics. Is Lakeith Stanfield the coolest actor of 2018? 2018-11-23T05:00:00Z

Comparisons between the two artists were drawn because of their quirky, observational lyrics. Nash bites back 2010-04-19T09:40:00Z

Though it may not have been intentional, the song’s lyrics and mood gamely convey the sense of despair and worry prevalent in New York in the months following Sept. 11. David Bowie’s New York: A Playlist 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z

By instinct or design, the band responded with music that was tidy, systematic and seemingly imperturbable, even as its lyrics hold darker ideas. Review: New Order, Still a Clockworks of Suppressed Emotion 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z

I think he had a cassette or he had lyrics. Newbridge Calling: Scharpling & Wurster's 'The Best Show' memorialized 2015-03-22T04:00:00Z

The audience sings along whether they know the lyrics or not. Music Match: If You Like Melissa Etheridge, Listen to Serena Ryder 2013-05-28T20:59:36Z

In 2011, Gordon turned Re-Animator into a successful stage musical, with music and lyrics by Mark Nutter, and featuring copious fake blood in the “splash zone” – the first few rows of the auditorium. Re-Animator director Stuart Gordon dies aged 72 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z

The song's lyrics feature "allusions to the transatlantic slave trade, the Jim Crow system, as well as the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation," per Insider. "Do football, not wokeness": Conservatives angered over Black national anthem sung at the Super Bowl 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z

Dan's brain, as the lyrics of the title song "Up Here" wittily elaborate, is made more crowded by "Poetry, the pledge of allegiance/Piety, anxiety, reptilian instincts/Biology, ontology, the names of the Smurfs." 'Frozen' team premieres 'Up Here,' a quirky, pleasing, undercooked musical 2015-08-11T04:00:00Z

Its long, torturous run of Broadway previews has been — as a self-conscious new song lyric puts it — “a $65 million circus tragedy.” music: Playing UpThe MusicIn That Musical 2011-06-10T21:10:17Z

Through the early 1960s, the chameleon-like lyrics made it a vehicle for a wide range of messages, depending on which direction a given singer wanted the country to be “guided through the night.” ‘God Bless America’: 100 Years of an Immigrant’s Anthem 2018-07-02T04:00:00Z

There are also dance steps and stylised hand gestures that are the Japanese sign language version of the lyrics, with a teaching video posted on the official website for the pope’s visit. High tech-Japan uses AI in song to welcome Pope 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

The heat is in lyrics about desire, pain, betrayal and revenge. Review: Lera Lynn Mixes Heat and Cool at City Winery 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z

She did “Listening Wind,” from the second side of “Remain in Light,” with Loueke suggesting the wind in the song’s lyrics through eerie electronic-guitar lines. A Brilliant Return for a Talking Heads Album 2017-05-13T04:00:00Z

Plot refresher: “Romeo and Juliet” on the Upper West Side, with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Spare Times for Nov. 20-26 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

Nothing in the book, music or lyrics of this Tony Award-winning 2005 Broadway musical has been changed in the revival, which opens on Wednesday for a short run. Revisiting ‘The Light in the Piazza’ Through an Asian American Lens 2023-06-18T04:00:00Z

The lyric opera of Chicago benefited from the movie's snowfall. 25 fun facts about "Home Alone" 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z

Its melody is like the arduous scaling of a mountain toward a glorious peak, and Parks’s lyrics suggest an allegory about the challenge facing pop music — and the entire 1960s generation — in being taken seriously. The 1970s Brought Change to the Beach Boys. A New Boxed Set Celebrates It. 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z

"Good lyrics often do what you are taught not to do in poems: cliches, cheesy rhymes, mixed metaphors." A defence of poetry at the Hay festival 2010-06-01T21:40:00Z

Though some of the lyrics he'd already written were retained, he insisted that Sondheim get full credit — and full royalties. 'Something's Coming, Something Good': the story behind 'West Side Story' 2011-07-07T19:22:03Z

As the K-pop industry becomes increasingly international, more of its lyrics are being written in English, and agencies that promote K-pop acts are opening offices abroad. A K-Pop Star Didn’t High-Five Black Fans. Was It Racism? 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z

A few years earlier, he had eulogised “the black oasis, ancient Africa the sacred”, in his lyrics. Black Panther: does the Marvel epic solve Hollywood's Africa problem? 2018-02-03T05:00:00Z

But the next version of Black Country, New Road can’t help but become a very different band without Wood’s songwriting, lyrics and vocals. Black Country, New Road’s Perilous Triumph 2022-02-07T05:00:00Z

The intricately crafted melodies and lyrics of Sondheim improbably felt like ideal vehicles for the most disparate and individual interior musings. Review: For Sondheim’s 90th Birthday, a Collage of Aching Voices 2020-04-27T04:00:00Z

“To those of us who loved the Bergmans’ lyrics, Marilyn takes a bit our our hearts and souls with her today,” tweeted Norman Lear, creator of “Maude” and “Good Times.” Marilyn Bergman, Oscar-winning composer, dies at age 93 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z

But while his scathing view of mindless club culture, which he endlessly mocked in his lyrics for Blur, is still present, his wrath seems to have mellowed, slightly. Music: Damon Albarn's Operatic Career 2011-07-25T11:30:06Z

“Fail to see the tragic, turn it into magic,” instructs the Marilyn Manson lyric that opens the movie, a homily to guide Colleen toward her initial vows. Review: In ‘Little Sister,’ an Aspiring Nun With a Love of Goth Visits Her Troubled Family 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

Sample lyric: “I’m terrified of the future/ Scared that I’ll still be a loser.” Wallice, an Indie Pop Sensation from Los Angeles 2021-12-25T05:00:00Z

I don’t suppose Beck had ideas for your lyrics? Stephen Malkmus stares into the "Mirror" 2011-08-22T23:01:00Z

There is a debate over whether lyrics constitute poetry. Bard reputation: pop stars pick their favourite poets 2010-10-07T15:52:00Z

Here are Weird Al’s lyrics to the “Mad Men” theme, which are barely a half-step above Nick the Lounge Singer’s “Theme from Star Wars”: Weird Al’s Emmys parody reveals that he doesn’t watch TV 2014-08-26T04:00:00Z

We haven’t even written all the lyrics to the song yet.’ Carl Davis, Chicago Music Impresario, Dies at 77 2012-08-17T04:21:24Z

Royce said he started with poetry in English, but a Spanish teacher encouraged him to pen lyrics in his parents' native language. More US-born Latin artists win fans in Spanglish 2012-04-26T13:43:11Z

Their lyrics are a little darker than the romanticism associated with the `60s psychedelic bands. Review: Black Angels bring on modern psychedelia 2013-04-01T17:55:14Z

Well, all right, then: the band struck up a light-funk groove, and Ms. Freelon plunged into one last song, parsing lyrics with syncopation. Music Review: Nnenna Freelon: Vocalist Who Bends Melodies 2010-05-12T20:28:00Z

This is a band famous for their outspoken views, so it's unfortunate that there are no translations of their Spanish lyrics. Los De Abajo: Actitud Calle 2010-09-30T22:00:00Z

It’s hard to pick a favorite lyric, but I’m partial to this verse, sung by the cheating ex-husband in counterpoint to LuPone’s ghostly warbling: When Patti LuPone Haunted a Laundromat 2019-10-31T04:00:00Z

Gone is the brash and sometimes acerbic voice that characterized Mr. Adams early lyrics, replaced by a softer, more philosophical, and almost chastened tone. ArtsBeat Blog: A Word With: Ryan Adams Returns With New Album After Hiatus 2011-10-11T11:33:48Z

Even my long-suffering neighbours have given up complaining about the vulgar lyrics heard through the thin walls of my south London flat. Hidden treasures: Bytches with Problems – The Bytches 2013-01-11T14:59:25Z

Eventually more dancers join in; as they take small, mincing steps in unison — spreading out and converging back together — a lyric pokes through the melody: “You are one of those creatures.” Review: Exposing the Heart in a Brutal Dance of Love 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z

Knowing every song and lyric is to be mesmerized all over again. "Stop Making Sense" converted me into a Talking Heads fan 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z

Aracena said, “Her social awareness makes her special. She’s very smart in terms of looking at society and understanding the sociocultural emotion, and her lyrics can really teach you to feel the people’s emotion.” Mon Laferte Wants to Give You Goose Bumps 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z

Still, Al’s lyrics are as sharp as ever here, and lines like “You should never/ Write words using numbers/ Unless you’re seven/Or your name is Prince” have kept me chuckling through multiple listens. REVIEW: The Fun in "Weird Al" Yankovic's New Album, Mandatory Fun 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z

The songs for Porgy which Ira wrote with George Gershwin, however, were usually written music first and words second, which may account for lyrics like the over-rhymed It Ain't Necessarily So. Stephen Sondheim: Gershwin great? It ain't necessarily so 2010-11-24T21:31:00Z

Here are six lyrics that demonstrate some of the challenges the team faced as they sought to preserve the meaning and melody of the original, but in a language with different sounds and syntax. Six Lyrics That Show Why ‘Hamilton’ Is Tough to Translate 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z

Organiser Bob Geldof said the lyrics had been updated for 2014 because Africa's "booming" nations no longer faced a famine threat. Stars set for Band Aid 30 session 2014-11-14T05:00:00Z

For “Not Far Away,” she decided to write all the lyrics first, then add music, a method she repeated on “Consequences.” Joan Armatrading Is Still Searching for the Perfect Song 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z

Even today, when Gibbs' lyrics tend to the more oblique, they're still wont to release singles with titles such as Underage. Pop review | The Hidden Cameras | Bodgea Social Club | Nottingham 2010-03-19T02:11:00Z

He confirmed it: Haberman had the lyric exactly as the Boss sings it. Maggie Haberman and the never-ending Trump story 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z

Set over shimmering, elaborately orchestrated arrangements, the singer’s lyrics seem eerily well suited to recent events. John Legend ponders 'What's Going On' at the Hollywood Bowl 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z

One Jay-Z lyric appeared to reference West’s onetime support for President Trump: “Hold up, Donda, I’m with your baby when I touch back road/told him stop all of that red cap, we goin’ home.” Kanye West Unveils ‘Donda’ Album, With a Verse From Jay-Z 2021-07-23T04:00:00Z

Home and distance, longing and mortality are the polarities in the lyrics. Review: The Lumineers Return, Weary and Disillusioned 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z

“The lyrics are being used to prove the nature of YSL as a racketeering enterprise — the expectations of YSL as a criminal street gang,” Mike Carlson, a Fulton County executive district attorney, said in court. Young Thug Lyrics Will Be Allowed as Evidence in YSL RICO Trial 2023-11-09T05:00:00Z

Mysterious lyrics that can make one glad to be alive or want to mope in bed. Seattle's Nearly Dan is way more than a Steely Dan tribute band 2010-10-04T23:08:00Z

Do you applaud, awed by the courage and intensity of the performance, stunned by the grisly poetry of the lyrics, sensing history moving through the room? Strange Fruit: the first great protest song 2011-02-16T08:00:05Z

Then he’d leave me to clean it up and inch it forward while he took a long walk on the golf course to puzzle out the lyrics for the bridge. The Princess and the Poconos 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z

Their song, Satellite, features the highest incidence of the word - repeating it 26 times, accounting for 7% of the lyrics. Let Me Love You 2010-05-25T07:09:00Z

The move is as transparent as the cliche statements that dot his lyrics, big on earnest philosophical pronouncements and uncomplicated thoughts. Dave Matthews Band Caravan music reviews 2011-07-08T05:00:00Z

Many young My Chemical Romance fans took the band extremely seriously, and your lyrics were often about not breaking bonds or letting people down. Gerard Way Talks About His Comeback Album, ‘Hesitant Alien.’ 2014-10-18T04:00:00Z

Including Morrison’s final poetry recording in 1970, this anthology of published and unpublished lyrics and verses is a tribute to the Doors’ singer’s life as a writer. Newly Published, From a California Wildfire to Kendrick Lamar 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z

Lightning Bolt – Bizarro Bike This has the same attitude as Bike Boy, but with no lyrics and 25 times as much drumming. Readers recommend: hunting songs 2010-07-29T23:03:00Z

Plenty of rock ’n’ roll songs have been banned from the airwaves because of their lyrics, but “Rumble” was the first to be banned because of its very sound. An Encore for the Native Americans Who Shook Up Rock ’n’ Roll 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z

He was happy that he wouldn’t have to change his name when he went professional with the hip-hop lyrics he was starting to pen: A boy named Sue? Why not! I named my kids Yo and E 2014-03-22T23:00:00Z

“Final” is given over to lyrics about distant muses, beneficent ghosts, the nature of beauty, how we encapsulate a person’s life and how we anticipate its end. New Music: Albums From Sohn, Oran Etkin and Pedro Luis Ferrer 2014-04-07T21:31:47Z

Ms. Glaspy’s debut album, “Emotions and Math,” released last summer, was a fine showcase for her acerbic lyrics and quietly intense guitar playing. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z

The arrangements provide a plush, tuneful backdrop for lyrics that proffer sympathy but also twist the knife. Reviews: New Albums From Big Sean, Emile Haynie and DRKWAV 2015-02-23T05:00:00Z

Mr. Comstock is a conversational pop-jazz pianist and singer with impeccable enunciation who observes lyrics from afar and savors their wordplay, but is too fastidious to roll around in emotional mud. Music Review: Eric Comstock and Barbara Fasano at Metropolitan Room 2012-10-16T22:16:16Z

“The movie poster has my lyrics changed to read ‘killing’ for the Man every night and day.” ‘Proud Mary’ has a ‘Proud Mary’ Problem 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z

“By Sunday night, this’ll be perfect,” he said as he flipped script pages in search of some lyrics. Review: ‘Kids in the Hall,’ Rehashed for Adults in a Theater 2019-08-28T04:00:00Z

The most glaring is “Wombat,” a tune that needs to be approached as silly, but whose lyrics are delivered seriously, as if Phish didn’t realize the joke only works if they ham it up. REVIEW: Phish Keeps Things Fresh With Fuego 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z

It listens to songs, TV shows and movies and can pull up extra info like lyrics, actor bios and other information through its IMDb database. Bezos: Fire phone offers ‘something different’ 2014-06-19T04:00:00Z

Earlier this year, FGL surprised some listeners when it released “Simple,” which boasts a Mumford & Sons instrumental vibe and lyrics wistful for the days before technology took over. Florida Georgia Line could have been a one-hit wonder. Instead, they built an empire. 2018-09-19T04:00:00Z

Now, I’ve been changing it back to the original lyrics that, for me, make the song make more sense and more fun to play. Laura Jane Grace of Against Me!: 'This Is How I Felt When I Was 19' 2015-01-07T05:00:00Z

Even though she’s singing from front to back, we needed to adjust some scene work and lyrics and some songs to really get into her heart more. Tina Fey, Renée Fleming and Andrew Garfield on Their Tony Nominations 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z

In 2017, it was announced that he had donated his music archives, including tapes, photographs and handwritten lyrics, to the Wittliff Collections at Texas State University. Jerry Jeff Walker, Who Wrote and Sang ‘Mr. Bojangles,’ Dies at 78 2020-10-24T04:00:00Z

He actually sings the words “rock and roll” in one of the lyrics—and it blew my mind. Q&A: Pete Wentz on How Fall Out Boy Can Save Rock 2013-04-10T09:45:06Z

Perhaps Robert Pattinson, a tousled haircut perched atop a sheet of Dashboard Confessional lyrics, staked the brand. Are Vampires Cancelled? 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z

The slight erosion has been accompanied by a sharper attention to lyrics, which Ms. Maye delivered with a wry, good-humored warmth tinged with a sense of the absurd. Review: Marilyn Maye, at 88, Celebrating the Moment 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z

When she took home the award for Album of the Year at this month’s Grammy Awards, Swift continued to distance herself from the song, using her acceptance speech to fire back at West’s lyrics. Kanye West Maintains That Taylor Swift Approved 'Famous' 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z

And when he sang that Sinatra number, its lyric was a lie. 2010-01-08T21:05:00Z

It’s a glam-rock power croon, tuneful and strong, and he brings an actor’s expressiveness to the lyrics. Review | The fabulous Taylor Mac gives D.C. a sample of his reinvented Americana 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z

I did a PowerPoint presentation with slides, to illustrate my view of what makes good lyrics, and whether lyrics are important to songs. Jarvis Cocker Keeps Hearing That Voice 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z

Five years after her mother’s death in 2011, Bell, though emotional, was able to face a cache of photos, flyers, diaries, poems and lyrics. ‘Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché’ Review: An Overdue Close-up 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z

There’s also a song for Winter called “In Our Hearts You’ll Be” with lyrics by Stephen Page and music by Rudiger. Florida aquarium creates legacy for famed Winter the Dolphin 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z

Spalding, a composer whose phrasing and lyrics are unusual, is part Hispanic, African-American, and Native American. Esperanza Spalding brings Grammy-winning jazz to Europe 2011-03-31T13:46:03Z

Meanwhile, the lyrics run the gamut of teen dilemmas from girl problems to haters and trainers, only the milieu, the general ambience, is lighter than Skins or Kidulthood. New band of the day ? No 890: Rizzle Kicks 2010-10-19T16:07:00Z

Even at the height of her operatic career, her voice was a light lyric soprano, ideal for roles like Strauss’s Sophie and Mozart’s Susanna. Review: Kathleen Battle Returns to the Met After 22 Years. It Was Worth the Wait. 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z

It's the inelegant banality of the lyrics, delivered with a tooth-aching earnestness that, on the title track, tip headlong into self-righteousness. Jonathan Jeremiah: A Solitary Man ? review 2011-03-17T23:40:01Z

Despite the anxiety over the announcement, "Grief" works as an effective anti-single, full of slow-moving synth clouds and spacious drum clatters that lend a creeping unease to Earl's lyrics. Earl Sweatshirt's new album showed up on iTunes, and he's not happy 2015-03-17T04:00:00Z

It ends, predictably, with “Lean on Me,” converting the lyrics into obvious movement ideas: leaning falls and jumps that end safely in catches, a line of dancers holding hands. Review: Parsons Dance Is an Enjoyable Ride, as Usual 2023-03-16T04:00:00Z

It makes us wish that that old humming mystery had a lyric. Review: ‘The Road,’ by Cormac McCarthy 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

And singers approached the music like it was lyric opera. The Last Operetta of the Weimar Republic Returns to Berlin 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z

Lasnik said of the first time he heard the lyrics of Bob Dylan, who turns 70 years old on Tuesday. Bob Dylan, 70 on Tuesday, oft-quoted in court 2011-05-24T04:42:05Z

Little Boots’ lyrics are soft, about broken hearts and dancing. Music Review | Little Boots: Pop Singer Arrives With a Bundle of Gizmos 2010-03-04T00:00:00Z

But the lyrics describe Mr. Deacon’s struggle with his own apathy. Dan Deacon Shows a Changed Attitude in ‘America’ 2012-08-28T21:58:24Z

The story unfolds in three watery parts — Pacific, Oconee, Atlantic — with the logic of a lyric poem. The Best New Fantasy Novels 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z

For “A Kind of Magic”, fans were asked to send in art inspired by the song’s lyrics. Fans create their own 'kind of magic' in new Queen music videos 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z

The song seamlessly blends sparse electronic beats with warmly cool vocals and inspired lyrics. Artist To Watch: Lorde 2013-08-23T16:08:30Z

Her lyrics foreshadow their future Internet context: a girl in the corner of the crowd spots a guy she likes, and challenges, “If your game is on, give me a call.” The Beats Fuelling the Viral Dance Challenges 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

“The lyrics capture the zeitgeist in Germany,” he said. A Rock Band Flirts With German Taboos, and Finds a Huge Following 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z

Rotheray said that coming up with lyrics was made easier by the fact that much of the groundwork had gone before. Whatever happened to music's Jolene, Roxanne and Mrs Jones? 2013-09-04T12:16:03Z

It is also, surely, the first hip-hop record to feature the lyric "I need the bailout money to stimulate the economy". Wyclef Jean: 'Fans are calling me the new Dylan' 2010-12-05T21:30:00Z

The lyrics shine a light on Savage’s concept for the album. Parquet Courts: ‘Sunbathing Animal’ has a punk sound with surprising influences

In the words of Alan J. Lerner, W. S. Gilbert raised lyric writing “from a serviceable craft to a legitimate popular art form.” Music Review: ‘W. S. Gilbert and Broadway He Inspired’ at 92nd Street Y 2013-01-13T21:05:53Z

Sometimes, the lyrics just weren't coming to me, and he'd be asleep on the sofa but we would go out to get fresh air and some new perspective. Simon LeBon says Duran Duran was part of industry demise 2010-12-24T19:44:41Z

A few lyrics could have benefited from more time in the workshop. Get in the holiday mood with Carrie Underwood, Dolly Parton 2020-11-23T05:00:00Z

The music of “The Ship” is tolling and elegiac, while “Fickle Sun,” with lyrics about the “dismal work” of a soldier’s life, is in constant metamorphosis. Brian Eno: Ambient Sounds, but Political, Too 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z

The Beasties’ suit stated that video’s use of the song didn’t constitute fair use as the ad used “the Beastie Boys’ musical composition ‘Girls’ with lyrics modified to become a ‘jingle’ to sell GoldieBlox’s products.” Beastie Boys Settle Copyright Dispute With GoldieBlox 2014-03-19T14:39:25Z

You can't read these poems without feeling the pent-up energy in them, the focused, even frustrated compression, and then the occasional clear lyric fury. Little-known 90-year-old wins $100,000 poetry award 2010-04-15T15:17:00Z

It’s mostly just guitar picking and Lindsey Jordan’s voice, with little flickers of percussion and reticent lyrics: “Let’s find an out/We can start anew.” The Playlist: Kanye West’s Breakout Star 070 Shake, and 10 More New Songs 2018-06-08T04:00:00Z

"There's a bit of magic in that, when you deliver a lyric and then somebody delivers the music and you don't have to correspond about what you've done," he said. Squeeze is no nostalgia act – the UK band is thriving four decades later with its flawless songcraft 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z

"Being able to enhance the emotive quality and bring out the intent of the lyric and the artist's performance," says Buckmaster. Elton John, the Beach Boys and the fine art of pop alchemy 2010-09-30T21:45:00Z

I’m just as influenced by Bob Dylan lyrics or by N.W.A. as I am by Woodward and Bernstein. He Is a Journalist With Autism, but in His Book, That’s Not the Whole Story 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z

The excuse for the transatlantic excursion was “Adding Machine’s” London debut: The book and lyrics were written by Olney artistic director Jason Loewith and Joshua Schmidt, who composed the music. A theater-lover’s introduction to London’s multiplicity of stages 2017-01-19T05:00:00Z

He’s inventing all the time in the studio, improvising lyrics, dropping lyrics, making up bogus titles. Bob Dylan and the “Hot Hand” 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z

“I just started to listen to music differently,” he said, searching beneath the lyrics, “the melody and the energy — there were other things buried in there.” How Zane Lowe Became Pop’s Unofficial Therapist 2020-06-01T04:00:00Z

But these next lyrics really got me, and, I imagine, many others in the room: A Night of Wise, Tortured Election Anxiety with Jon Stewart and Friends 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z

The lyrics were changed each week to reflect the night's game. Hank Williams Jr. out on Monday Night Football 2011-10-06T16:35:07Z

This Summer I'll Make It Up to You is surf music made by people who took literally the Beach Boys lyric, Don't Go Near the Water. New band of the day ? No 1,080: Caged Animals 2011-08-09T15:48:00Z

Those conversations were the basis for the lyrics. What does a mother’s love sound like? Seattle Symphony’s Lullaby Project finds out. 2019-05-10T04:00:00Z

The title alludes to Korg's Doncamatic drum machine, while the lyrics speak of winding down: "Close the white book, unplug the brain from the game." New music: Gorillaz ? Doncamatic (All Played Out) 2010-10-06T10:28:00Z

Then came the anthems: first was “WickedSkengMan 4,” after which he asked the crowd to finish his lyrics to the next song. Review: Stormzy Delivers Grime Music From Britain 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z

The same applies to Mr. McNally’s latest tribute to the lyric arts. Theater Review: ‘Golden Age,’ by Terrence McNally, at City Center 2012-12-05T04:50:08Z

“He took his notebook and he went off to the bedroom, wrote the lyrics very quickly, came back out and sang it.” Sinead O’Connor, Prince and the Thrill of ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ 2023-07-29T04:00:00Z

The lyrics speak to a longtime, distant friend, as feeo — the British songwriter Theodora Laird — ruminates on the passage of time, on feeling trapped by ambition, on fantasies of freedom and a new start. Bush Tetras’ Defiant Return, and 10 More New Songs 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z

To borrow a lyric sung by the manic-depressive Diana, I miss the mountains, I miss the highs. | 'Next to Normal': Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley Lead New Cast 2010-08-13T20:21:00Z

The lyrics are too apt: There will come a day Youth will pass away Then what will they say About me? Television Review: Gross? Maybe. But It Got Me on TV, Right? 2011-04-06T18:11:34Z

“May Your Kindness Remain” finds Andrews delivering lyrics about empathy and depression with a soulful new fire. A Fall City dive bar helped Courtney Marie Andrews make one of the year’s best roots albums 2018-05-02T04:00:00Z

Some closely read the lyrics as he sang. Leonard Cohen's new take on "Old Ideas" 2012-01-26T19:22:52Z

“I would put music to lyrics that I wrote. It’s a gift.” ‘I didn’t just fade off the planet.’ Reconnecting with ’70s funk queen Betty Davis 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

And Tiger Merritt, the band’s whooping, quavering, slurring lead singer, doesn’t shy away from lyrics full of dreams, love and “cosmic mystery.” Playlist : Ache and Anger, Desire and Tenacity 2011-03-18T23:21:12Z

Ray Charles wove the restaurant into the lyrics for “Early in the Morning Blues.” New Orleans’s Queen of Creole Cooking, at Ninety-Three 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z

“You Know Who You Are,” its latest album, is a collection of indie rock gems that manages to stay energetic, even when the lyrics — by the frontman, Matthew Caws — delve into poignant territory. Pop & Rock Listings for Sept. 16-22 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

The lyrics are very personal and the production is not overpowering. New York Fashion Week: D.J.’s Who Provide New York Fashion Week Show Music 2012-09-06T01:34:10Z

With its sorrowful lyrics, it has become a common refrain at funerals. Danny Boy at 100 2013-11-10T21:39:11Z

Stephen Sondheim’s bone-dry lyrics supply one more maxim: “Nice,” Little Red concludes, “is different than good.” ‘Into the Woods’ Review: Do You Believe in Magic? 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z

Years later, following family tradition, my younger sister, the fabulous Baby Dee, wrote her own lyrics to two holiday classics, “Rudolph the Disgruntled Reindeer” and “Frosty the Manic-Depressive Snowman.” Comma Queen: A Grammarian’s Xmas 2018-12-18T05:00:00Z

In the movie, the lyrics pour across the screen, as intimate and immediate to Javed as the poetry he has been secretly writing. Finding Salvation in Springsteen From a London Suburb 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z

Later in the track, he repeats the following lyrics: “All we wanna do is break the chains off / All we wanna do is be free.” Listen to the Emotional New Song J. Cole Released in Response to the Michael Brown Shooting 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z

He put it on full blast, singing along to the wonderfully cheesy lyrics. Family life 2012-07-20T23:05:04Z

Kinosian's music is a bit more insinuating than Blair's occasionally flat-footed lyrics. 'Murder for Two' offers exhaustingly manic music, comedy 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

It turned out, though, that my Emerson students were then listening to songs by the B-52’s with lyrics like “Why don’t you dance with me? I’m not no Limburger.” When a Critic Put on the ‘Best of All American Operas’ 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z

He and a group of dancers then erupted into a jubilant parody of the hit, "Uptown Funk," with the lyrics, "Forget the Oscars -- Hallelujah! Forget the Emmys -- Hallelujah! Forget the Globes -- Hallelujah!" NAACP Image Awards: Diversity, politics and a stunning 'Selma' snub 2015-02-07T05:00:00Z

Her voice shows some wear, though she uses its grain to suggest the bittersweet memories in the lyrics. Music Review: Flowering in the Present, but With Deep Roots in the Past 2010-03-01T23:00:00Z

“Tropicália” melts down a tuneful carnival march with eerie orchestration, while its lyrics obliquely sketch a nation’s cultural manifesto. The Essentials of Brazilian Music for Olympic Listening 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z

It’s a perfectly fine idea, but you won’t understand what a lot of the repeated lyrics in the early numbers mean until late in the show. Review: In ‘Kid Victory,’ Rescued but Not Free 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z

Its softer focus and more thoughtful lyrics lifted the title track and “Helluva Life” into the Top 10 country charts, though it also skirted close to adult contemporary territory. Bluegrass and country alert — Hot Rize, Frankie Ballard play Neptune | Concert preview 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z

Writing English lyrics for Spanish melodies, Mr. Drake scored his first big hits in the 1940s with “Tico-Tico” and “The Rickety Rickshaw Man,” which sold more than a million copies. Ervin Drake, Composer of Pop Songs, Dies at 95 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

Ms. Netrebko, who opened the Met’s season starring in a new production of Donizetti’s “Anna Bolena,” may not have the light lyric coloratura voice of some classic Manons, and her singing was not flawless. Music Review: Anna Netrebko in ?Manon? at Metropolitan Opera 2012-03-27T22:50:54Z

For some songs he rehearsed passages of the lyrics he translated into Japanese in his own words, adding historical background that included racial and social disparities while conveying the message of anger, sorrow and love. Murakami plays antiwar songs on radio to protest Ukraine war 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z

He says he regularly posts lyrics and listens to “great music” in his car. James sorry for posting rapper’s ‘Jewish money’ lyric 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z

It’s kind of the same thing as the Flaming Lips, where there are these really melancholy lyrics and melodies yet it’s extremely uplifting. Tame Impala and the lonely pursuit of perfection 2012-11-08T18:56:00Z

Again, the satanic messaging was largely theatrical: occult symbolism, demonic lyrics and horror-movie guitar riffs. Devil's advocate: are satanists now the good guys in the fight against the evangelical right? 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z

Listening to the new record is like eavesdropping on a pub conversation – in his lyrics, leader Roy Stride is Mr Ordinary talking to his mates. Scouting for Girls: Everybody Wants to Be on TV 2010-04-08T22:30:00Z

Mr. Cooper and Mr. Lewis, both with lustrous voices, bring soaring, plush sound to their numbers — and LaTouche’s often-witty lyrics are showcased with particular finesse in Mr. Lewis’s “It’s Not So Bad to Be Good.” Review: God and Devil Gamble on a Soul in ‘Cabin in the Sky’ 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z

Prosecutors argue that such videos and lyrics can be a highly useful addition to traditional evidence. Using Rap Lyrics as Damning Evidence Stirs Legal Debate 2014-03-26T23:01:35Z

Although the lyrics say “Reach out in the darkness,” an executive of Verve Forecast Records, the label that released the record, gave it the title “Reach Out of the Darkness.” Jim Post, Known for a Memorably ‘Groovy’ Hit Song, Dies at 82 2022-09-24T04:00:00Z

In “I’m Still Standing,” the stalwart melody underscores lyrics that embrace the physical changes brought by time, which, Ian said, explains the white hair and lack of makeup she proudly sported in our interview. Janis Ian Lets Her Music Speak Her Mind (One Last Time) 2022-01-17T05:00:00Z

When we see Wagner muddling up the lyrics of Bat Out Of Hell and accidentally blurting out "Like a gnat of a bell", we actually see ourselves. What can we learn from 2010's reality TV shows? 2010-12-27T11:30:00Z

A singing actress who pays close attention to song lyrics, Ms. Burt has two very distinct voices. Music Review | Clare Burt: Crooning and Belting at the Metropolitan Room 2010-03-11T22:55:00Z

Some of the lyrics are so absurdist and dumb that you need to ground them in like a real song for it to fly. Meet the breakout stars of "Dicks: The Musical" (all four of them) 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z

Because it’s best for patterns, not content, he ends up with several dicey lyrics, chosen for rhythm above all. New Music: New Music From Miguel Zen?n and Red Hot Chili Peppers 2011-08-29T22:37:58Z

To be considered, songs must be new and contain lyrics in Spanish, Portuguese “or Indigenous dialects of our region, regardless of where such product was recorded or released,” according to a statement from the academy. Bad Bunny Leads 2022 Latin Grammy Nominations With 10 2022-09-20T04:00:00Z

The clarinetist Anthony McGill offered lilting sweetness in an arrangement of “Lonely House” from Kurt Weill’s “Street Scene,” for which Hughes wrote the lyrics. Review: Exploring Langston Hughes in Song, Locally 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z

Homeland, co-produced by Reed, featured angry guitar lines and deeply cynical lyrics about Iraq, torture and climate change – and Dirtday!, while less strident, follows in a similar vein. Laurie Anderson: music for dogs and Obama 2013-02-13T20:00:01Z

I've sometimes felt that the "Parting" quatrain spoilt a perfect lyric: it's too forthright, after the earlier subtleties, and the implied gender polarisation seems simplistic. Poem of the week: Night and Morning by Robert Browning 2013-04-22T09:10:03Z

Despite the abstractions in the lyrics, there were real people in the songs, living and breathing in a real and defined world. An Obsessive Listen to a Twenty-Five-Year-Old Album 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z

The relentless percussion embellishes lyrics that tell the story of a woman who scrapes the percussive güiro instrument to the narrator’s satisfaction. 15 Essentials From Johnny Pacheco and Fania Records, the ‘Motown of Salsa’ 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z

Rich retrofitted the American lyric idiom to the exploration of trauma. The Best Books of Poetry from 2016 2016-12-19T05:00:00Z

Throughout, the lyrics stick to the trad and tested: 14 Days goes, "I'm a wreck and you're a mess." New band of the day ? No 1,061: Howler 2011-07-13T16:14:36Z

An odd choice for the afternoon, considering his raucous, sometimes crass lyrics, but Seattle hip-hop fans in the know will be singing along to favorites such as “For the Glory” and “Lord of the Fly.” Bumbershoot daily highlights 2013-08-29T20:39:56Z

“We’re two guys from Jersey writing about the royals,” said David Bryan, who wrote the music and collaborated with Mr. DiPietro on the lyrics. Another Go for Charles and Di, This Time With Music 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z

Researchers can look to recorded interviews with formerly enslaved people, Salazar said, and to music, such as the lyrics in old jazz songs. Hip, Woke, Cool: It’s All Fodder For the Oxford Dictionary of African American English 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z

“She was a fan and really liked that song and asked me to sing it with her. That song’s a trip. It’s interesting to see how the lyrics fit today.” Jewel Wants You to Be Present 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z

Bill Russell’s lyrics have their moments too, particularly in the deliciously tasteless songs “If It Feels This Good” and “I Wanna Call You — .” Theater Review: ‘The Last Smoker in America’ at Westside Theater Upstairs 2012-08-03T02:00:00Z

The accolade prompted an outcry because some of the musicians’ lyrics were said to be anti-Semitic. Posters, Banners, Boarding Passes: Museums Try to Get a Head Start on History 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z

Her band included the snappy rhythms of a tupan, a large drum used in the Balkans and Turkey; her lyrics promise cosmic unity, insisting, “Everything that we are was made in a supernova.” At Globalfest, Rowdy Sounds From Around the World 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z

It includes lyrics such as: “Great food, better people, everyone’s a friend; All are welcome where the compass ends.” Traverse City gets its own song: ‘Take Me There’ 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

For decades, Dylan scholars traded rumors over the existence of a “little red notebook” with scribbled lyrics for the album “Blood on the Tracks” that few had ever seen. At 80, Bob Dylan finally gets a museum 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z

State police say Clark wrote lyrics in which he threatened to kill or maim officials at East Stroudsburg High School North, including the principal, two teachers, a counselor and two other administrators. Pa. teen charged with threatening school in song 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z

Police and prosecutors viewed the lyrics as boasting by Mr. Steward of his role in the killings. Acquitted of Murder, Rapper Is Convicted on Weapons Charge 2014-05-25T04:00:00Z

The version of the lullaby sung on "The Big Bang Theory," called "Soft Kitty," changes the order of some of the lyrics. Lawsuit says 'The Big Bang Theory' stole 'Soft Kitty' song from late poet 2015-12-29T05:00:00Z

The lyrics, meanwhile, are of the darkly sexual variety: "All of these songs focus on a slightly different side of adult relationships," they explain. New band of the day: Tokolosh (No 1,487) 2013-04-08T16:06:47Z

Actresses fall apart on stage often enough, as do opera singers on the lyric stage. Suzan Hanson brings immediacy, authenticity to Long Beach Opera's 'La Voix Humaine' 2016-04-10T04:00:00Z

Yet although its lyrics were in Mandarin and it used some Chinese instruments, its electronics and rock rhythm section recalled Gorillaz. Music Review: An Alchemist Reaches Out Across Centuries 2011-07-03T19:14:09Z

Incidentally, the last part of that quote is a lyric from "Figure 8," the first track on her forthcoming album "EP3." FKA Twigs 'in an amazing relationship' with Robert Pattinson, dusts off hate 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z

For my wedding, I wrote the lyrics to an original song, and Brent composed the music. Engagement season panic sets in: Before you plan a big expensive traditional wedding, read this 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z

When it comes to Fox and Trump, the answer to the lyric “Will the Circle Be Unbroken” is abundantly obvious. Perspective | After a stunning news conference, there’s a newly crucial job for the American press 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z

The lyrics detail a story of suffocation, struggle and, eventually, acceptance. Music: Two Bands Nurtured in a Garden State of Mind 2010-03-13T00:05:00Z

There were surprisingly few references to Rastafari, though the engaging DJ Big Youth tried to put that right with his poetic lyrics and wild dancing, frantically shaking his dreadlocks as he sang. Reggae Britannia ? review 2011-02-07T18:11:42Z

“The majority of lyrics that come out these guys’ mouths isn’t actually true,” he said. Amid London’s Crime Surge, Authorities Take Aim at ‘Drill,’ a Bleak Style of Rap Music 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

“Tonight you didn’t sing perfectly, but you always deliver the lyric perfectly,” he said, adding that, “once we hit that moment when it all comes together at once, you’re a threat to win this show.” 'The Voice' recap: The top 12 turn up the heat 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z

Don’t mind me, the lyrics say; I am inescapable, the music says. How Isaac Hayes Changed Soul Music 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z

There was little movement or dancing, just mugging for the camera like the choirmaster would do from the pulpit even though he’s not singing a song that ever had a lyric video on YouTube. The Passion review – Jesus Christ turns superstar in live broadcast 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z

The other episodes just make it smaller, all lyrics and no voice. Review: In BET’s ‘Tales,’ Rap Lyrics Get Lost in Translation 2017-06-26T04:00:00Z

Meanwhile Residente’s lyrics delivered a socially conscious manifesto: sometimes wry, often hardheaded. Critic’s Notebook: Calle 13 at the Latin Alternative Music Conference 2012-07-15T22:22:21Z

“It didn’t matter that he couldn’t read or write music. His instincts for . . . phrasing were phenomenal. He interpreted the lyrics like Olivier interpreting Shakespeare.” Jimmy Scott, hard-luck singer with a haunting voice, dies at 88

They were so uncertain about their lyrics and singing, she added, that even while they were making their first album they exchanged lyrics by email, not in person. The xx Lets the Sunshine In 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z

Anyone charmed by the mix of melodic hooks and imagistic lyrics exemplified by Belly’s breakout hit “Feed the Tree” will find a way into “Dove.” Belly Would Rather Face Forward Than Navel Gaze 2018-05-06T04:00:00Z

The wedding-band funk of “Daydreaming” and the lyrically inane “Cinema” feel comparatively frictionless, and display Styles’s unfortunate tendency to write lyrics that feel more like precisely posed Instagram carousels than conjurings of specific emotional states. Harry Styles Is Still a Dreamy Cipher on His Third LP, ‘Harry’s House’ 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z

In recent years, country radio has typically shied away from anything deemed a “message song,” or any potentially divisive lyrics that could cause a listener to change the station. Mickey Guyton has been ready for this moment. Country music kept her waiting. 2020-09-07T04:00:00Z

For a start, she’d find it hard to write an original song in the old Turkish style, she said, as the lyrics were often old-fashioned and highly poetic. One of Turkey’s Hottest Rock Bands Has an Unlikely Source 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z

He had keyed the lyrics into the app and just stood there, not even miming. Lee Ridley: making comedy out of silence 2012-06-06T17:26:50Z

Long-term fans of Sjón, the Icelandic bard whose projects have included lyrics for Björk, volumes of surrealist poetry and several prizewinning novels, will recognise this trademark interweaving of myth and postmodern playfulness. The Whispering Muse by Sjón – review 2012-06-22T21:55:06Z

The overhaul affected everything but melody and lyrics, amplifying the bitterness in the song. Music Review: The Songs Of Prince, Faithfully Reimagined 2011-06-16T22:08:15Z

Most of all, Burroughs had a technique that would enable Bowie to renew his entire method of writing lyrics and making music. When Bowie met Burroughs 2013-03-09T09:01:00Z

Cuban authorities recently announced restrictions reportedly declaring state-run recording studios and broadcasts off-limits to songs with questionable lyrics. Cuba targets racy reggaeton in lyrics crackdown 2013-01-07T20:12:27Z

The voice itself is essentially a lyric soprano, but she wields it with more power than that designation would suggest. Review: Seattle Symphony and guest soprano set Handel fest beautifully in motion 2011-03-12T20:29:27Z

Rice, the former aspiring pop star that he was, has always excelled in down-to-earth lyrics that make outsize characters thoroughly relatable. Why ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ the Album Has Always Rocked 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z

"While the lyrics do perhaps seem like a dark window into my soul, they're written that way specifically because I want to move on and transcend those difficult moments in life." Divorce docs: Changes worried metal singer's wife 2013-05-09T17:53:09Z

After Jean’s remixed introduction recapping the 2016 presidential election, he went into the song’s lyrics—a hit song from his album “Welcome to Haiti/Creole 101.” Wyclef Jean imagines if he was president 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z

Ms. Spears has no writing credits here, and in some places the lyrics she’s provided with read as a cruel prank. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-03-28T23:26:01Z

The day after Key arrived back in the Baltimore harbor, his lyrics for “The Anacreontic Song” were printed as a broadside titled “Defense of Fort McHenry,” and entered newspapers soon after. Colin Kaepernick and the Radical Uses of “The Star-Spangled Banner” 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z

The "David Bowie Is" exhibition will feature handwritten lyrics, original costumes and set designs alongside the 65-year-old star's own instruments. Academics focus on singer Bowie 2012-10-09T12:03:04Z

In his native France Mr Modiano is a household name, with 30-odd novels, children’s books, film scripts and song lyrics to his credit. French letters 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z

She seems to weigh each lyric for dramatic effect, and Mr. Blake does much the same, sometimes voicing his chords as if scoring a film, with wryness and care. Music: A Style Lasting Beyond a Lifetime 2010-08-27T22:50:00Z

She read the lyrics from “Marry Me a Little.” On Love: Michael Innocenti and Christina Coakley 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z

When the band’s debut album, “Leisure,” with its cocky, snarky lyrics and jangly melodies, appeared in 1991 it rose to No. 7 on the British charts, a triumph for a first release. Music: Damon Albarn's Operatic Career 2011-07-25T11:30:06Z

I brought up the lyric in “Heart-Shaped Face.” The Singer Angel Olsen Is Present 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z

And that, rather than its terrible lyrics or derivative sound or rotten song about the riots, might be The Temper Trap's downfall: for all their grandstanding ambition, they're too easy to ignore. The Temper Trap: The Temper Trap ? review 2012-05-17T14:29:01Z

Bono, perpetually energetic, announced that he had woken up at 5 a.m. with an entirely new chorus lyric for a song. U2 Offer ‘Songs of Experience’ to a World That’s on Fire 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z

But the performance was rocky, as Winehouse appeared to forget the song's lyrics. Amy Winehouse promises new album for January 2011 2010-07-16T09:48:00Z

Cobain’s lyrics managed to sound both tossed off and desperate, an unstable combination of black humor, anger and resignation. Nirvana, Pearl Jam revisit era-defining music 2011-09-19T00:28:00Z

“We’re trying to have those words be heard with the belief that the complexity is in the lyric itself,” she said. ‘Oliver!’ Returns, With Darker Twists Intact 2023-05-01T04:00:00Z

There are a number of versions of it well over an hour long, in which they never do get around to the lyrics. My Grateful Dead romance: My favorite polyphonic jam, one more time for us all 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z

And his evocation of numbing industrial din in the colossal rumbling of “Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues” is so vivid that the lyrics are almost irrelevant. Music Review: New-Music Champion Pays a Call 2011-01-09T22:56:47Z

“Crafting songs, melodies and modulations, and lyrics that people could follow. ‘ U2 Offer ‘Songs of Experience’ to a World That’s on Fire 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z

Many viewers are surprised to learn she was also a gifted poet, whose verses are as moving and relatable as lyrics by Bob Dylan and Neil Young. A Pioneering Photographer, Bare in the Back Country 2018-12-26T05:00:00Z

Often, said the pianist, even the lyrics of those old tunes affect how he plays them. Pianist Keith Jarrett talks about his jazz trio 2011-10-26T20:23:05Z

The polish and drive of the director Gary Griffin’s revival of this familiar piece of serious-minded British musical theater almost make you forget those wince-inducing lyrics, the blunt point making and often sketchy storytelling. Christopher Plummer in Stratford, Ontario 2010-07-09T04:28:00Z

That's three words, two basic chords, and the promise of a whole new world of music and lyrics to come. Fiction in a flash 2012-10-08T15:17:42Z

The music may be delicious, the lyrics clever, but the situation is flat and generally inert; the songs are the release from the story instead of being the story itself. It’s Not the Music. It’s Not the Lyrics. It’s the Drama. 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

As long as an artist doesn't swipe the lyrics or swipe the main melody, where's the harm? How the 'Blurred Lines' case could have chilling effect on creativity 2015-03-06T05:00:00Z

One of the Feyoncé items in dispute was a mug with the phrase “he put a ring on it,” which Beyoncé said was intended to recall the lyrics of her song “Single Ladies.” No injunction for Beyoncé over 'Feyoncé' knockoffs: U.S. judge 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z

Glück is a lyric poet in the line of the metaphysical poets, like George Herbert, who also used flowers as images of the soul, and the poems in her book have a despairing power. Street of the Iron Po(e)t, Part XIII 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z

She’s the most encouraging of mothers, rapping along to her son’s lyrics and telling him, “You play tracks the way Michael Jordan shoots free throws.” At Sundance, documentaries resurrect lost eras of music 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z

Perhaps he realises Live Once's lyrics about following your dreams and how tomorrow will be a better day sit awkwardly with the rest of Ill Manors. Plan B: Ill Manors – review 2012-07-19T14:29:01Z

The wit of the conception and the execution — the songs are a slick blend of pop grooves, tight lyrics and old-fashioned musical theater craft — goes a long way toward keeping the show from sagging. Review: In ‘Six,’ All the Tudor Ladies Got Talent 2021-10-03T04:00:00Z

Bissell is cerebral and ruthlessly meticulous, skilled at melding disparate elements — catchy melodies, jagged guitars, complex lyrics, multiple modulations and tempo changes — into infectious rock songs that disguise his torturous process. The 18-Year Wait for New Wrens Music Is Over. Sort Of. 2021-09-20T04:00:00Z

Médine is known for “violent lyrics in the name of Islam,” said the petition, which eventually got over 30,000 signatures. Muslim Rapper Cancels Bataclan Concerts. French Far-Right Celebrates. 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z

So Green - along with his management team - huddled up and created a colorful, cartoonish video with the song's lyrics appearing onscreen as the song played. Lyric videos become strong way to promote music 2013-02-06T14:15:14Z

But he is, at root, a folk artist, not a ‘poet’ — and his song lyrics don’t really work very well on the page sans music. Does a musician have any right to win the Nobel Prize in literature? 2016-10-13T04:00:00Z

Reviewing that concert in The New York Times, Anthony Tommasini wrote that he brought a “sweet-toned lyric tenor voice and crisp German diction to his work.” Snapshot: The Tenor Nicholas Phan Talks of Britten and Social Media 2013-08-02T19:15:57Z

"I never start with the lyrics," he says. Everything Everything: Arc boasts "proper songs" 2013-01-24T08:03:39Z

In fact, if an alien came to Earth and used these song lyrics as any indication of how we experienced summer, it would be terrifying. From “Bent” to “Fancy”: What the past 10 songs of the summer say about us 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z

Fitzgerald made a mistake by assessing the originality of the lyrics for himself, instead of relying on experts, Fox said. Taylor Swift shakes off copyright lawsuit over hit song 2018-02-13T05:00:00Z

Then I caught a lyric: “Be careful of the blob.” Yes, Burt Bacharach Wrote That. And You Can Dance to It. 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z

One episode featured the political, proto-rap group the Last Poets who purposely used racial slurs in their lyrics to counter degrading images of Black people and scotch the scourge of internalized racism. ‘Soul!’ Brought Black Culture to TV in 1968. A New Doc Tells Its Story. 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z

It’s become a musical standard at any special occasion hosted by someone of Mexican descent — everyone knows the lyrics. Vicente Fernández, the King of Machos and Heartbreak 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z

Emotional ambiguity has been one of her great strengths in the past — on “Golden Hour,” her space-cookie deadpan made uncomplicated lyrics about feeling “happy and sad at the same time” resonate like cosmogonic poetry. Review | Kacey Musgraves made a divorce album that sounds like easy-listening 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z

Even standards lyrics that might seem a bit fulsome for the hip-hop era, are given new meanings by Elling's audacity and technique. This week's new live music 2010-06-25T23:06:00Z

Still, Wythe, who surprisingly turns out to be an Englishman masquerading as an American, can certainly write a tune and turn a lyric. Tomorrow Morning ? review 2010-10-26T21:15:00Z

Problems started with the show’s subway campaign, which emphasized famous, but purely uplifting, Tupac lyrics, such as “You Are Appreciated” from Dear Mama. So Many Reasons the Tupac Shakur Broadway Musical Failed 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z

The first time Potash heard “Shattered,” on DC 101 in 1978, the driving opening guitar groove, snarling vocals and cocky lyrics left Potash spellbound. How one Maryland man became a fixture in the Rolling Stones firmament 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z

The change is in the lyrics, which at times acknowledge some growing up. Music Review: Shirley Manson Leads Garbage at Webster Hall 2012-05-23T21:58:49Z

Where song lyrics are written to function within a musical frame, poetry is framed by silence; it's always working against the void. On Poetry by Glyn Maxwell – review 2012-07-13T21:55:02Z

To their ears, Dylan's indictment of American culture – its racism, militarism and reckless destruction of the environment – would have echoed that poisoning in the earlier poem and added force to the repurposed lyrics. How Bob Dylan used the ancient practice of "imitatio" to craft some of the most original songs 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z

Many of the lyrics on Here Lies Love, in fact, are adapted directly from the principal characters' own words. The Imelda Marcos Story -- As Told by David Byrne 2010-04-10T06:05:00Z

Fittingly for a band steeped in electronic music, the lyrics often implied infinity. Music Review: Delorean?s Synthy, Dancey Club Sound at Mercury Lounge 2010-03-30T21:03:00Z

He pays close attention to lyrics and takes chances, as in a rendition of Joni Mitchell’s “Case of You,” almost never sung by a man and for which he unfurled a plaintive falsetto. Music Review: Aaron Tveit at 54 Below 2013-05-12T20:06:45Z

In “Chronicles: Volume One,” his elliptical 2004 memoir, he claimed that the lyrics had been inspired by Anton Chekhov short stories. On ‘More Blood, More Tracks,’ Familiar Bob Dylan Songs Cut Closer to the Bone 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z

There are also lyrics, unpublished poetry and extensive notes on tai chi, Reed’s grounding passion late in life. Lou Reed Archives Head to New York Public Library 2017-03-02T05:00:00Z

As evidence of his authorship, Youngblood points to the song's lyrics. Jimi Hendrix estate sued by former bandmate 2010-07-14T11:48:00Z

Eyes heavily glazed, she stumbles through much of her performance and slurs whatever lyrics she remembers. 'Amy' documentary looks squarely in the face of Amy Winehouse's demons 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z

Hayley, by her own admission, had crammed allusions to the failed relationship into the lyrics of Brand New Eyes, but the band, eager to keep working, had kept their heads down and ploughed on. Paramore: no more Misery Business 2013-01-26T06:00:00Z

Some of us of a certain age will remember lyrics on album sleeves, which is now not such a feature as it used to be. Paul Muldoon: a life in poetry 2013-03-31T05:59:01Z

"The workshops will include Q and As on directing, filming techniques and lyric writing with students or young offenders," says Skyz. Making His'story: a streetwise film shot by British boys in the hood 2010-10-22T16:00:00Z

He also called the film "so 2000-LATE," a misquoted lyric from the Black Eyed Peas' song "Boom Boom Pow." Bill Maher calls "Barbie" movie a "preachy, man-hating" zombie lie 2023-08-08T04:00:00Z

The organisers said Georgia's song was too political and asked the country to either to change the lyrics or participate with another song. Conflict follows Russia, Ukraine into Eurovision song contest 2014-05-09T13:45:02Z

At first, the singer is cagey about the song's lyrics. Olly Murs: 'Look who's winning now' 2014-11-24T05:00:00Z

Our stepmum found these lyrics he'd scrawled on a piece of paper a few months before he died, saying, 'I was just somebody, who loved a body then left a body' or something like that. Our dad, Joe Strummer, remembered 2012-07-27T23:05:09Z

She was widely criticized in February for flubbing the lyrics to the U.S. national anthem at the Super Bowl before a TV audience of more than 100 million people. Christina Aguilera arrested for drunkenness 2011-03-02T04:14:24Z

Her sign modified a lyric from Swift’s song “All Too Well” to reference the ticket debacle: “We remember your incompetence all too well.” Closely watching the Ticketmaster hearing today: Swifties. 2023-01-24T05:00:00Z

What a pity, then, that Harrison’s lyrics are dismal and dull. From the Archives: The Original Review of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

Will Kaufman, a professor of American literature and culture at the University of Central Lancashire, in Britain, was the first researcher to discover the lyrics in Guthrie’s considerable archive. A Story About Fred Trump and Woody Guthrie for the Midterm Elections 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z

But his fans among the unreligious and the atheists were also happy just to relish the poetry of his lyrics and the idiosyncrasy of his voice. Country singer Kristofferson looks to end of road 2012-11-21T13:27:47Z

Broadway debut Music and lyrics for the autobiographical musical “The Last Ship,” which begins performances Sept. 29 at the Neil Simon Theater. My First Time (It’s a Little Scary) 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

The lyrics drew criticism from people with autism spectrum disorder and their families. Rapper J Cole apologizes for insensitive lyrics about autism 2013-07-23T04:00:07Z

If CBS censors will be on high alert thanks to the often foul lyrics of "The Book of Mormon," they'll be happy about one decision. At the Tonys, 'Book of Mormon' favored to win big 2011-06-12T12:04:11Z

This book celebrates the sneaker’s reach, from mentions in rap lyrics to its appearance in Bollywood movies. New & Noteworthy 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z

The National stuck to its less cryptic songs: tales of crumbling romance and deep isolation that fight the stasis of the lyrics with insistent beats and surging buildups. ArtsBeat: Lollapalooza Chile: All About the Details 2011-04-04T00:48:21Z

There are letters, calls to action, song lyrics, aphorisms, annotations, unearthed journal entries, a theory of minstrelsy. Margo Jefferson’s New Memoir Experiments With the Form in Startling Ways 2022-04-12T04:00:00Z

The one with those facile lyrics about how this gun's for hire, even if we're just dancing in the dark. Tracks of our tears: the songs that make G2 writers weep 2011-04-08T07:00:02Z

McCormick is a patient writer about why Johnson’s music matters, how his lyrics “stung the mind” and how his performances made the words linger. A Biography of a Blues Legend, Five Decades in the Making 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z

Angelou’s first collected work of poetry, Just Give was written largely before her first memoir was published, with many of the poems originating as song lyrics. Maya Angelou's most notable books 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z

If there were a pop-music equivalent of the Bechdel test for lyrics sung by a female — in movies and fiction two women must talk about something other than a guy — "Shower" would fail. Becky G: Another female caught in pop's cookie-cutter vortex 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z

He’d written the music and lyrics to “Guys and Dolls” and he was back with a show that would go on to win a Pulitzer. Warming up to “Baby It’s Cold Outside”: What my mother taught me about the guy who wrote the “date-rape” Christmas song 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z

It remains unclear whether Lin-Manuel Miranda — the multi-talented MacArthur “genius grant” recipient who wrote the book, music and lyrics and stars as the first Treasury secretary — will join the Washington production. ‘Hamilton’ is coming to the Kennedy Center 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z

The “Follies” windfall represents the highest one-week gross for a Broadway production with music and lyrics by Mr. Sondheim. ArtsBeat Blog: New 'Follies' Shows Broadway Earning Potential 2011-09-26T20:18:03Z

Here, she reworks Oliver Goldsmith’s poignant lyric: “When lovely woman stoops to folly/ And finds too late that men betray.” Michael Dirda on the misunderstood poet Stevie Smith 2016-03-16T04:00:00Z

The lyrics read like an extract from a diary I never kept: a recount of how sad I felt.  A letter to the woman I adored but was afraid to be with 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z

And for some reason out of this Upper West Side Jew comes all of this music to these hymn lyrics. ‘Myths and Hymns,’ a Theater Cult Favorite, Changes Shape Again 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z

No point in spoiling the small twist at the end, except to say that it fleshes out a line in the lyrics: “I’m not suicidal, just idling insignificantly.” The Playlist: Jay Z Responds to Police Shootings With ‘Spiritual’ 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

“Jack Cigarette,” with the filmmaker Jack Smith and the actress Beverly Grant smoking and staring down the camera, had an upbeat looped rock riff, with Mr. Rev declaiming love lyrics. ‘Exposed,’ Musical Accompaniment to Warhol Silents at BAM 2014-11-09T05:00:00Z

“My lyrics is talking about realizing what’s going on with the environment and wanting to see some justice in the world,” he said. Natiruts, Marley, Aparicio sing for unity of the Americas 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z

It was lead singer/guitarist Ezra Koenig’s brainy but slyly emotive lyrics that got a lot of the attention. Rostam's long-awaited debut solo album "Half-Light" is out today 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z

There are moments of such lyric beauty in “The Parisian,” Isabella Hammad’s debut novel, that you want what they describe to be permanently closed, hers to be the final word. Review | ‘The Parisian’ takes us back to the Ottoman Empire on the cusp of upheaval 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z

A lyricist hired to expand and revise the production’s music reportedly consulted with a Native American consultant to change the lyrics. 'Peter Pan Live' Updates Songs to Remove Slurs 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z

Steal a little and they throw you in jail, as the Bob Dylan lyric has it; steal a lot and they make you king. The Story of Appalachia, With Plenty of Villains 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z

Her lyrics sounded like down-home poetry, plain-spoken in their wisdom, and her music drew from many different styles — country, bluegrass, old-time folk, older-time church music — without falling squarely into any one genre or market. Iris DeMent Is Worried About the World. So She Made Another Album. 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z

You might dismiss them as just unbelievably misogynist and aggressive, and it is true that their lyrics are indeed incredibly offensive. And God created controversy 2010-10-08T23:03:00Z

And on April 29, she played "High Infidelity," which features the much-probed lyrics: "Do you really want to know where I was April 29th?" Taylor Swift’s invisible merchandise: The era of surprise song collectibles 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z

Stripped of arrangements that have been familiar for decades, Dylan’s voice comes through as more insistent, while the lyrics land more sharply. On ‘More Blood, More Tracks,’ Familiar Bob Dylan Songs Cut Closer to the Bone 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z

Sting said he had no worries about preparing: “I know all the lines and lyrics after all these years,” he said with a laugh. Sting to Join the Cast of His Broadway Musical 2014-11-23T05:00:00Z

“Sister” is preceded by “Heart-Shaped Face,” a softer, slower jam that contains my favorite lyric in recent memory: “Was it me you were thinking of / All the time when you thought of me?” The Singer Angel Olsen Is Present 2016-09-23T04:00:00Z

As with "Hold Up," "Sorry" playfully juxtaposes the song's carefree soundscape with the embattled terrain portended by the lyrics. Sheltering in place with classic albums: Beyoncé's "Lemonade" 2020-05-02T04:00:00Z

I mean lyrics, like “you are not what you own,” and things like that really stuck with me. A Conversation with Jack Johnson 2013-10-04T09:45:24Z

George Harrison penned it in protest of the British government's 95 percent supertax on the rich, evoked by the lyrics: "There's one for you, nineteen for me." Pennies over patriotism? Stars move to tax havens 2012-12-13T11:58:08Z

If only Chris Rock had heard these lyrics before his BET gig. Robin Thicke knows no shame on 'Paula' 2014-07-01T04:00:00Z

Why do you think people relate to the lyrics of Payphone, given that nobody uses them any more? Adam Levine of Maroon 5: 'Moves Like Jagger is an inch away on any side from being a disaster' 2012-07-12T17:33:52Z

Or a reprise that set the fair dinkum lyrics to the tune of Land of Hope and Glory? Rolf Harris at Glastonbury 2010 2010-06-25T11:58:00Z

Hugo named the series after the popular folk song about an injured cockroach whose lyrics are often rewritten in Mexico as political satire. ‘I’m Finished When I Start Looking at the World in a Different Way’ 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

The reason, he ventured, is that Mr. Dylan’s lyrics are “so suggestive, universal and penetrating all at the same time.” Plunder My Songbook, Bob Dylan Said. So He Did. 2018-09-11T04:00:00Z

In an email, he said he thinks the song’s key lyric is “look like nothing’s gonna change, everything remains the same.” The Enduring Power of Otis Redding’s ‘Dock of the Bay’ 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z

"One," an emotional ballad with dark textures and ambiguous lyrics, was a watershed song for U2. A U2 documentary that's not pretentious 2011-09-16T23:30:00Z

It all felt most acute during “Avant Gardener” and “Small Poppies,” two songs with lyrics that addressed human inertia explicitly and exquisitely. Review | Read this boring review of last night’s Courtney Barnett concert 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z

Services start with music from a live band, their lyrics projected onto a giant screen. Los Angeles Churches Make Worship...Hip? 2015-12-12T05:00:00Z

Yet while the lyrics are absolutely central — Mr. Cohen simply recited one song, “A Thousand Kisses Deep,” over sustained keyboard chords — they would not sustain a three-hour concert without musical variety. Music Review: Leonard Cohen at the Barclays Center 2012-12-22T00:28:21Z

“Remembering that as such a big component of that music helped me finish the lyrics, rather than just put some hedonistic lyrics on there and call it a day or something,” Pecknold said. Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold on what inspired the band’s surprise new album, ‘Shore’ 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z

The group's more inflammatory lyrics have been described as naughty-boys-will-be-naughty-boys hijinks in many publications, including a laudatory, lengthy New York Times feature last May. Odd Future booking puts Pitchfork festival in an odd position 2011-07-12T07:00:00Z

In an interview with the Pulse of Radio last year, Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry claimed Tyler fumbled through a "shambolic" performance and forgot the lyrics. Aerosmith's Steven Tyler refused to join Led Zeppelin 2011-01-20T11:10:03Z

Recently, he said, he forbade his 16-year-old son to get a tattoo of what looked to be some song lyrics that might seem intense now but would not be so appealing in, say, 30 years. | Jude Law 2012-11-29T14:00:21Z

“The kids will create their own lyrics,” Mr. Adams said. For Children Listings for Feb. 12-18 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z

Most recently she wrote lyrics for “Rocky,” which had its premiere in Hamburg in November. ‘Bloomberg: The Musical’: He’s Not Calling the Tunes 2013-01-29T23:43:22Z

The two women tentatively step on the netting as the beat and the swaggering lyrics kick in. ‘The Leftovers’ Leads Television’s Musical Golden Age 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

Another email chain from May 2012 outlines a dispute between the singer and the producer over the lyrics of a song. Dr. Luke email shows criticism of Kesha's weight in legal case 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

I strummed the chords of a familiar classic and sang the accompanying lyrics, bugs and all. Travel: Mountain View, Ark., Folk Music Capital of the World

To illustrate the importance of the words, she cited the great tenor saxophonist Lester Young, who, she said, memorized the lyrics for every song he played. Music Review: Elaine Stritch at Caf? Carlyle - Review 2011-09-14T21:45:11Z

With all the other women objectified in pop lyrics, it took restraint to stop at just seven songs. Playlist: Teen, Jorge Drexler and Secret Sisters Have New Albums 2014-04-25T19:44:43Z

Her lyrics are about feeling "bulletproof" and how she lives for danger. Wonder Woman: A Perfect Paradox for the Generation That Expects to Have It All 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

Charles Isherwood, writing in The New York Times, complimented her “lovely music and well-turned lyrics.” Anaïs Mitchell Hopes to Change the World With Her First Musical 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

The response has been overwhelmingly positive, especially from women and young women of color who connect with the themes and personal lyrics of your songs. How SZA Went From Sharing a Futon to Finding Her Voice 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z

As for lyrics, Stock believes they should be "studiedly simple, not simple". When pop goes bad: novelty records 2010-09-22T20:30:00Z

The pair’s infectious sound — fast-paced, upbeat lyrics punctuated by beyond-catchy hooks — quickly found a massive audience. Ryan Lewis speaks on the year of Team Macklemore 2014-01-26T01:13:42Z

Shows in several cities were canceled because of protests over violent, homophobic lyrics from early in Banton's career as a brash dancehall singer. Reggae Star Buju Banton Faces Drug Trial in Fla. 2010-09-19T18:38:00Z

The soul-searching that runs through all of Bon Iver’s songs emerged anew in lyrics and song titles that draw on thoughts of consecration, prayer and God. The Blessed, Cursed Life of Bon Iver 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z

But part of her task has been to twist the poetic ambiguity of Ms. Morissette’s lyrics in the service of an original story. Has Alanis Morissette Made the Most Woke Musical Since ‘Hair’? 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z

Spencer Lang, a young lyric tenor, brought melting sound to his alert performance. Review: NY Phil Biennial’s Ambitious Wrap-Up, From Boulez to Bolcom 2016-06-12T04:00:00Z

“Teddy,” who fell off a roof on East 29th Street, “Bobby,” who got leukemia… “When I wrote lyrics for ‘88 Lines…’ I consciously used the repetitive style of ‘People Who Died,’” Campbell said. R.I.P, the list pop song: Missing the lost art of rock ‘n’ roll lyrical overload 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z

Each song is a labyrinth with hairpin-turn episodes and lyrics full of dourly corrosive observations. Best Albums of 2019 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z

Karlsson: We almost always start from melody and chords and then maybe a lyric idea. Dance Supergroup Galantis: Why We Love When People Cry on the Dance Floor 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z

“The reward isn’t, ‘Oh, here’s the chorus, here’s the lyric that makes sense.’ How Robyn, Pop’s Glittery Rebel, Danced Her Way Back From Darkness 2018-09-21T04:00:00Z

The way that various elements of tonality will collide with each other — and, at the end, produce a resonance, upon which it makes room for a very lyric quality.” Is ‘The Bassarids’ an Operatic Masterpiece, or ‘Strauss Turned Sour’? 2018-08-17T04:00:00Z

Heavy reverb and echo give songs such as I See My Mother extra atmosphere, and make Wandering Star's lyrics about lonely beds and sweet whispers compelling. Tenacious D; Poliça – review 2012-06-09T23:05:54Z

In his own statement of purpose, provided along with lyrics for the 12 songs, D’Angelo said, “‘Black Messiah’ is a hell of a name for an album. D'Angelo Releases First Album in 15 Years 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z

Their songs revolved around folky modal tunes, insistent drones and lyrics with biblical and allegorical overtones. Music Review: Counseling Women on Self-Respect Amid Tunes of Punky Rage 2010-11-21T23:04:00Z

The sadness of the music complements the cry of the lyrics. Son Volt's Jay Farrar is "singing about the dark times" on "Union," the new protest album 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z

There’s a frankness and a lonesomeness to the lyric that’s heartbreaking. Lost in America with Hiss Golden Messenger 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z

And, increasingly, the act of writing the lyrics themselves is being prosecuted — not because they are viewed as corroborating an incident, but because prosecutors contend that the words themselves amount to a criminal threat. Using Rap Lyrics as Damning Evidence Stirs Legal Debate 2014-03-26T23:01:35Z

A message warned us that the written lyrics were for passengers; drivers could sing along if they already knew the words. With Hertz, road-trippers can get a charge out of Tesla rentals 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z

Mr. Cave, with his hallucinatory lyrics, growling ferocity and gothic morbidity, is a hard act to live up to, and Mr. Petronio doesn’t quite manage it. It?s Nick Cave?s World; They Just Dance in It 2011-04-06T21:47:54Z

However, the lyrics as well were also nearly polished off before the lockdown and last summer's protests. "I'm a Scottish witch, I think": Shirley Manson on the prescient lyrics in Garbage's dark new album 2021-06-12T04:00:00Z

The lyrics “Stars hide your fires, these here are my desires” in “Roll Away Your Stone” allude to Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.” Mumford & Sons to open for U2 at CenturyLink Field 2017-05-12T04:00:00Z

The biggest difference between Ms. Wilson’s songs and those of her teenage idols is the absence in her lyrics of a drifting poetic dreaminess. Rita Wilson at Café Carlyle 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z

Viewed one frame at a time—measure by measure, riff by riff, lyric by lyric—it’s difficult to point to anything that marks Whitney as a band making music in, or for, 2019. The Chicago Band Whitney and the Fear of Being “Too Indie” 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z

But if doesn’t have a good melody, and it’s lyrics based, it’s hard to make something special on the cello. They’re just a typical Michael Jackson-, Hendrix-, AC/DC-covering cello duo 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

The lyrics are fragmentary — “psycho, priceless, good in a crisis” — while the arrangement broadens with voices and orchestration. Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran Up the Ante, and 13 More New Songs 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

Instead, she works with musicians to write music, which she then takes home and listens to over and over again until she is ready to write lyrics, and then sings over the tracks. Maggie Cheung waits to age before return to films 2010-09-04T20:16:00Z

Tegan popped in while I was writing the lyrics, and it was funny because she would pipe up and say, “What if you sing this thing? Or that thing?” Tegan and Sara on Queering Pop and Ditching Guitars 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z

Yielding a message complex enough to offer hope that the lyrics—more bemused than enraged, more depressive than despairing—will catch up. The Rock Critic Robert Christgau’s Big-Hearted Theory of Pop 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z

Her lyrics frame introspection in terms of changing seasons, the sun and the stars, the afterimage of a dream. Playlist: Look Back at a Legend, Then Revisit Disco 2011-04-01T21:50:45Z

He has a deal with Island Records and regularly writes techno-inflected songs with sweet, romantic lyrics. Is There Anything Ansel Elgort Can’t Do? 2017-07-01T04:00:00Z

Karma Chameleon brings the house down, George changing the lyrics to "I'm a man with three convinctions". Boy George at Glastonbury 2010 2010-06-25T11:50:00Z

The fake music video won an Emmy Award in 2007 for best original music and lyrics. Andy Samberg leaving 'Saturday Night Live' 2012-06-02T00:37:16Z

Donny Hathaway and Roberta Flack – You Are My Heaven A classic soul duet, with everything sprinkled in sugar, from the keyboards to the vocals and the lyrics. Readers recommend: songs about uncertainty 2010-10-21T23:01:00Z

The title “A Heart That Works” comes from a Juliana Hatfield lyric, “A heart that hurts is a heart that works,” that appears in his first book. Rob Delaney Wants You to Know How He’s Feeling (It May Ruin Your Day) 2022-11-12T05:00:00Z

They composed music together, topped by her melodies and lyrics; they bonded, both said, over idiosyncratic harmonies. Straddling the Border, Eccentrically 2011-07-30T04:00:25Z

To defenders of the original lyrics, the debate was a prime example of political correctness and revisionism gone amok. ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’ Gets Update for the #MeToo Era 2019-10-29T04:00:00Z

Given the frequent complexity of Vampire Weekend's lyrics, that's perhaps not too surprising. Vampire Weekend at Glastonbury 2010 2010-06-25T20:11:00Z

It's not just the songs — the garish costumes, the over-the-top lyrics, the historic rivalries and the frankly inexplicable are key ingredients in the voting. Outlandish costumes, bizarre lyrics, political controversy and the occasional decent song can mean only one thing: the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest has begun 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z

The utter fluff of Comedy Central's "The Other Two" frankly provides a far more credible, and emotionally resonant, exploration of how the talent sausage gets made, and without dialogue that sounds like rejected song lyrics. "Her Smell": Elisabeth Moss can't save this humorless, grunge-era "Spinal Tap" knockoff 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z

It just starts with one idea – usually a lyric or guitar riff, then I just try to create a song that excites me in some way. New Band Up North: Joe Banfi 2013-02-18T17:00:01Z

Doc Brown pointed up the oxymoronic nature of the phrase "British rap" with a series of bathetic local lyrics. Our Fringe favourites 2010-08-24T21:15:00Z

Every lyric suddenly came alive and I’m singing the songs in my set and they’re coming alive again. Grammys 2015: Sam Smith on new album plans, handling fame 2015-02-09T05:00:00Z

First, rhyme has many functions in a theater lyric, one of which is to suggest urbanity, wit, or a degree of self-awareness on the part of the character who uses it. ArtsBeat: In Praise of a Bernstein Flop And Other Answers to Your Musicals Questions 2010-12-07T22:19:00Z

But let the record show that in this one story, which takes its title from the lyrics of the Stanley Brothers’ song “My Sinful Past,” a Gates character is found doing the unthinkable: sounding sincere. Review: David Gates Delivers More Havoc in ‘A Hand Reached Down to Guide Me’ 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z

The song’s backbone is a mixture of scratches, loops and handclaps set to follow the lyrics’ cadence. The All-TIME 100 Songs 2011-10-24T09:00:29Z

He impersonated Prince, too, when reciting the lyrics to "If I Was Your Girlfriend" with sass. Costello, D'Angelo and more perform at Prince tribute 2013-03-08T17:42:38Z

When the lyrics announce, “Get out the way,” Boss, in a deep plié, sweeps an arm in front of his body, grabs Wong’s hand and sweeps him to the floor. What Set tWitch Apart as a Dancer? His Generous Spirit. 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z

We listen to dance music all day long, so we don’t do lyrics specifically so they will fit a dance floor at 2 a.m. Dance Supergroup Galantis: Why We Love When People Cry on the Dance Floor 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z

His lyrics, long characterized by a folksy mysticism, now tend to carry more of Nashville's country flavor, he said. Grateful Dead songwriter hits the road for rare tour 2013-09-16T10:05:02Z

Singing “A-Tisket, A-Tasket,” Austin clearly savored the playful lyric that Fitzgerald helped adapt to turn the nursery rhyme into her first hit single. 'To Ella With Love' a missed opportunity at Hollywood Bowl 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z

The music, supplied by the onstage DJ Supernova, pulses with life, and the cascading rhymes of the lyrics are often inspired. Review: ‘Othello’ Goes Hip-Hop. There’s Humor, Too. 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z

Although we have translated all the lyrics into English for the sake of comparison, it is also interesting to look at the most successful Eurovision languages. Let Me Love You 2010-05-25T07:09:00Z

The lyrics could be cryptic or cutting, holding the kind of accusations that can be made only by someone close who still cares. Review: With Original Lineup, Blur Returns to New York in Punky Form 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z

The lyrics are like a poem, without a single rhyme. Watch First Aid Kit Travel the Country in "America" Video 2014-11-18T05:00:00Z

In her richly meditative lyric memoir, Hume poeticizes the life of a woman whose childhood was marked by sexual violence. Experimental Literature That Tests Family Bonds and Routines 2021-01-19T05:00:00Z

I am a lyric singer, not a dramatic mezzo. Sarah Connolly: from triumph to tragedy 2013-06-21T12:01:00Z

There's a little bit of that in the lyrics, and I guess we were trying to find a way to almost make that romantic, you know? Adele's Bond theme tops iTunes 2012-10-05T16:18:40Z

That evening she read him some lyrics she had written. Carla Bruni: Sarkozy and me 2013-06-01T08:00:00Z

The sailor-cameramen chose the propulsive music, mostly Hindi-film songs whose lyrics speak of longing, loss and a life at sea: “There is a road, no destination.” | Film: New Home for a Festival 2013-12-06T21:47:27Z

When an alarmed parent sent a letter to then-Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, the FBI stepped in to investigate the lyrics. Jack Ely, whose garbled version of ‘Louie Louie’ became a sensation, dies 2015-04-29T04:00:00Z

His voice is the emotional heart of these performances, it twists and slides its melodies around the guitar lines dragging the listener in to the various stories and scenarios the lyrics describe. Readers' reviews: Def Leppard, Stephan Nance and Gareth Liddiard 2012-08-20T12:30:25Z

It’s easy to reduce a country song to its lyrics, and Musgraves knows that the real meaning of a song lies in how the voice illuminates the words, anyway. Review | Enter the ordinary, everyday acid-visions of Kacey Musgraves 2018-04-03T04:00:00Z

The Joni Mitchell lyrics "Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got till it's gone" apply here strictly to love and not money. An oblivious 'Longest Week' quickly wears out its welcome 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z

A Sondheim score “is not easy to sing accurately. It’s a challenge to interpret the lyrics as he intended them with depth,” she said with understatement. Put Down Your Phone! It’s Patti LuPone. 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z

For all of the clamor about Young Thug’s lyrics being occasionally unintelligible, fans treat them like the Pledge of Allegiance. Young Thug: A look and sound of his own at 9:30 Club 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z

The show is a collaboration of the book writer Eric Rosen and the composer Matt Sax; they wrote the lyrics together, and the work features additional music by Curtis Moore. ArtsBeat: Musical Inspired by 'Othello' Coming to Public Theater 2012-12-13T19:00:35Z

Also, there are few lyrics as genuinely lovely as: "Our love is like the flowers/ The rain, the sea and the hours." Power, Corruption & Lies by New Order 2011-08-08T13:38:25Z

He also received critical acclaim for acting in and writing the lyrics and music to the Tony-award winning Broadway musical "Big River." Court: Widow owns 'King of the Road' copyright 2010-03-23T11:15:00Z

Here are a few films that give the lie to the lyric “summertime and the livin’ is easy.” Watch Out! Summer Means Disaster Movies 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z

The phrase crops up elsewhere in pop culture, too, including in Drake lyrics and, somewhat imprecisely, on Lindsay Lohan’s Instagram feed. The Perfect Phrase for This Relentless Year 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z

The lyrics from his songs “Little Wing” and “Angel” are etched along the walkway’s edge, forming a purple ribbon. Jimi Hendrix Park Opens at Last, With a Purple Flourish 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z

“The lyrics work perfectly,” he added, referring to lines such as “We’re saving our own lives.” 'We Are The World' to get an 'American Idol' alumni encore 2020-05-15T04:00:00Z

The French employees assured her that the lyrics would be “clean,” she said, and that they would vet them before paying Freeze Corleone. How BMG Secretly Signed a Rapper Dropped for Antisemitic Lyrics 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z

The show features music by Richard Rodgers and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. The revival is directed by Bartlett Sher. Broadway’s ‘The King and I’ to Close 2016-06-05T04:00:00Z

Teagarden, she once said, instructed her to “sing the melody, read the lyric but tell the story.” Kitty Kallen, silken-voiced pop singer of ‘Little Things Mean a Lot,’ dies at 94 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

For Hughes, his magic is an appreciation for the lyrics and rhythms of jazz and blues. How Langston Hughes Brought His Radical Vision to the Novel 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z

Their lyrics caused them to be dropped from the bill of Australian festival Big Day Out last November and they have faced calls for protests outside shows from anti-domestic violence groups. Frank Ocean and the courage to come out 2012-07-04T17:03:00Z

“About My Birthday,” from “Admit Impediment,” is perhaps typical of Ponsot’s short lyrics.  Ben Lerner considers the hatred of poetry; Marie Ponsot celebrates its joys 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z

The “lip-sync for your life is a battle royale” in which the weapons are spontaneous gymnastics, hairography and dramatically mouthed lyrics. RuPaul gave me life: How “Drag Race” pulled me back from the depths of depression 2016-03-21T04:00:00Z

But radio stations began to pull it and other songs with potentially upsetting lyrics after 27 people, including 20 children, were killed Friday at an elementary school. Ke$ha tweets hit 'Die Young' 'now inappropriate' 2012-12-19T19:17:14Z

“Bright Star” insists that a disastrous moment can brighten if the lyric “sun is gonna shine” is repeated often enough. 'Bright Star' at the Ahmanson: Bluegrass, tears and a big, vacuous smile 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z

We, as Americans, should be able to sing whatever lyrics we want without reproach, so long as we capture the spirit of the song. Down with song-lyric fascists 2013-04-13T20:00:00Z

“They read it from the lyrics and think that the man singing the song is saying, ‘Things got to be done my way.’ dance: Tharp Is Back Where the Air Is Rarefied 2010-03-05T21:17:00Z

Desperation and intensity remain hallmarks, and while the lyrics occasionally conjure the density of a preachy narrative found in a heavy-handed graphic novel, concentrating on the rhythms is all the reward one needs. Pitchfork Festival Day 2: 2013-07-20T23:51:00Z

She turned in a spirited performance, overcoming a muggy evening and muddled sound that left her lyrics inaudible occasionally to many in the crowd. Fiona Apple makes return to spotlight at SXSW 2012-03-15T06:21:08Z

It's the kind of record where you believe every note: there's not a single rote lyric or needlessly ostentatious vocal. Frank Ocean – review 2013-07-10T18:34:00Z

"Soul finger" is the sole lyric to the song of the same name. Readers recommend songs with 10 words or fewer: The results 2010-06-03T20:30:00Z

Q: Where do you draw the lyrics from? Little Dragon ready to roar at Seattle's Nectar Lounge 2010-04-07T23:04:00Z

Such openness about his life allows much speculation about his song lyrics, in particular a new song called Don't from the new album. Ed Sheeran: 'Elton's not my manager' 2014-06-17T04:00:00Z

The Philadelphia hardcore punk band Paint It Black recorded a song called "Atticus Finch," though the lyrics seem to have nothing to do with the soft-spoken attorney. 46 times 'To Kill a Mockingbird' echoed through pop culture 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z

But the Beijing Olympics has witnessed the rise of more current, mainstream and offbeat music that first took hold four years ago in Pyeongchang, the first Winter Games in which lyrics were allowed. Nathan Chen demonstrates new era of music in figure skating 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z

At that song’s peak she’s basically yelling, and only a glimpse at the lyric sheet will tell the full story, spelling variations included. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-10-03T22:17:00Z

They have beautiful harmonies, pleasant melodies, and anodyne lyrics. Glenn Frey and That Peaceful, Queasy Feeling 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z

Yet it was perfectly suited to the sly, cryptic tidings of his lyrics, which might invoke romance, dreams, spiritual quests or the convoluted plotting of film noir. Tom Verlaine’s 15 Essential Songs 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z

But Bempah, 21, who plays the backing music during live shows and does not write the words, said it made no sense to attribute lyrics like these to a rise in violence. Amid London’s Crime Surge, Authorities Take Aim at ‘Drill,’ a Bleak Style of Rap Music 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

The Spanish lyrics, characteristically for boleros, tend to address a beloved and, for Baras, the “you” in the songs is usually us. Review: In ‘Alma,’ the Flamenco Star Sara Baras Warms Up 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z

Of course, if you’re asking 12-year-olds to sing part of “Ten Little Indians,” a 19th-century nursery rhyme that includes disturbing lyrics involving the death of Native Americans, you need to explain why. In ‘Thanksgiving Play,’ the Pageantry of ‘Well-Meaning’ White People 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z

Judith Jamison, who succeeded Ailey as artistic director, described Mr. Williams as the epitome of “the male lyric modern dancer.” Dudley Williams, Eloquent Dancer Who Defied Age, Dies at 76 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z

And, come to think of it, are the “light” and the “white gleam” in those lyrics actual liberations or symbols of a colonized consciousness? Darryl Pinckney’s Intimate Study of Black History 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z

It’s the lyric, it’s the melodies, it’s the production, it’s the guy that goes onstage in a black PFG shirt every night,” Williford said of Combs’s signature performance fishing gear apparel. How country singer Luke Combs took his own path and became Nashville’s fastest-rising star 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z

Triple Door, $15 The gang of rapping, skateboarding kids from Los Angeles known as Odd Future is famous for offensive lyrics. Six music happenings this week 2011-10-03T18:36:30Z

The lyrics could be dialogue from a really minimal, dark French movie, almost vignettes. Kim Gordon's fresh start 2013-09-19T16:18:45Z

My last single, Paper Forest, was based on lyrics from Dancing Barefoot. Patti Smith: how she rocks our world 2012-05-26T23:15:26Z

A few months later, Drake posted lyrics from the song on his Instagram account; a sleeper hit was born. 15 Musical Artists to Watch in 2015 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z

The concert's most powerful point was the encore of "Down in the Valley," one of the many songs where a line without a lyric, just a joyous note, carries the day. The Head and the Heart hailed warmly at homecoming show 2012-09-16T18:28:05Z

Mr. Holt’s first foray on Broadway — a 1969 musical called “Come Summer,” for which he wrote the book and lyrics — vanished quickly after unfavorable reviews. Will Holt, Who Wrote ‘Lemon Tree,’ Dies at 86 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

It echoes a majority of the lyrics of the PBS Kids series, which has been airing since 1996. Chance The Rapper releases official 'Arthur' cover 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

The idea was to put lyrics to Mr. Klein’s compositions, but the repertory expanded to include other composers’ work, too. Back in Town With Tricky Tunes 2015-01-31T05:00:00Z

It's important for people to hear your lyrics. Are you ready for the British MCs? 2010-07-29T22:34:00Z

Surround You opens with fuzz guitar, but this is pretty-fuzzy not rock-fuzzy, with a keyboard glissando and a lyric that suggests rapture and enchantment. New band of the day (Jaws 1,562) 2013-07-26T13:45:13Z

A fine quartet of soloists, including the bright lyric soprano Mary Wilson and the magnanimous bass-baritone Kevin Deas, jostle for the spotlight with the orchestra, which shines in the rambunctious Symphony No. 102. ArtsBeat: Classical Playlist: Boston Baroque, Rafal Blechacz, Alexandre Tharaud and More 2014-01-01T17:00:22Z

He wrote his most haunting, mordant lyric for the 1975 Diana Ross film Mahogany. Remembering Gerry Goffin, the '60s Poet of Teen Heartbreak 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z

Joshua Tillman orchestrated drums and various percussion nick-knacks into musical parts that shaded the lyrics and embellished the songs’ emotional colors. Concert review: Fleet Foxes at Chicago Theatre 2011-10-01T05:31:00Z

With all due respect to John Lennon, whose most famous lyric makes a cameo in the British black-comedy-drama series "Mammals," love isn't all you need. Women on the verge: Is "Mammals" really about marriage and monogamy after all? 2022-11-20T05:00:00Z

Even when Halsey returns to first-person through most of the album, their lyrics are less confessional, more general, as if they have stepped back from immediate conflicts. Backed by Nine Inch Nails, Halsey Connects Past and Future 2021-08-26T04:00:00Z

Yet its reworking of good-old-rock-and-roll, supercharged and updated with protest lyrics, provided a template for what would soon be called “punk rock.” Review | The proto-punk blasts of the MC5 retain their power as MC50 at 9:30 Club 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z

Just two of the songs' lyrics are credited solely to Bridges, the quiet, lush "Falling Short" and the jazzy head trip "Tumbling Vine." Jeff Bridges sings 'Crazy Heart' songs at Ste. Michelle 2011-08-25T21:11:57Z

The important thing about these lyrics is the language used by the narrator to describe his situation, for it is all overheard. Bob Dylan in Trumpland: The workingman in "Modern Times" 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z

"Most of the critical reviews from the first album were right when they said the lyrics were techno babble," he says. Deltron 3030 is three minds, ten years and finally, a sequel 2013-10-17T13:52:00Z

Detractors can respond that the lyrics are ambiguous or may not be sung from Swift's perspective. How Gaylor Swift conspiracists think like QAnoners 2022-10-31T04:00:00Z

The English lyrics to Malzieu's unnecessary songs are burdened with stretched rhymes and trite images. 'Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart' beats with imagination 2014-09-23T04:00:00Z

Does your philosophical nature show in your lyrics? Delorean: 'We're a friend alliance first, a musical project second' 2012-06-20T14:26:00Z

He must notify the police within 24 hours of releasing new music, and provide them with the lyrics. For British Drill Stars, the Police Are Listening Closely 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z

Judith Viorst, the writer who created Alexander and his various adventures, also wrote the book and lyrics for this musical adaptation of her work, which features a score by Shelly Markham. Spare Times for Children Listings for May 13-19 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z

The songwriter who reshaped the American musical theater in the second half of the 20th century with his intelligent, intricately rhymed lyrics, his use of evocative melodies and his willingness to tackle unusual subjects. Final goodbye: Recalling influential people who died in 2021 2021-12-02T05:00:00Z

But the lyric video broke YouTube records within its first 24 hours of appearing, with fans anxiously supporting the return of Swift and welcoming her new era of snake imagery. Taylor Swift Debuted the "Look What You Made Me Do" Video 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z

The final season of “Game of Thrones” keeps reminding me of a certain Magnetic Fields lyric: “There’s an hour of sunshine for a million years of rain, but somehow that always seems to be enough.” “Game of Thrones” Season 8, Episode 5 Recap: Hell’s Bells 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z

Her previous album, "Biophilia," was thematically linked through lyrics about nature and the environment; her mostly a cappella 2004 album "Medúlla," recorded while she was pregnant, was overtly political. On 'Vulnicura,' Bjork is heavy and at her most personal 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

Mr. Opsvik sings on many tracks, a mix of wordless vocalizations and abstract lyrics. Music From a Distance? Eivind Opsvik Has Been Making It for Years 2020-06-16T04:00:00Z

The lyric was the story, and I wanted the music to illustrate it — to be the soundtrack to the movie you would see when you close your eyes and listen to the song. Donovan to Enter Songwriters Hall of Fame 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z

That lack of identity allows a rawness to emerge, both in lyrics and music. Review: The 1975 mix it up on debut album 2013-09-05T13:23:59Z

She’s nominated this year for the soulful “Fight for You,” whose poignant lyrics from the “Judas and the Black Messiah” soundtrack were written by H.E.R., producer D’Mile and singer Tiara Thomas. Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo could score big at Grammys 2022-04-03T04:00:00Z

He told Reuters that the “writing and lyrics will divulge everything there is to divulge.” Auction May Reveal Secrets of ‘American Pie’ 2015-02-15T05:00:00Z

In an email, Mr. Burger said that Mr. Kindler’s accusation was “dumb, malicious, wrong,” and that the lyrics were in fact about “warmongers, corporate emperors,” politicians and “media agitators.” A Rock Band Flirts With German Taboos, and Finds a Huge Following 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z

Sure, the lyrics are high-minded, at times—Guterman singled out the phrase "darkness has a hunger that's insatiable" from "Closer to Fine" as evidence of the musicians' self-conscious rage for doing something momentous. We've reached the point in the stay-at-home life when only the Indigo Girls LP will do 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z

But the album’s popularity drew attention to Freeze Corleone’s earlier lyrics about Hitler and Jewish landlords, and in the resulting controversy, he was dropped by Universal. How BMG Secretly Signed a Rapper Dropped for Antisemitic Lyrics 2023-02-03T05:00:00Z

Its lyrics — “Uniforms of fake bravery/ Authority earned from nothing/ The threat of steel/ So you won’t feel” — are eerily prescient. Rock sideman steels the show: Jason Narducy comes off the road and produces a second album as solo act Split Single 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

The lyrics are wistfully romantic, and oddly appropriate for a farewell tour; they’re full of separations and goodbyes. Music Review: Two Bands Ascending to Falsetto: A-ha and Jonsi 2010-05-09T22:35:00Z

Before those lyrics came together, though, the rapper says he had an "epiphany" to recruit Legend to write the song's musical framework and chorus. For Oscar nominee Common, 'Glory' had to be majestic and radical 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

The hand-written notes include a near-final draft of the lyrics, a few scattered doodles of animals in the margins, and most evocatively, several rhymes that never made the final cut. Somebody Just Bought Bob Dylan's Handwritten Lyrics for Record $2M 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z

Her lyrics — about desire, disappointment and distraction — are much less ambiguous. Hiss Golden Messenger’s radiant rhythms 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z

Moving away from politics, Dylan’s songs became more bizarre and downright silly, with lyrics that are, like jokes, concise. Happy Birthday, Bob Dylan, Our Most Underappreciated Comic 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z

He is capable of mixing eerie or quirky lyrics with catchy tunes. Italian music now: from Turin to Sicily 2012-07-10T15:48:29Z

“The lyrics are not good. Like, they talk about East California. What is that?” The Clueless Soundtrack Is Turning 20 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z

Adherents of the Baha’i faith, they sought to make a calmer brand of music, mixing folk, bluegrass, country and jazz influences and delivering their lyrics in close harmony. Jim Seals, Half of a Popular 1970s Soft-Rock Duo, Dies at 79 2022-06-07T04:00:00Z

They had developed kindred styles on their solo albums, absorbing lapidary Laurel Canyon folk-pop, punky electric-guitar drive, glimmers of electronics and psychedelia, and lyrics that mix confession and fantasy, the diaristic and the surreal. The Indie-Rock Trio boygenius Returns, Confident and Connected 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z

Let’s “Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive,” first, as Johnny Mercer wisely counseled in his song lyrics. Mom, I Love You, but I Can’t Keep Going to Church 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z

This lesser-known track, originally intended for the album The Blueprint 3, borrowed lyrics from the iconic Oasis tune and is credited as a sample. Jay-Z Channels Nirvana: A Look Back at His 7 Most Unexpected Samples 2013-07-09T19:42:02Z

Some songs explicitly mention snow in their titles and lyrics. Snow jams by Renton producer 10.4 Rog 2010-11-23T21:57:00Z

I would have been glad of any switcheroo in the rigidly formulaic “Fatigue,” with a book and lyrics by Douglas Lyons and songs by Lyons and Ethan Pakchar. ‘Breathe’ Review: A Pandemic Musical That Strains to Surprise 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z

These handwritten lyrics were used in the studio as a guide when they were recording it,” said Watkins. Money can buy you early Beatles stage at New York auction 2020-03-06T05:00:00Z

A lyric from his song “Legends,” a tribute to X and Peep, looms over his life like a shadow, or a prophecy: “What’s the twenty-seven club? We ain’t makin’ it past twenty-one.” The Beautiful Vulnerability of Juice WRLD 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

McCreery tends to drop football references in some of his songs, and on his new album “Same Truck,” a lyric mentions “there’s different color helmets on our Friday night home teams.” Country star Scotty McCreery knows pressure NFL players face 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z

“Sometimes, the lyrics are so suggestive of what the music should be, the main job is to avoid the obvious,” he says. Handsome Family sing 'language of dreams' 2013-07-12T16:06:00Z

In songs suffused with myth, her first-person lyrics speak of archetypal fathers and mothers, sailors and shepherds, gods and goddesses. Playlist: New Work From White Rabbits and Magic Youth 2012-03-11T03:09:07Z

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary's media authority says it is investigating a radio station for playing Ice-T songs with explicit lyrics, an announcement that got an enthusiastic response from the hip-hop star and actor. Ice-T welcomes Hungary probe into explicit songs 2011-01-02T20:16:05Z

Just like in the lyrics to “I’ll Be Your Mirror,” it seemed he was able to see the beauty in me that I couldn’t. Modern Love: What Lou Reed Taught Me About Love 2014-03-06T20:37:16Z

And the lyrics are full of cryptic gems such as the description of Addison's eclectic architectural style as "a happy fusion of Indonesian and Andalucian". Road Show ? review 2011-07-06T17:00:02Z

Ms. Lauper became the first woman to win the Tony for music and lyrics solo; in the past other women have shared the award with male writing partners. ‘Kinky Boots’ and ‘Vanya’ Win Top Tonys 2013-06-10T04:10:09Z

Sleater-Kinney devotion runs deep, from mouthed lyrics to the Portland friend I ran into; she was seeing her third Sleater-Kinney show of the week. Review: Sleater-Kinney end their American tour in Seattle, a place ‘we call home’ 2019-11-24T05:00:00Z

Thankfully it's all cut with humor, like in the song "I'm Writing a Novel" with the lyric "Because it's never been done before!" Seattle summer albums by Father John Misty and more 2012-05-18T13:13:59Z

Adding new lyrics, they sought to harness the old tunes for causes like the labor movement, civil rights and anti-fascism. Review: ‘Folk City’ at the Museum of the City of New York 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

With Shakira’s lead vocal and new lyrics, it became the No. 1 single in the United States and more than two dozen other countries from Guatemala to Israel to Singapore. Music: Musician Wyclef Jean Running for President of Haiti 2010-08-05T17:06:00Z

His lyrics, whether lofty or cranky, often imply that very little is what it seems and that we are all probably doing wrong, or paying into a rotten system. Cass McCombs: Imagine Beckett as a Cranky Singer-Songwriter 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

She phrases intuitively, waiting on a word and then drawing it out, and turns good lyrics to oatmeal, adding strange new colors to vowels, making whole syllables vanish. Critics? Choice: New CDs From Rick Ross, Marc Cohn, Frazey Ford 2010-07-18T21:21:00Z

The songs are “based on the characters and situations in the book,” Parton said in a news release, and the lyrics are threaded throughout the novel. Dolly Parton and James Patterson Are Working 9 to 5 on a Novel 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z

One Direction’s Harry Styles turned 22 on Monday, and while fans made tributes online, Styles celebrated his big day by tweeting an apt Taylor Swift lyric from “22,” off her 2012 album Red. Harry Styles Celebrates Birthday by Quoting Ex-Girlfriend Taylor Swift 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z

"He's not trying to be 21 and still knows his way around strong lyrics." El DeBarge faces the music with "Second Chance" 2010-08-28T02:53:00Z

Stritch understood a lyric, and in a weathered voice shorn of tonal beauty but smacking of experience she revealed a song’s heart. Good Night, Elaine Stritch, You Will Be Missed 2013-04-04T18:29:41Z

Helado Negro crafts moods — moods tinged with bits of darkness and irony and joy, all made more evocative by poetic lyrics and Lange’s deep, melancholic voice. Helado Negro's 'Private Energy' is an experimental electronica album that quietly delves into the political 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

Prosecutors have drawn on the men’s lyrics in making their case. California Bill Could Restrict the Use of Rap Lyrics in Court 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z

O'Brien played it straight on about half his songs, leading the band through strong renditions of several classics, though he did add comedic lyrics to a handful of songs. Conan O'Brien drops the needle on a vinyl record 2010-06-11T05:23:00Z

Each episode is inspired by lyrics from hip-hop songs, like Notorious B.I.G.’s “I Got a Story to Tell.” Rap Disrupted Music First. Now It’s TV and Film. 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z

But the show didn’t just “fade away,” as one of its signature lyrics goes. 'Bridges' Closes With Big Emotions and a Box Office Upswing 2014-05-19T04:00:00Z

Its lyric is sure to bring a sudden surge of Pop tragedy. From the Archives: The Original Review of ‘Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band’ 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

It reminds me, at least spiritually, of the Merle Haggard lyric, “Got plans to be in a warmer town come summertime.” Song of Summer: “When Summer Comes Again,” by the Lewis Brothers 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z

The lyrics unfold with a girl looking longingly at other kids who seem less awkward, less isolated than the rest. Echosmith siblings bring their platinum 'Cool Kids' success home to Hollywood 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

For the past 17 years, a group of awesome Swedish scientists have been competing with each other over who could sneak the most Bob Dylan song lyrics into research papers before they retired. 21 famous song lyrics that are shockingly scientific 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z

But a song’s meaning doesn’t reside exclusively in its lyrics, which means Jackson’s voice radiates a new aura as well. Perspective | Every Michael Jackson song sounds different today 2019-03-04T05:00:00Z

Screams greeted the song’s opening whoosh; there were loud, high-pitched singalongs as the lyrics flashed on screen. The Inside History of ‘Where Are Ü Now’ 2015-08-25T04:00:00Z

The album title, and the lyrics of its opening song, “Compassion,” are adapted from a poem by her father and mentor, Miller Williams. New Albums From Lucinda Williams and Christopher Owens 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z

Despite those concerns and some melancholy lyrics, the tone of “Regresa,” with its synthesizers and reverbs with retro touches, is calming and warm, like a sunset on the beach. Buscabulla offers electro-Caribbean music for the pandemic 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z

The song's title and lyrics overtly evoke the protests around the death of Eric Garner, and the subsequent lack of indictment of the officers whose restraints led to his death. Pussy Riot evokes Eric Garner in new video 'I Can't Breathe' 2015-02-18T05:00:00Z

Lest you think funny turns on song lyrics are the stuff of childhoods, Missy O'Reilly knows otherwise. 6 geezers laying? Holidays bring on song botches 2013-12-11T14:48:03Z

There are jaunty, melodic passages with impressive guitar backing; high, swooping vocals and slinky, breathy whispers; and lyrics that deal with everything from time and illness to a killer willow tree. Ruth Theodore: Dear Lamp Love Moth – review 2013-06-13T22:00:01Z

Erivo retreated to her comfort zone of writing, penning the lyrics, “Where do the lonely hearts go when the silence falls and the storm comes in?” Cynthia Erivo is vulnerable, yet powerful on ‘Ch. 1 Vs. 1’ 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z

In addition to these elegiac poems, and some candid and moving lyrics, Porter's work from the 1970s became more meditative, packed with allusions to myth, philosophy, art and music. Peter Porter obituary 2010-04-23T16:54:00Z

While the lyrics of the song itself are not threatening, the petition acknowledges, wearing a T-shirt with that word is “shocking and aggressive.” Muslim Rapper’s Plans to Play at the Bataclan in Paris Prompt Furor 2018-06-11T04:00:00Z

The singing was choppy, the attention to lyrics, whether in English or Portuguese, minimal. Music Review: An Operatic Persona, Cut Down to Size 2010-09-16T04:30:00Z

When he found the music for “Patointeligencja,” the lyrics angrily spilled out of him. A Polish Rapper Goes From Scandal to Superstar 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z

Drawing from a deep well of feeling, she interprets lyrics from the point of view of someone who knows who she is and conveys empathy in a voice that glows with insight. Music Review: Jennifer Sheehan at Feinstein’s at Loews Regency 2012-05-27T22:00:42Z

Sadly, these fans displayed more life than Spears, who lip-synced many of her lyrics and danced tenuously, as if she were afraid of getting injured. Concert review: Britney Spears and Nicki Minaj at the Tacoma Dome 06/29/11 2011-06-30T19:02:11Z

Latouche never wrote any lyrics for the show’s second act, though. Capturing the Short, Glamorous Life of a Forgotten Broadway Lyricist 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z

Sprinkled throughout were an array of fills and accents that commented on Tweedy’s lyrics, never more so than on the lap-slide sighs that he floated through “Poor Places.” Concert review: Wilco at the Civic Opera House 2011-12-13T05:58:00Z

And through much of the album, her lyrics recognize other characters enough to engage them in arguments and pleas: “You’re everything I want and I’m all you dread,” Ms. Baker sings in “Sour Breath.” Julien Baker Bravely Confronts Her Traumas and Fears 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z

The ceremony was rolling along fine until Brooke Shields had to be bleeped after forgetting the lyrics and flubbing an opening song with Harris. Tony awards, 2011: Big winners and Northwest connections 2011-06-13T04:29:05Z

Its lyrics seesawed between hard-nosed and amiable, but they usually led to blithely catchy heys and oohs, ready for woozy, sunny singalongs. Music Review: Pop Second-Guessing Itself, Building Up and Coming Apart 2010-10-03T22:19:00Z

She was also a singer of ferocious gifts, able to channel anxious passion with vivacious power and move through a lyric with nimble acuity. The Night Sinead O’Connor Took on the Pope on ‘SNL’ 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z

Sometimes you find a beautiful chord progression and you think I have to write lyrics to that. "Levon didn't write songs. I gave him credit": Robbie Robertson on The Band's disputes and new film 2020-05-23T04:00:00Z

Its lyrics sparked outrage, and the track is no longer commercially available. Readers recommend: songs about criminals ? results 2011-03-31T12:49:24Z

Did you think about the lyrics when you were choreographing? Ryan Heffington Wants the Whole World to Dance 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z

“I am profoundly moved by its lyric beauty and horrified by its cruelty and suffering.” Louis Stettner, Who Photographed the Everyday New York and Paris, Dies at 93 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

A Broadway revival of “West Side Story,” for which he wrote the lyrics, is scheduled to open next February, and Steven Spielberg’s new movie adaptation of the 1957 musical is expected in December 2020. ‘Company’ Returning to Broadway, With a Woman at Its Center 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z

Viewers were invited to join in with lyrics superimposed on the screen and followed with a bouncing ball. Conductor Mitch Miller dies at age 99 2010-08-02T18:27:00Z

It’s very much a coloratura instrument rather than a lyric one — a voice built more for dexterity than warmth — with a narrow spectrum of brilliant colors. Review: Lawrence Brownlee Makes Room for Black Composers 2023-03-24T04:00:00Z

On the contrary, when Ira Gershwin wrote in a song lyric about “more clouds of gray than any Russian play could guarantee,” he was surely thinking of Chekhov. Cate Blanchett and Chekhov, Together on Broadway 2016-09-13T04:00:00Z

Rennie’s lyrics describe a journey to the center of the earth, the captain traveling “a boiling river through streams of mercury” toward his mad destiny. Handsome Family sing 'language of dreams' 2013-07-12T16:06:00Z

Mr. Smith’s lyrics were full of droll wordplay and irresistible nonsense-syllable choruses. Huey ‘Piano’ Smith, New Orleans Rock ’n’ Roll Cornerstone, Dies at 89 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z

A serious rocker of high calibre, with sophisticated lyrics and several million records sold. What us Germans think of your taste in our music 2011-03-18T15:01:54Z

I once wrote a rap lyric to introduce him, which he told me he framed and hung over his piano. Sheldon Harnick, 'Fiddler' and 'She Loves Me' lyricist, sails back into the Tony spotlight at 92 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

The lyric describes the moment I met my partner, on a balcony at a gig in Camden. Domestic bliss 2011-06-24T07:47:40Z

The only other songs with lyrics are “Winter Sun,” which feels left over from Ms. Spalding’s previous album, and “Apple Blossom,” which features the Brazilian singer Milton Nascimento. Critics? Choice: New CDs: Albums by Brian Wilson, John Mellencamp, Trace Adkins 2010-08-15T23:05:00Z

Participating families must register on the museum’s website to receive a Zoom link to the workshop, which will include looking at footage of Parton and artifacts like her stage costumes and handwritten lyrics. 5 Things to Do This Weekend 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z

Those kinds of off-rhythms and the dissonance, and then the lyrics, are very intellectual and political. What Do Lars Ulrich and A.O. Scott Have in Common? A Lot, It Turns Out 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z

The early recordings played in court captured Plant singing off key and testing lyrics that didn't make the final cut and humming where he eventually sang the vocal hook, "It makes me wonder." Backstage pass to making of Led Zeppelin's epic 'Stairway' 2016-06-22T04:00:00Z

The mostly sincere lyrics articulate what a lot of people are feeling: it's time to police the police; governments fight too many wars; ordinary citizens know nothing of what is being done in their name. Wikileaks – the album: read our verdict 2012-06-29T16:56:41Z

After all, they didn't write the terrible lyrics, crib the nonsensical plot from some half-baked Greek mythos, or ask to be high-wired without the proper safety requirements. Searching for the nice reviews of "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" 2011-03-24T15:25:00Z

But none of those people have ever written a lyric that reads “I know you want it.” Pharrell Says It's 'Not Possible' For Him to Be a Feminist 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

He says the lyric came about because he was fed up with journalists asking him how he felt. How we made: New Order's Gillian Gilbert and designer Peter Saville on Blue Monday 2013-02-11T17:31:49Z

That fall, Mitchell gathered more than thirty drawings and watercolors in a ring binder and paired them with handwritten lyrics and bits of poetry. Joni Mitchell Discusses Her New Book of Early Songs and Drawings 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z

The video for "106" follows the lyrics, so follow along and be guided through the South End. SEA music videos: Shabazz Palaces, The Physics, La 2011-09-20T17:44:05Z

Her lyrics don’t tell stories; they contemplate places and situations, landscapes that can be geographical, psychological and sometimes both. Review: Joan Shelley Offers Celtic-Tinged Melodies 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

In the clip Ms. Silverstone bursts onstage holding shopping bags aloft, dressed in Cher Horowitz’s canary yellow plaid schoolgirl uniform, and then begins mouthing the lyrics to Australian rapper Iggy Azalea’s “Fancy.” Alicia Silverstone, With a New TV Show, Proves She’s Not Clueless 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z

Dropping Knowledge Many of his lyrics name check unexpected historical figures, like Catherine the Great and Yi Sun-sin, the 16th-century Korean naval commander. A Versace Model, Rapper and ASAP Mob Collaborator. And He’s Only 19. 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z

Ms. Willis has faced criticism for her hard-line approach to gangs, especially her office’s use of rap lyrics in indictments, which critics say raises First Amendment concerns. Violent Gang, or Rap Label? Prosecutors Say Young Thug’s YSL Is Both. 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z

Thomson reclaims the dated genre of the love duet for lyric tenor and soprano. When a Critic Put on the ‘Best of All American Operas’ 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z

Here's a sampling of the lyrics, courtesy of the house fly: Netflix's "Absurd Planet" nature oddities series soothes humans feeling a bit weird ourselves now 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z

Midway through, the song moves through an improvised limbo and coalesces into a different tune: a march with lyrics about a messianic “blackstar” who also declares “I’m not a popstar.” Review: ‘Blackstar,’ David Bowie’s Emotive and Cryptic New Album 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z

Members of the New York Deaf Theater sign along with some of the songs, their hands dancing with the lyrics. Review: ‘Twelfth Night,’ Anything Goes in Love and Shakespeare 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z

The song’s last lyric served as his mission statement: “It’s all about making something that’s all in all bigger than anything I’d ever known.” Review | Brent Faiyaz brings R&B to Southwest Wharf’s new Union Stage 2018-02-11T05:00:00Z

A few days into the sessions, which lasted two weeks, lyrics for another eight songs turned up. Unknown Dylan Songs Get Music by Elvis Costello, Marcus Mumford and Others 2014-08-19T04:00:00Z

The title mimics an old slogan portraying the police as “the friend in your path” and the lyrics describe systemic use of sexual and other violence by Chilean police. ‘The rapist is you!’: why a Chilean protest chant is being sung around the world 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z

As Bono walked and sang his own lyrics, he made them porous by inserting lines borrowed from others: the Who, the Sex Pistols, Talking Heads. Review: U2 Kicks Off 8 Nights in New York With Depth and Spectacle 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z

This was a period in which Wonder’s musical genius was exploding, his astonishing creativity fueled by outrage at racial injustice, which he addressed directly in his lyrics. Review: Dance Theater of Harlem’s Soulful Ballet to Stevie Wonder 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z

After visiting the show “Folk City: New York and the Folk Music Revival,” children can follow the example of artists like Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan and write lyrics for their own songs. Spare Times for Children for July 17-23 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

You might think, “What in the world is less necessary than a lyric video for a Lil Pump song?” The Playlist: The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar Join Forces, and 15 More New Songs 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z

He argues with every convention of the lyric stage. Why Andriessen's daring and difficult 'Theatre of the World' will stand the test of time 2016-05-09T04:00:00Z

I guess the lyrics came most easily because I’ve always written words. ‘The X-Files’ star David Duchnovny has a new gig: touring musician 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

I guess in the lyrics it might have been a touch negative. Never Say Never: Swans Return 2010-09-05T00:14:00Z

But here, at the end of a personal journey through lyrics like “She is Black but beautiful,” the aria feels like an urgent plea from Sulayman to be left alone to reflect. At the Spoleto Festival, Opera Is an Act of Liberation 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z

I used a lot of the album, well all of it other than the lyrics, as a kind of underscore. Aardman animates Pink Floyd trailer 2013-08-20T11:02:31Z

Needless to say, the Stones don't perform this song in concert any more, and the last time they did, the lyric was subtly amended to "16". Older men, young girls: a common theme of 70s pop – but still wrong 2012-10-06T23:06:39Z

The singing often sounds half-committed, as if Mr. Savage couldn’t be bothered, and the lyrics, on songs like “Baby Boomer” and “Forced Aloha,” reek of smart-alecky derision. Playlist : Improvisatory Responses To Post-Punk Chirping 2011-01-23T02:30:15Z

Gillian Anderson plays the goddess Media, first appearing as Lucille Ball and, in another scene, speaking in David Bowie lyrics. ‘American Gods’: Why a Story About Ancient Deities Is Timely 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z

It includes the lyrics, “Democracy is messy/And everybody’s dream is not the same/So we push up the hill/And we do our best to play an unfair game.” ‘The Democracy Project’ Puts America Onstage, Warts and All 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z

One of Mr. Matthews’s strengths has been his lyrics’ passionate respect for women; it’s a major reason his concert audiences are far more gender mixed than most jam-band crowds. Dave Matthews Sings to the Next Generation on ‘Come Tomorrow’ 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z

Also, the language barriers—like with hip-hop, in France, the focus is more on the personality, of the flow of the music, rather than the lyrics themselves. Robocall: A Conversation with Daft Punk

 

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Time is also a central motif in the script and lyrics: how we try to freeze it, bend it, escape from it. Review: Lost on a Magical Mystery Tour in ‘Alice by Heart’ 2019-02-27T05:00:00Z

Pattinson even gets one great moment, singing along to the lyrics of a song – “Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful” – while lit only by the dashboard of a car at night. The Rover review – an Australian road movie that runs out of road 2014-06-11T04:00:00Z

Among the songs was Ellen Harper's "City of Dreams," with lyrics inspired by Claremont and what she describes as overdevelopment in the small town that "has taken over what makes life good." Ben Harper and his mom roam the store that was a childhood home 2014-06-28T04:00:00Z

“Who was the first artist to go, “Come on, baby, let’s do the twist,’ ” he asked, singing the lyric. Anecdotes from the African American Museum’s grand opening 2016-09-24T04:00:00Z

“His voice sounded tired, he muffed lyrics and he sometimes dispensed with entire verses altogether in a remote performance.” Grateful Dead to celebrate 50 years at Soldier Field this summer 2015-01-16T05:00:00Z

He cheerfully urged viewers to "follow the bouncing ball" at the bottom of the TV screen as it skipped across lyrics for familiar and simple American standards like "I've Been Working on the Railroad." "Sing Along" star Mitch Miller dies, age 99 2010-08-02T21:48:00Z

MIA says that it's not a direct comment on a particular political situation – and since much of her lyrics touch on real situations of conflict and ethnic cleansing, that's completely plausible. Does MIA's Born Free video overstep the mark? 2010-04-28T10:30:00Z

In a piece about “The Anthology of Rap,” a bulky tome of classic rap lyrics, she quoted an erroneously transcribed ODB rhyme. Hip-hop joins the public radio fold as NPR Music continues its expansion

He had writer's block and he said, "I don't know what to do. I've written so many lyrics and I can't think of new ways around it at the moment." Duran Duran's Nick Rhodes on "Medazzaland" turning 25: "I love the sonic architecture" 2022-10-29T04:00:00Z

Your lyrics suggest, I tell him, that you have no talent for relationships. Tom Odell: 'Having your heart broken makes for good songs' 2013-03-24T00:06:37Z

The work, which includes lyrics, long elegies and a coda written about Levis’s son, demonstrates the intensity and singular voice that distinguished five collections during his lifetime and two other posthumous books. The best poetry books for January take on race, current events, love and loss 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z

He was not, to quote a Blondie lyric, going to “die young and stay pretty.” Up Close: Mick Rock, ?70s Photographer, Has New Exhibition 2011-12-14T18:47:59Z

Strong and vulnerable, funny and beautiful, Mary made us feel the power and the promise of her theme song’s lyrics: You might just make it after all. For female journalists, Mary Tyler Moore showed us the life we wanted 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z

He composed many of the core pieces in the choro repertory, including “Carinhoso,” which was later outfitted with lyrics and performed by popular crooners like Orlando Silva. The Essentials of Brazilian Music for Olympic Listening 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z

Over the years, Ely and other band members attributed the indistinct lyrics to the microphone suspended from the ceiling, forcing Ely to shout up at it. 'Louie Louie' Singer Jack Ely Dies at 71 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z

With lyrics blurring the gender conventions of the day, "Androgyny" acted as a departure of sorts, with a musical palette that blended electronica with alt rock. Shirley Manson on the album that expanded Garbage's sound: "We got royally punished for it" 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z

Don’t get me wrong, I really enjoy and find grace in the simplest of rock lyrics. R.I.P, the list pop song: Missing the lost art of rock ‘n’ roll lyrical overload 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z

Many reviewers noted the melancholy tone of the record and speculated that lyrics like "we argue a lot no matter what we do" indicated further problems in her marriage. Cole's roles 2011-05-05T15:16:24Z

George, who began working with Alessandrini in 1988, says that like the lyrics, he tries to change as little as possible from the original staging so that skits look like the original. 'Forbidden Broadway' creator on the art of spoofs 2012-09-14T14:26:12Z

Its opulent vegetation, blinding white beaches and tangled multicultural heritage inspired, in its most famous literary son, an ambitious body of work that seemingly embraced every poetic form, from the short lyric to the epic. Derek Walcott, Poet and Nobel Laureate of the Caribbean, Dies at 87 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z

“I had to go make up some lyrics about Stagger Lee and Billy being in some kind of squabble about a girl,” Price told Billboard in 2013. Lloyd Price, singer and early rock influence, dies at 88 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z

And the lyrics, with elaborate syntax popular with poets when the words were drafted a century ago, fluster many with arcane metaphors such as that of a land "lying eternally in its splendid cradle." As protests simmer, Brazil's national anthem soars at World Cup 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z

The cryptic lyrics to "Casino Boogie" were written at the last minute, "William Burroughs-style," says Jagger, out of phrases he and Richards scribbled on strips of paper and then selected at random. Mick Jagger rocks Cannes 2010-05-19T22:10:00Z

"To see all his work in one place, the costumes, the lyrics, the set designs, his notebooks - that's pretty amazing," said Furtwengler. David Bowie exhibition lands in Chicago for only U.S. visit 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z

Fans of Darnielle’s prolific musical portfolio have a habit of trying to unpack his lyrics, searching for the message in the words he sings in that cracked and imperfect and jarringly honest voice. Mountain Goats founder John Darnielle returns with a second powerful novel 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z

Both versions are stunningly good, setting two different stages for Yoakam's expressive tenor as he instills a lonesome yearning into lyrics about the ongoing search to fulfill one's dreams and goals. Review: Yoakam shows how it's done on '3 Pears' 2012-09-17T16:10:09Z

“My Name is Prince,” features over 200 items including customized guitars, award statuettes, notepads of handwritten lyrics and elaborate costumes that featured in his music videos and feature films. Purple reigns at London exhibition charting Prince's career 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z

Snoop Dogg was acquitted, but researchers estimate that more than 500 cases over the past 30 years have shown prosecutors using rap lyrics against defendants at trial. California makes it harder to use lyrics as evidence against rappers 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z

In a 2006 article distributed to prosecutors, an F.B.I. analyst recommended looking for rap lyrics when searching homes and jail cells because of their potential as leads. Using Rap Lyrics as Damning Evidence Stirs Legal Debate 2014-03-26T23:01:35Z

This apathy is encapsulated, handily, in the devastatingly plaintive lyric “God knows I tried,” from a song of the same name. Lana Del Rey Is Exhausted 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z

He did not give the title of the song or offer any clues about its lyrics. Paul McCartney Says A.I. Helped Complete ‘Last’ Beatles Song 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z

Houston often gravitated to dramatic songs with lyrics about triumphing over the odds, and has been credited with inventing the "pop diva" genre that has inspired singers to the present day. Whitney Houston 2012-02-12T02:03:31Z

With music by Burton Lane and lyrics also by Mr. Lerner, “On A Clear Day” is scheduled to begin performances on Nov. 12 at the St. James Theater and open on Dec. 11. ArtsBeat: For Chicago Actress, A Broadway Debut Opposite Connick in 'On a Clear Day' 2011-08-04T15:37:47Z

The relative quality of those lyrics aside, that is all fully false. Basketball, the musical 2012-12-16T16:00:00Z

Matthew Gamble brought an appealing lyric baritone voice and uncommon intensity to Ford, Alice Ford’s husband. Music Review: ‘Falstaff,’ Part of Prelude to Performance at Kaye Playhouse 2012-07-15T21:49:41Z

Petty’s artistic achievement has been greatest when he contrasts his populist riffs with inward lyrics, mostly about alienation. Tom Petty brings mojo to Safeco Field 2017-08-20T04:00:00Z

Two young girls, seeing a girl like them onscreen, singing her heart out with raw and vulnerable lyrics, singing about her story? "Never was a cornflake girl": Why a 1994 album by Tori Amos belongs in "Yellowjackets" 2023-03-27T04:00:00Z

The song, which topped the chart in 1963, has been given a by the force, with the lyrics changed to promote crime prevention. Police cover Cliff's Summer Holiday 2013-06-08T10:16:28Z

Pain, as both a word and a condition, is a staple of her lyrics; so are dreams, fears, screams, darkness, the heart and all things aqueous, from rain to oceans. Music Review: Evanescence at Terminal 5 - Review 2011-11-02T18:30:26Z

She wore a gold dress and towering stilettos, and launched into a parody of Cher’s “Welcome to Burlesque,” putting in all sorts of lyrics about illegal substances and anonymous sex. Scene City: Carrying a Torch for Bar d’O 2012-12-26T20:13:38Z

But a few years ago, she was preparing to head out on tour after a long break from the road, and “I couldn’t remember the bloody lyrics of any of the songs,” she said. Sinead O’Connor Remembers Things Differently 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z

Mr. Page’s recent songs are verbally effusive, midtempo numbers composed in a style that suggests a third- or fourth-generation Beatles descendant with lyrics that dive right into the muck of experience. Review: Steven Page, an Ordinary Guy Reflects on Middle Age 2016-03-23T04:00:00Z

The song's lyrics criticize Trump for campaigning for the White House by trying to breed resentment against immigrants from Mexico. This unusual course examines rap lyrics about Reagan and the 1980s 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z

The lyrics don’t have to be brilliant all the way through; it’s nice if there’s a moment in a song where a couple of lines really stand out. Stephen Malkmus stares into the "Mirror" 2011-08-22T23:01:00Z

Now he started writing lyrics of his own and rapping about working-class existence on the margins of London. Devlin: 'You've got to be hard on yourself. It's all or nothing' 2013-02-03T00:05:05Z

For all the bluntness of “Formation’s” lyrics, there’s a world of nuance in the song’s visuals that may have eluded many white male viewers. Dear liberal white guys: Before you offer your critique of Beyoncé’s “Formation,” read this 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z

And there are lyrics in it that, if I linger on them, automatically bring tears to my eyes. How a Jerry Herman Song Called a Future Critic to New York 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z

The lyrics are deliberately elusive and, like too much of the play, unsatisfying. Theater Review | 'Sounding': Swimming in Murky Waters Infested With Death and Life 2010-03-02T22:19:00Z

That is an amazing thing to put in a lyric. Lou Reed on Yeezus: 'It brings tears to my eyes' 2013-07-03T15:48:19Z

“There will be notebooks, song lyrics, poetry and also everyday stuff like shopping lists, and phone numbers on pieces of paper,” Saxe said. Tupac Shakur Touring Exhibition Opens in January 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z

As with the other songs in this epic day, the arrangement and lyrics are good to go from take one, it’s just a matter of extracting the perfect take. Bob Dylan’s “electric trilogy” masterpieces: I played all 18 discs and 357 tracks. Here’s why you should 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z

Their lyrics are also less innocent than those of One Direction. One Direction and the Wanted: Boy Bands Return 2012-03-23T22:40:38Z

And Mr. Butler is still an alluring rapper, less cosmic than in his youth, but no less abstract, with disjointed, associative lyrics that sound coherent thanks to the steadiness of his delivery. Music Review: Left-Field Hip-Hop, Coherently Disjointed 2010-10-17T22:25:00Z

In 2010, Yale University Press published the Anthology of Rap, which canonizes dozens of rap songs — or more specifically, their lyrics — as a sort of poetry. Riff: Lady Mondegreen and the Miracle of Misheard Song Lyrics 2012-07-13T18:54:28Z

You write different lyrics for all these guys. For RZA, Hip-Hop Was Just a Prelude to Kung Fu 2012-10-17T12:09:43Z

And this: Malikah, a fiery Beirut-raised hip-hop star, describing how she began her career spitting lyrics into a face mask to hide her identity from disapproving conservatives. Asserting Their Fashion Identity in the Muslim World 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z

Few bought the record when it initially came out, but it has inspired countless rock bands with its songs about S&M, junkies, paranoia and "split didactics," to quote one lyric. Review: Box sets from Cash, Kiss, Jackson, others 2012-11-20T19:58:14Z

His first letter begins with the lyrics to Monkey Man with three extra lines specially for Hunt. Mick Jagger's secret love letters up for sale 2012-11-09T15:59:01Z

"It's just amazing writing, lyrics," she says of the songwriter Jim Steinman's work. Bonnie Tyler 'not part of 1980s' 2013-05-13T18:00:00Z

In our last song parody contest, just days after the election, the Empress pleaded for lyrics that in some way expressed hope. Style Invitational Week 1235: The Sound of Science — a song parody contest 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z

Sample lyric: “The melancholy face is an analogy now the hat that’s worn is like a horse track.” Music: The Midlife Thing, the Nightmare Thing 2011-02-24T21:48:04Z

But I don’t usually write songs with the lyrics first. White House event sparks collaboration between poet and singer 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

He insists that I sing it again until I identify the correct lyrics, and it’s only then that the vein will subside. Down with song-lyric fascists 2013-04-13T20:00:00Z

The lyrics of the songs in The Recipe Project are the actual, complete cooking instructions for a dish.  The Recipe Project Will Make You Hungry For Music 2011-11-03T16:30:48Z

Stubbornly digging in, she will swear up and down that her incomprehensible lyrics to a song are the “right” lyrics. Perspective | My daughter’s hidden disability 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z

There was no story except what was included in the lyrics — and the very good musicians played so loudly that it was difficult to hear many of the words of the lyrics. Review: A Girl’s Kerouac Dreams Go Astray in ‘The Mad Ones’ 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z

And it has once again raised questions about whether lyrics should only be taken as artistic expressions meant to portray a harsh reality, or as evidence of crimes. Violent Gang, or Rap Label? Prosecutors Say Young Thug’s YSL Is Both. 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z

In his 2010 memoir, “Finishing the Hat,” Sondheim called the outrage understandable, but said, “I wasn’t about to sacrifice the line that sets the tone for the whole lyric.” ‘West Side Story’: How We Covered the Classic N.Y.C. Musical 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z

When she did runs, it was usually because the lyrics called for it. Production of a Lifetime: Whitney Houston and Clive Davis 2017-09-30T04:00:00Z

I started analyzing the lyrics, and breaking down the theory of it. DJ Steve Aoki on Making Music for the Dancing Masses 2016-11-16T05:00:00Z

Mark Guiliana’s drumbeat, when it arrives, is a matter of sputtering off-beats and silences, while Mr. Bowie intones lyrics about “the day of execution.” Review: ‘Blackstar,’ David Bowie’s Emotive and Cryptic New Album 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z

“I feel like an astronaut/suffocating on the moon,” went a lyric to a pained song, “Astronaut,” one of dozens. Music: He Can Sing It, if Not Speak It 2011-04-10T02:00:17Z

The increasing complexity of the lyrics is manifested in “bigger words and more prepositions, articles, and conjunctions.” ArtsBeat Blog: I Me Mine: The Beatles and Their Pronouns 2011-08-29T14:30:32Z

Cabral rose to fame in the early 1970s as part of a generation of singers who mixed political protest with literary lyrics. Source: 3 suspects detained in folk singer slaying 2011-07-12T14:13:07Z

Nearly all of the lyrics were written as the album was being recorded; now, they echo past mortality. Review: School of Seven Bells Has a Final Album With a Sad Back Story 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z

It matches the fragmentary nature of Ms. Wolfe’s lyrics, but sung fragments of text are more easily digested than spoken ones. Review: In ‘Steel Hammer,’ a Man and a Train in a Race and a Legend 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

It often lacks a rhythmic "groove," and when there are lyrics, they are not easy to sing along with. Why you should consider adding classical music to your exercise playlist 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z

For example, if you wanted the lyrics to a song, the app posts on your behalf to Twitter or Facebook, alerting your friends and followers. Samsung and Jay-Z Accused of Using New Album to Mine Customer Data 2013-07-05T20:53:04Z

The lyrics may be a litany of aggression, but the tone – and the crowd reception – is gleeful, liberating. Pow!: anthem for kettled youth 2011-02-03T21:30:00Z

The fact is, lyrics these days are as easy and free as a google search, and they usually come with guitar chords attached. One way to enjoy Bob Dylan’s songs without hearing his voice 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z

A Million Dreams Mr. Deaver’s only brother, Strider Deaver, and Mr. Lawton’s brother, Chris Lawton, earnestly read the lyrics of “A Million Dreams” from the movie “The Greatest Showman,” as part of the wedding ceremony. A Music Festival Wedding with Two Grooms as the Main Event 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z

“If something comes from Hamburg, you know it,” he says, referring to the so-called Hamburger Schule, a pop-inflected strain of indie rock with smart lyrics and catchy hooks. T Magazine: Twist and Stout 2011-03-25T14:00:14Z

This morning, in one of my Bowie commiserations, a longtime close friend said that she could imagine whole worlds around each of his songs, because Bowie’s lyrics were so visual and narrative. Growing Up with David Bowie 2016-01-11T05:00:00Z

In 2009, he traded barbs with rapper Rick Ross, taunting him in lyrics and on video for formerly working as a corrections officer. 50 Cent writes anti-bullying book for teens 2011-06-20T23:27:41Z

As a set of lyrics, “Give Me a Nail,” from Mermaid Avenue Vol. Greil Marcus on “Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions” 2012-07-16T14:06:00Z

"The particular lyrics in 'Born This Way' may be considered as offensive when viewed against Malaysia's social and religious observances," the company said in a statement to The Associated Press. Malaysia gags Lady Gaga, garbles gay lyrics 2011-03-17T17:33:10Z

The lyrics still sparkle here, but Das Racist continues to think of songs as opportunities for inside jokes and references, first; for absurdist performance, second; and as music, third. Music Review: Das Racist in a Concert Focused on ?Relax,? Its First Album - Review 2011-09-13T22:15:34Z

The volcanic red-haired, high-priestess of alternative rock shows off her range with gusto throughout an album with a sound and lyrics that don't disappoint. Review: Garbage releases your kind of album 2012-05-23T19:32:09Z

Meanwhile, Beyoncé announced through her publicist that her lyric would also be changed, though the new version has yet to surface. From Lizzo to Beyoncé, why does harmful language for disability persist? 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z

And the Broadway legend Alan Jay Lerner was meant to write lyrics for “The Phantom of the Opera,” but in 1986, a few days after making plans for work, he was diagnosed with lung cancer. 5 Things We Learned From Andrew Lloyd Webber’s New Memoir 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z

The duo’s lyrics are cryptic, but such songs as “The Innocents” and “Holy Ghost” — both performed on Monday — seem to address spiritual questing. Everything about veteran indie-rock group Low is emotionally constrained 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z

Even the novel’s title comes from the band’s song of the same name, with lyrics by Patti Smith. Review: ‘Career of Evil,’ J.K. Rowling’s Grisly Crime Novel 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z

The song’s melody is adapted from the Latin crucifixion hymn “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded,” which was first translated into English in 1752; Simon wrote the lyrics shortly after Richard Nixon was reëlected, in 1972. Feeling Lost with Paul Simon One Last Time 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z

Essentially dispensing with the didactic prologue, Mr. Kulick’s staging, using a translation by James and Tania Stern, with lyrics by W. H. Auden, tosses us quickly into the chaos of political upheaval. Theater Review: ‘The Caucasian Chalk Circle,’ at Classic Stage Company 2013-05-31T02:00:01Z

“There’s a density and complexity in the actual lyrics in rap that takes precedent,” he said. ‘Holler if Ya Hear Me’ Uses Songs by Tupac Shakur 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z

Notice that Andi’s parents did not let her own music by the Nine Inch Nails, and yet she knew the lyrics well enough to sing them for Ms. Greene. Motherlode Blog: Sex, and Kids, and Rock and Roll 2011-09-08T17:07:06Z

Her music appears on the video “Barney in Concert,” on which the purple dinosaur sings her setting of the Hebrew alphabet for children; her lyrics have been featured on a line of Hallmark cards. Debbie Friedman, Singer of Jewish Music, Dies at 59 2011-01-11T07:18:11Z

Within the context of the song, it’s a mildly ironic lyric about social anxiety, but it also happens to allude to Toledo’s early approach to creating. How Car Seat Headrest went from recording in a car to playing music’s biggest stages 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

He plays for her a recording of what became their song when they were together as teenagers, and it’s a folky tune, with lyrics about the comforts of growing old as a couple. Review: ‘In the Blood’ and the Singular Talent of Suzan-Lori Parks 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z

When he spoke of the destruction wrought nearly 30 years ago by the Category 4 hurricane, it was as if he was reciting lyrics to a folk ballad he penned himself. Among the Majestic Trees in Congaree, Slipping Into Silence 2018-07-16T04:00:00Z

He wrote that such phenomena “currently manifest themselves in myriad ways, including the pattern of violence against Jews, the obnoxious lyrics of some hip-hop songs, etc.” Obscure Musicology Journal Sparks Battles Over Race and Free Speech 2021-02-14T05:00:00Z

As a result he eschews lyrics in many of his songs, which on some recordings have tended toward the abstract. 2010-02-12T21:05:00Z

Ms. Dupuis has described drawing inspiration from ’90s pop groups like the Spice Girls and Salt-N-Pepa, yet her lyrics contain messages of female empowerment and sexual consent that feel very of the moment. Pop, Rock and Jazz in NYC This Week 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

Gore’s tunes are pleasant but, barring Carrie and Mom's songs, not very individuated, Pitchford’s lyrics are prosaic, at times prolix, and Cohen’s book doesn’t explore its All Teens Are Alienated theme beyond surface considerations. With 'Carrie: The Musical,' you can't say they haven't tried 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

One of the most enjoyable elements of his memoir is the deconstruction of his own lyrics. Jay-Z: good from the hood 2010-11-20T00:03:00Z

The host is also nominated for an Oscar for writing the lyrics to "Everybody Needs a Best Friend" from "Ted." Seth MacFarlane bringing a surprise factor as Oscar host 2013-02-21T13:37:46Z

It was nominated for outstanding musical, best direction and best lyrics, as well as earning three acting nods. Satirical Mormon musical leads Drama Desk noms 2011-04-29T22:33:30Z

The lyrics reflect on the ultimate futility of father-son competition given the inevitability of death in which “I’ll never win and neither will you.” New Music: Albums by Rascal Flatts, Anita Wilson and Loudon Wainwright 2012-04-02T22:29:45Z

Even so, he added, the “pressure per square inch” on lyrics “can be a wee bit lower than in a conventional poem.” Johnny Cash, the Poet in Black 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

Yet it’s inevitable that Mr. Cohen will be remembered above all for his lyrics. An Appraisal: Leonard Cohen, Master of Meanings and Incantatory Verse 2016-11-11T05:00:00Z

In February, The Guardian reports, her representative claimed that “Kanye did not call for approval” about the track, and that Swift was “never made aware of the actual lyric ‘I made that b**** famous.'” Kim Kardashian's Snapchat Takes Taylor Swift Feud To New Level 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z

Mr. Osbourne: Once I had the song’s melody, Geezer wrote lyrics for it. ‘What Does Paranoid Mean?’ The Story Behind the Black Sabbath Hit 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z

And with a childlike joy, I joined them in belting out the lyrics to “Under the Sea.” My gay art-porn debut 2012-06-23T02:00:00Z

“All these lyrics mean so many new things,” Mr. Pendleton said from the stage. She Taught New York to Sing 2022-04-21T04:00:00Z

This is partly because Wells, with the unaffected precision of a lyric poet, is very nearly reinventing the language of film, unlocking the medium’s often dormant potential to disclose inner worlds of consciousness and feeling. ‘Aftersun’ Review: A Father and Time 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z

And he said that a lot of their lyrics which were taken as angry political commentary were actually just making fun. Joe Jackson, Past, Present, and Fast Forward 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z

What most distinguished Mr. Sondheim’s lyrics, however, was that they were by and large character-driven, often probing explorations into a psyche that expressed emotional ambivalence, anguish or deeply felt conflict. Stephen Sondheim, Titan of the American Musical, Is Dead at 91 2021-11-26T05:00:00Z

And the playlist was clearly very carefully combed over for lyrics; I couldn’t find too much to offend anyone, save for the generic inoffensiveness. Dead Tree Alert: The DJ in Chief; or, Running for Office, One Pop Song at a Time 2012-02-16T16:50:45Z

At heart, "Dreamers Are Waiting" preserves what's always made Crowded House so beloved — Finn's open-hearted vocals and lyrics, both of which are paired with timeless, gorgeous melodies — while adding a contemporary sheen. From Fleetwood Mac back to Crowded House, Neil Finn weighs in on the band's open-hearted new album 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z

Fools Gold are almost as radical, mixing afro-beat, rock'n'roll saxophone and lyrics sung in both English and Hebrew to get the Festival Republic tent dancing. Blink 182 and a day of old relics at Leeds festival 2010 2010-08-29T10:33:00Z

Ward massaged certain tracks—Harper’s “Love and Trust” was bluesy; Staples’s “Love and Trust” is pop—and changed melodies and lyrics as he saw fit. How Mavis Staples’s New Record Got Made 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z

As she practiced, accompanied by Krivchenia, she tried to remember all the lyrics; the band’s engineer, Dom Monks, was secretly recording. The Ordinary Brilliance of Big Thief 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z

The musical features a book by James Graham and music and lyrics by Gary Barlow and Eliot Kennedy. Matthew Morrison Is Leaving 'Neverland' 2015-12-08T05:00:00Z

It actually focuses on the uncertain singer in a way that goes beyond lyrics. Why this "Baby, It's Cold Outside" update works, where others have failed 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z

Working until three o’clock in the morning, the Beatles then devoted more than two hours to rehearsing a new Lennon composition titled “Cry Baby Cry,” with its nursery-rhyme lyrics and somber tones. The Beatles’ struggle to finish “The White Album”: How bad did it get?  2018-09-09T04:00:00Z

It is not easy to translate lyrics into another language while hewing to the original meaning of the words and maintaining the rhyme patterns. Susan Stroman’s ‘The Merry Widow’ at the Met 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z

Now he was scribbling lyrics on pads and envelopes all night and listening to the Stones and the Beatles and feverishly reading the Surrealists and the Beats. Bob Dylan and the “Hot Hand” 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z

Its deeper lyrics and more elaborate melodies reflect the musical maturity of the band. December's best music from across the MAP 2012-12-19T10:00:00Z

With its plaintive winding melody and lyrics that picture an endless river of romantic sorrow, the song conjures the darker side of Southern California hedonism during the long-gone heyday of the Laurel Canyon troubadours. Music Review: J. D. Souther in Lincoln Center American Songbook - Review 2012-01-15T23:08:05Z

West Side Story Musical Theatre West stages the classic tale, inspired by Shakespeare's “Romeo & Juliet,” about star-crossed lovers in 1950s New York; with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. L.A. theater openings, Feb. 7-14: Bernadette Peters and more 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z

In May, a video of the Canadian pop star drunkenly singing “Despacito” surfaced — on which he replaced the lyrics with words like “burrito” and “dorito.” No, Justin Bieber’s remix of “Despacito” isn’t innovative, it’s racial tourism at its worst 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z

Increasingly, the act of writing the lyrics is being prosecuted because prosecutors contend that the words amount to a criminal threat. Rap lyrics can be used as ‘smoking gun’ in criminal cases 2014-03-28T02:01:41Z

And at the same time, perhaps to compensate, the focus of his lyrics is narrowing. Jack White’s ‘Lazaretto,’ About Controlling and Letting Go 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

On “Nostalgia,” just try not to crack a smile at the lyrics she wrote to the melody of Fats Navarro’s 1947 trumpet solo while you simply shake your head at her command. Best Jazz Albums of 2022 2022-11-30T05:00:00Z

He also wrote the music for recordings of Beatrix Potter's children's stories, with lyrics written by Croft and read by Vivien Leigh, and of Bible stories read by Laurence Olivier. Cyril Ornadel 2011-07-14T17:32:44Z

So in some cases, I spent weeks rewriting those lyrics to make them more formed and more clear. From Fleetwood Mac back to Crowded House, Neil Finn weighs in on the band's open-hearted new album 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z

This comedy, with music by Will Aronson and book and lyrics by Sam Salmond, is about a boy growing up Mormon while his mother goes through three difficult divorces. Summer Stages 2011-05-06T22:09:27Z

For all the suppressed mania in Scott's trembling lyrics of madness and malcontent and his general air of a tub-thumping snake oil salesman, their first hour is an insanely sunny whirl. The Avett Brothers – review 2013-03-17T18:51:19Z

“When you grow old, will you remember my name?” one lyric asked. Music Review: Laura Marling Brings Folk Traditions to City Winery 2010-05-16T22:35:00Z

Artsy Sundress Lady With Earplugs tried to mouth lyrics she clearly didn’t know. Admit One: ‘Here Lies Love’ and the Era of Audience Participation 2013-07-11T21:22:46Z

Their singalong vocal melodies — with a pass-the-mic style reminiscent of aughts punks Pretty Girls Make Graves — are never weighed down by stuffed-to-the-gills lyrics. D.C. punks Bad Moves expand their sound but keep their focus on ‘Untenable’ 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z

Fun fact: Withers didn't originally intend to say the famous "I know" line 26 times; it was just a placeholder for lyrics that he eventually planned to pen. 25 of the most covered songs in music history 2021-09-04T04:00:00Z

Song lyrics projected before each dance captured something of that mood. Review: Traditional Dance From Okinawa at Japan Society 2015-09-20T04:00:00Z

It’s closer to the proto-grunge of the Melvins than to any kind of Americana, and the transformation of the lyrics is equally brash: “I could kill with the power in my mind,” Ms. Mayfield sings. New Music: New Rocordings by Riverside, Jessica Lea Mayfield and August Alsina 2014-04-14T21:25:54Z

The lyrics and pacing for the song as it plays over the action echoes the frustrations that the young women must be feeling given society's and then their situation's limitations. "Yellowjackets" is returning to push the boundaries of what being "Just a Girl" really means 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z

“The Wheel,” which can easily stay smiley and upbeat, moved toward a floating meditation, the better to unveil Robert Hunter’s fatalistic lyrics. Grateful Dead 'Fare Thee Well' Tour Gets Down to the Music 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z

Instead, the play will draw upon interviews, concerts, news articles, letters, acceptance speeches and song lyrics. Amy Winehouse Play to Open in Denmark 2012-10-25T20:23:46Z

He was given the prize for writing lyrics and music. Why Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize is the best thing that can happen to the book world 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

The tape, featuring Reed singing alone with his guitar, documents Reed sketching out new songs, using phrases from Warhol’s “Philosophy” book as raw material for lyrics. A Long-Lost Lou Reed Tape With a Surprise: Andy Warhol Lyrics 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z

It's a good bed for my lyrics and vocals to lie in, that sort of vibe - whatever this is, this record. Lisa Marie Presley returns with rootsy third album 2012-05-23T11:45:18Z

But prosecutors say the lyrics are an important tool for battling criminals who use an outspoken embrace of violence as a weapon of control. Using Rap Lyrics as Damning Evidence Stirs Legal Debate 2014-03-26T23:01:35Z

He almost undermined that message in his lyrics, veering from traditional sense-making, but ultimately, "I'm Gay" felt like a moment of clarity. Best pop music 2011: Seattle and beyond 2011-12-24T14:01:08Z

In each case justice was swift, as companies said, rightly, that their values didn’t jibe with the sentiments of those lyrics — and, by extension, those artists. Critic’s Notebook: Lil Wayne and Other Rappers Run Afoul of Propriety 2013-05-07T18:41:15Z

The ultra-romantic ballad “Stella By Starlight” was stripped of its dreaminess and became a platform for Mr. Goldblum’s zany deconstruction of the lyrics. Jeff Goldblum Plays Jazz at the Café Carlyle 2014-09-17T04:00:00Z

Capiello quotes rap lyrics when posting about bottles on Instagram and shows off tattooed arms in the video wine guides he hosts for “Playboy.” What It Takes to Be a Master Sommelier 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z

She writes melodies that gather drama as they unfold, carrying lyrics filled with compassion, close observation and sometimes heroic metaphors. Brandi Carlile, Larger Than Life and Achingly Human 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z

The next song, "Lazuli," features female breathy vocals with more emotive lyrics. Review: Beach House comes into 'Bloom' 2012-05-30T19:19:26Z

They share a subtitle — "An American Lyric," a phrase that for Rankine carries a specific set of meanings: "to pull the lyric back into its realities," she elaborates. Poet Claudia Rankine ruminates on the body politic in 'Citizen' 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z

Thomas notes that he is taken aback by one of Johnston’s lyrics: “Time is just a deadly weapon waiting for you to slip up.” ‘16 Bars’ Review: Inmates Find the Beat 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

Their lyrics make everyday events the starting point for existential ruminations, often dark ones; the tunes can be hymns or foot-stompers. Songs and Laughs for the New Year’s Eve Countdown 2012-12-27T23:59:25Z

AP: The lyrics talk about things that you did wrong and things done wrong to you. Robbie Robertson addresses legacy in The Band 2011-04-06T16:18:07Z

The lilting melody is interrupted by the clacking of a typewriter, as Dylan hammers out lyrics, smokes a cigarette and chats with manager Albert Grossman. Review | ‘The Double Life of Bob Dylan’ is the definitive account of a shape-shifting genius’s early years 2021-05-18T04:00:00Z

Gothic lyrics with buzzsaw guitars, allegedly broken vocals and sensory drum effects, the band evokes the cavernous experiments of the darkwave era with the likes of The Sisters Of Mercy, Bauhaus and Suicide. June's best music from across the MAP 2012-06-13T10:52:13Z

The message in the zines and the bands lyrics was "You Matter" writ large, flying in the face of mainstream and underground culture that denied the value of their ideas and art. Riot Girl: still relevant 20 years on 2011-01-20T23:30:01Z

This is when musicians work together to create song structures, grooves and lyrics to convey the themes. Grammy winner explains why Adele is right – album tracks should not be shuffled 2021-12-13T05:00:00Z

Mr. West sings uplifting lyrics from the perspective of his late mother over autotuned gospel harmonies and Mr. McCartney’s sparse keyboard chords. A Kanye West-Paul McCartney Single Drops Just Before the Ball 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z

Composer Matthew Pierce has written an original score, including Gaelic lyrics, to be performed by an orchestra and choristers. ‘Sleepy Hollow’s’ Headless Horseman: Spring dance leaps out of ballet’s box 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z

She belts out lyrics about the glory of living in a woman’s world. They always said Cher (and cockroaches) could survive the end of the world. Lately, she’s not so sure about that. 2018-11-26T05:00:00Z

The lyrics can be clunky — as in “I let you use my gifts/To back those lying lips,” from “Bullet in the Brain” — but they’re never less than clear. New Music: New albums by the Black Keys and Swans 2014-05-12T22:08:25Z

Another video, "Popped a Molly I'm Sweating For 6 Minutes", which is that same lyric looped for that amount of time, has had 2m views on YouTube. Why US pop has gone mad for Molly, aka ecstasy 2013-07-14T18:00:00Z

As one critic put it, Shear's "reedy singing" probably kept him from solar stardom despite his "uncommon gift for memorable pop hooks and laugh-out-loud-clever lyrics". Old music: Jules Shear and Pal Shazar ? Dreams Dissolve in Tears 2012-05-17T08:10:23Z

At the first of the three shows, Jehnny Beth was still using lyric sheets on some songs: “We haven’t finished writing our songs but we thought, what the hell?” she said. Savages, a London Band, Plays Three New York Clubs 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z

But the younger Mr. Kuti’s status as a mainstream celebrity in his native Nigeria — he has been a judge on “Nigerian Idol” — hasn’t made his lyrics any less fiery. 12 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z

In writing the music and lyrics for “The Empty Chair,” Mr. Ralph and Sting had another objective. Pinning Academy Award Hopes on a Powerful Song 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z

Stephen Sondheim, who wrote the lyrics for “Gypsy,” remains a part of the film development discussions, Mr. Silver said. Laurents Left Book, Play and Plan for ?Gypsy? Film 2011-05-25T21:33:59Z

That’s when you became more extroverted, the lyrics clearer, the song structures firmer. Peter Buck sounds off: Looking back at R.E.M’s “Out of Time” and “Losing Our Religion” 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z

On “Fun Girl,” in lyrics set atop a barely-there guitar, she broaches the topic head on. Summer Walker’s Sex-Positive R. & B. 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z

In this revival, the Puerto Rican members of The Sharks speak some lines and sing some lyrics in Spanish. 'West Side Story' to play a month in Chicago 2011-03-02T16:10:14Z

But while "I Am Very Far's" lyrics are decidedly cryptic, musically there's a lot to hold on to. Enigmatic Okkervil River plays Marymoor Park Monday 2011-08-18T23:52:04Z

“As I walked home that night, my head was just spinning, trying to figure out how these great songs and cool lyrics could be recorded well. I kept thinking to myself, ‘Don’t screw this up.’ ‘Guyville’ at 25: Liz Phair’s career-defining album still defines her. For better or worse. 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z

When I was a kid my friends would be obsessed by music and would learn every lyric of songs, but I was never into that. Rachel Whiteread: a life in art 2013-04-06T08:00:40Z

The imprinting of their lyrics and melodies on tender minds! Scene City: Public Theater Raises Funds for Renovation 2012-03-07T21:34:55Z

She hands her husband the lyrics to A Better Place as a reminder. Glen Campbell: One last love song 2011-08-26T22:01:04Z

The Real Housewives of Toluca Lake: The Musical Sendup of the reality-TV franchise, with book, music and lyrics by Molly Bell. L.A. theater openings, March 27-April 3: 'Rain,' 'Future Thinking' and more 2016-03-24T04:00:00Z

I closed my eyes and could actually feel the warm air turning into a groove, the lyrics drifting across the sky in cartoon bubbles. Secrets of the “Exile” sessions: Drugs, sex and madness as the Rolling Stones took over France 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z

Q. Do you steal — or, let’s say, get inspired — by any writers for lyrics or music? Playlist: Worldly Influences On a Young Artist 2011-07-22T18:47:47Z

His lyrics are a means of revealing silenced narratives and venting about the pain, but the stage is for celebrating the fact he’s survived. Even on a slightly off night, there’s no denying Schoolboy Q’s star power 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

The words he sings are in Mandarin: the lyrics for “Always Together” were adapted from “Girl from Ali Shan,” a folk song that originated in Taiwan, thousands of miles from Jamaica. Stephen Cheng Recorded a Cult Classic in Jamaica. Then What Happened? 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z

Many of the lyrics are about rock ’n’ roll itself as a goal, a release and a great joke. Review: ‘Thunderbitch’ Features Brittany Howard of Alabama Shakes 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z

Even the lyrics imply it’s easy to eye-roll at a famous person who complains about fame, but Wallen says the inspiration came from a genuine place. You might know Morgan Wallen because of the SNL incident. But he’s poised to be the future of country music. 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z

Over major chords, its handful of lyrics celebrate how “At the fall of night, this city’s made of light.” Florian Schneider’s 10 Essential Songs, in Kraftwerk and Beyond 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z

He's adept at filling his music with colors, textures and temperatures of the different worlds he thrives in by using funky horns, tender acoustic guitars and thoughtful lyrics. Billboard CD reviews: Christina Aguilera, Korn, Jewel 2010-07-02T21:49:00Z

It always did, especially when I was writing the lyrics out. Bob Dylan Has a Lot on His Mind 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z

Sweden’s latest export is a youthful and vivacious singer-songwriter with unabashed enthusiasm for catchy lyrics and danceable tunes. The 21 Artists We Want to Hear From in 2017 2016-12-23T05:00:00Z

Yet her lyrics, delivered with a tough rasp, are about the ways a patriarchal culture discards women after they have raised their children, protesting with unquestionable vitality. FKA twigs Seeks Angelic Intervention, and 10 More New Songs 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z

The tradition of reading lyrics on a page is a little bit iffy. Paul Muldoon: a life in poetry 2013-03-31T05:59:01Z

Ghost on Ghost is a wonderfully, produced and assembled record, propelled with joyous momentum even on tracks with darker lyrics like "Low Light Buddy of Mine." Review: Iron & Wine's latest another step forward 2013-04-15T20:58:08Z

I would be too self-conscious if I just thought of writing lyrics for a song. Kim Gordon's fresh start 2013-09-19T16:18:45Z

Some of the lyrics are suggestive of the time we went through. From Fleetwood Mac back to Crowded House, Neil Finn weighs in on the band's open-hearted new album 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z

Particularly touching was a film clip of Bernstein himself croaking through the lyrics of a Blitzstein song as he accompanied himself at the piano. Review | Celebrating the Bernstein centennial with a family album 2018-05-21T04:00:00Z

You've also covered Drake songs – do you relate to his lyrics? Conor Maynard: 'I wanted to prove I'm not Bieber 2.0' 2012-10-10T13:10:00Z

“Spinto” — the past participle of the Italian verb spingere, “to push” — describes roles that demand both the silvery fluidity of a lyric singer and the dark power of a dramatic one. Frances Ginsberg, American Soprano, Dies at 55 2010-12-29T04:21:11Z

An artfully crafted piece with a fragile, wonderfully English lyric that conjures dark and surreal images for the listener. My favourite Beatles song: A Day in the Life 2013-03-05T10:39:21Z

Someone puts on Beyoncé’s Brown Skin Girl, and her lyrics could hardly be more apt: “Your skin is not only dark, it shines and it tells your story/ Keep dancing, they can’t control you”. Rocks stars: meet the teenage cast of the hot new British film 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z

Reassurance and communion are major themes in those songs, which helps explain why so many of their best moments involve wordless lyrics: your ohhs and whoas and oohs. Music Review: Coldplay at the Barclays Center on Sunday 2012-12-31T21:44:58Z

The mood is both pre- and post-apocalyptic: the lyrics say the crisis is coming while the eerie, hollowed-out music says that it's already happened and the band are just wandering the wreckage. The best No 1 records: The Specials – Ghost Town 2012-05-31T20:31:00Z

As the lyrics to “Slip Away” mingle the joys of music and lust, the song gathers momentum from fierce drumming and brutally plucked pizzicato strings. Perfume Genius Grows Brasher and More Introspective on ‘No Shape’ 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z

“It’s not that unusual to look at lyrics and pick them apart to see why each character sings each note,” she said. Musical Couple Turn to Aviator and His Wife 2011-08-20T19:30:23Z

In his lyrics, he’s a pensive Romantic, contemplating landscapes and memories, and reveling in love, lost and found. Music Review: Ben Howard at the Bowery Ballroom 2012-04-03T21:27:26Z

One song’s percussion always varies from the next, subtly adjusting to the tone of Apple’s lyrics. Fiona Apple's The Idler Wheel...: Painful, Raw Parts That Form Something Beautiful 2012-06-18T16:24:15Z

The lyrics are as dramatic and poetic as ever – "I've carved my name on the livers of my lovers," he sings at one point – and he isn't short of tunes. Carl Bar?t ? review 2010-10-25T20:45:00Z

The rousing tempo matched the lyrics about an out-of-control mail train determined to reach Spencer, Virginia, on schedule. Almost heaven, West Virginia: Driving country roads in search of America today 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z

“Writing a song, you can have a nice beat or sound, but the lyrics won’t always match,” he says. ‘Dance in DC’ short films capture the city’s spirit of entrepreneurship 2020-12-15T05:00:00Z

Her voice wraps her lyrics in burlap: flexible, sturdy and a little rough to the touch. The Best Albums of 2016 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z

He wrote the playful call-and-response lyrics in which the band shouts out questions to Fitzgerald about her lost yellow basket: Van Alexander, songwriter and prolific TV music arranger, dies at 100 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z

A disagreement over lyrics to “Father of Night” epitomized the difference between the two visions. Bob Dylan’s First Musical Had a Devil of a Time 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z

I give you the poetry of his lyric, and, of course, the melodies of Burt's. Dionne Warwick on her new documentary and enduring career: "I am and will always be relevant" 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z

Ms. Hadid designed the Aquatic Center for the 2012 London Olympics, while Mr. Stilgoe is best known for writing the lyrics for “Cats,” ”Starlight Express” and “The Phantom Of The Opera.” ArtsBeat: Winslet and Branagh Among Those Honored by Queen 2012-06-18T14:17:52Z

Together, they weave gentle song lyrics and artfully distorted figures into surreal vignettes on the stubbornness of pessimism. ‘Annual Animation Show of Shows’ Review: A Mix of Whimsy and Dread 2022-12-29T05:00:00Z

That arresting lyric on track five, for instance, aimed at a lover: "Give me something/ Let me go/ Tell me something I don't know." Laura Marling: 'Americans – they're just a lot more poetic' 2013-04-27T23:04:02Z

Elsewhere his lyrics confront betrayal, mortality, loss and unease, heavy on imagery of the body and the sea. Playlist : New Music From Baroness, Rhoda Vincent, Shintaro Sakamoto 2012-07-20T17:18:02Z

The ideal chicken nugget meets three criteria: thorough and harmonious seasoning, breading that won't wilt or yield to a gentle poke, and innards as tender as any Jack White lyric. The absolute best way to make chicken nuggets, according to so many tests 2021-07-01T04:00:00Z

Conte sings in Italian, French, English and Spanish, and thankfully there are English translations provided, for the lyrics are often as intriguing as the music. Paolo Conte: Nelson ? review 2010-10-14T22:40:00Z

In 1844, the abolitionist newspaper the Liberator published “A New Version of the National Song,” with lyrics by a man named E. A. Atlee. Colin Kaepernick and the Radical Uses of “The Star-Spangled Banner” 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z

According to Microsoft, 10 percent of all Internet search queries are entertainment-related, with music lyrics alone accounting for 70 percent of those searches. Google, Bing search engines turn to music 2010-07-06T02:46:00Z

His delivery is pure Americana, charmingly gruff around the lyrics "All I want is you for Christmas." Gifts from "The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special” we want year-round 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z

The Doors always considered themselves "more" than a rock band and Manzarek, Densmore and Krieger often managed a flowing rapport that blended rock, blues and jazz behind Morrison's self-consciously poetic lyrics. Manzarek, founding member of The Doors, dies at 74 2013-05-21T14:23:11Z

Besides lyric poems, she wrote translations, a prose tale with verse, Phantasmion, and lightly instructive poems for children. Poem of the week: Time's Acquittal by Sara Coleridge 2011-01-10T10:49:35Z

I've realised how theatrical his music is, but also how intriguing the lyrics are. On my radar: Arlene Phillips 2013-02-02T10:00:00Z

“Cannot believe it’s real. Smiling scenery so appealing,” are the Khmer lyrics of “Florida, Florida”, sung in a slow and sentimental style. U.S. turns to music in bid to woo Cambodians 2018-03-07T05:00:00Z

Fagen and Becker’s lyrics have been described as cynical and sinister, and the artists themselves as “sociopaths masquerading as benign dictators,” a reference to their perfectionist methods in the studio. Review | How Steely Dan made its mark on music — and shaped an American cool 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z

About half of the band’s total stance, titles to lyrics to singing, seems inflexible, nonnegotiable. Music Review: All Pigs Must Die, Metal and Hardcore at Acheron - Review 2012-01-22T22:44:46Z

The role of Washington will be performed by Christopher Jackson, who was one of the stars of last summer’s Broadway musical “Holler if Ya Hear Me,” inspired by Tupac Shakur’s rap lyrics. 'Hamilton' to Offer a Multi-Racial Cast of Founding Fathers 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z

Here’s a sample of some of her most memorable song lyrics – from five of her Billboard-recognized hits. Dolly Parton's best life lessons and quotes ahead of her birthday 2022-01-18T05:00:00Z

His music and lyrics still form the core of I’m From Barcelona, and his voice still takes an unequivocal lead. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2011-04-18T23:45:23Z

Scored by Jeffrey Stock, with a book and additional lyrics by Marc Acito, “A Room With a View” received its debut run in 2012, at Old Globe Theatre in San Diego. ‘Secondhand Lions,’ ‘Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess’ in 5th Avenue Theatre’s next season 2013-03-01T19:13:32Z

His lyrics often describe events that defy physics and echo the cosmic musings of ’60s psychedelic rock, which leads people “to label Vile a spaced-out stoner,” as Pitchfork wrote. Kurt Vile, Indie Rock’s Charming Riddle 2018-09-26T04:00:00Z

He also defended “Blurred Lines” lyrics that drew criticism from some who said the song was sexist and predatory. Pharrell Williams Says He's a Feminist After All 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z

After the set, I ask some young women whether Snoop's lyrics put them off him. Glastonbury 2010: I love Snoop Dogg the artist ? but despise him as a man 2010-06-27T18:59:00Z

“This is a God dream,” the lyrics went. Philip K. Dick was a sci-fi prophet. Did he predict the unraveling of Kanye West? 2017-10-11T04:00:00Z

He always delivered flawless performances, and now he will flub a lyric here and there. Glen Campbell: One last love song 2011-08-26T22:01:04Z

If I mess up a lyric, the fans just laugh along with me. Country star Scotty McCreery knows pressure NFL players face 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z

The lyrics coped with both tortuous romance and an expanding career. Tame Impala Makes Music for Loners. But Now Kevin Parker Plays the World’s Biggest Stages. 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z

In his sobering song “That Funny Feeling,” which has more than 6.7 million views on YouTube alone, Burnham sums it up in one lyric: “The whole world at your fingertips, the ocean at your door.” Can Works Like ‘Don’t Look Up’ Get Us Out of Our Heads? 2022-01-23T05:00:00Z

Looking inward led to lyrics inspired by what matters to him: home, family, and love. Paul McCartney's "Tug of War" at 40: A self-aware solace written in the wake of John Lennon's death 2022-04-30T04:00:00Z

Mark Waldrop, who conceived the work with him and wrote the book and lyrics, will direct the revival. The New Season of Theater: Listings for the Fall Season and Beyond 2017-09-08T04:00:00Z

Coe and Williams, the country group Alabama and rockers like Lynyrd Skynyrd all used the flag on stage or in merchandise or referenced the flag or the Confederacy in their lyrics. Country Music Acts Quietly Abandon Confederate Flag 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z

That overcast sound, though, balances out the openhearted nature of Hakim’s lyrics, which are almost devotional in their description of a transformative love. Blackpink’s Genre-Clashing Return, and 8 More New Songs 2022-08-19T04:00:00Z

The lyrics were written by American attorney Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812, but the music was borrowed from the 18th century British song "To Anacreon in Heaven." How 'The Star-Spangled Banner,' racist or not, became our national anthem 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z

While lyrics on the page might suggest self-pity, the music rarely does. The Passions and Travails of a Jazzy Everywoman 2011-06-20T21:40:37Z

"I just think I've got a very worried mind and music and lyrics are my way of exercising it. I'm drawn to that kind of writing in literature and other songwriters." Cate Le Bon: Living for the music 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z

And as he began to experiment with writing his own songs, DuBrul found his voice in culturally subversive lyrics. Meet the punk activist who’s changing the psychiatric system from the inside 2017-05-07T04:00:00Z

It seemed to urge the listener to take up arms, even as the lyrics urged acceptance: “Don’t you know it’s gonna be alright.” In the turmoil of 1968, music failed to seize the moment 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z

But the song's lyrics were so heavily edited for television that you were mostly impressed by Minaj's ability to commit the changes to memory -- a sign of professionalism, for sure, but not exactly a revelation. MTV Video Music Awards 2014: Beyonce shows the stars how it's done 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z

The band evolved, during the nineteen-nineties, from a crude but effective bar band to a sophisticated purveyor of esoteric lyrics and clever melodies. Watching Canada’s Biggest Rock Band Say a Dramatic Goodbye 2016-08-20T04:00:00Z

Keys, a New Yorker, used Twitter to express what the lyrics mean to her. Hear Alicia Keys's 'We Gotta Pray' 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z

Joy and romantic bliss are not on Ms. Landesman’s menu of subjects, but a mordant wit and a salty exuberance keep her lyrics from being depressing. Music Review: Traveling to the Stars, No Joy or Romance Needed 2011-03-08T21:29:40Z

"It has come to my attention that lyrics from my contribution to a fellow artist's song has deeply offended your family," Wayne wrote in an open letter. Lil Wayne backtracks from his 'offensive' Emmett Till lyric 2013-05-02T12:37:36Z

Without the villain Auric Goldfinger, there’d be no reason for the masterly lyric: “He’s the man, / the man with the Midas touch / A spider’s touch.” Sam Smith’s Song Breaks the Bond Rules 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z

But as “The Hill” evolved, from a solo to a trio, he found that the lyrics and gender dynamics added unexpected layers. Soldier Dances, From a Land Where Everyone Serves 2017-10-10T04:00:00Z

Millions, after all, have thought the Beatles wrote the lyric “The girl with colitis goes by.” Review: For Once, Singing of Complete and Utter Clarity 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z

Q: The key I think is that you can forge a certain atmosphere in your recordings that is sparse, with an emphasis on the lyrics and the melody and very little sugarcoating. Nick Lowe interview: Pop music for grown-ups 2011-12-08T05:26:00Z

"Badman's Song," meanwhile, finds Orzabal grappling with internalized self-doubt; the lyrics were inspired by a true story of him overhearing people talking bad about him on an early Tears for Fears tour. From the Beatles influence to personal strife, revisiting Tears for Fears' complex "Seeds of Love" 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z

Another was Richard Farina’s gung-ho anthem, “The Bold Marauder,” a folkie battle hymn of “the white destroyer” whose stinging lyrics promise “death will be our darling/and fear will be our name.” Review: Nellie McKay Goes Retro to Days of Song and Psychedelia 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z

It serves a lot of functions, she said: journal, day planner, sketch pad, lyric book. Cécile McLorin Salvant’s Album Tackles a Newer Archive: Her Own 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z

Strange that someone who loves lyrics so much should have chosen to give one of his most popular characters no voice at all? Nick Park on Desert Island Discs: Cracking tunes, Gromit! 2010-12-20T13:31:49Z

In Facebook rants, emails, and private conversations, friends and colleagues of mine have critiqued “Formation’s” lyrics as “dumb” and “meaningless,” her video as “vapid.” Dear liberal white guys: Before you offer your critique of Beyoncé’s “Formation,” read this 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z

Good evening", he begins, opening his set with some darkly appropriate lyrics: "This is the kind of thing that drives men into the desert. Gravenhurst – review 2012-09-25T17:05:14Z

Some lyrics are taken from Mandela's speeches and other writings. Nelson Mandela opera comes to Johannesburg 2011-08-12T17:56:09Z

The initial release from the album -- the track's a big, beefy work with grand production, sheets of Bruno and Cosentino guitars and sparse lyrics about Southern California, devotion, bliss, life and getting really, really high. Best Coast unveils video for new song 'California Nights' 2015-02-24T05:00:00Z

On “Drover,” the album’s cowboy overture, he used his lanky frame expressively, rocking left and right, stiff-legged, on his heels; marching exaggeratedly in place; knocking his knees after an emphatic lyric. Music Review: Bill Callahan Show at Jazz at Lincoln Center 2012-02-09T23:04:37Z

They throw verses at each other until Lucious invents a goofy lyric and they both crack up. TV Review: 'Empire' Ends Its First Season With a Fervid Finale 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

We wrote it in hardly any time, which isn't surprising if you read the lyrics. Jemaine Clement 2010-08-28T23:05:00Z

The lyrics wonder if democracy is facing an “extinction event”: “A big mouth says the people they don’t want to be free.” U2 Releases ‘Songs of Experience.’ Cynicism Not Included. 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z

When he was barely old enough to vote he was already singing with the Jam, and writing the sort of lyrics that would get him labelled spokesman for a generation. In praise of ? Paul Weller 2010-08-27T00:03:00Z

“I want the group to do something that amplifies the lyric being sung,” Jones explained, and in the rehearsal room, he strove to drive home that point. Without Michael Bennett’s choreography, is it still ‘A Chorus Line’? 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z

There is an element of pre-emptive excuse making in this lyric that can be applied both to the song and the movie, a defiant equating of unpopularity with integrity. Cross-Cuts: Reconsidering Box Office Bombs Years After the Fact 2013-08-23T12:44:45Z

On “Cherokee,” Marshall’s lyrics identify with the fatalism of the native world, just as the muted vocal and heaving synths sound strangely prehistoric. Cat Power Shines on Sun 2012-09-07T12:00:25Z

The album opens with “Clean Slate,” a mature meditation on redemption, and the second half of the set features plenty of introspective lyrics over silky fingerpicking. A Word With: M. Ward: M. Ward on His New Solo Album, ?A Wasteland Companion? 2012-04-01T21:03:38Z

The lyrics are often vivid and sometimes startlingly candid: “I got what I deserved,” she sings on the bouncy “Dead Horse,” “I was the other woman first.” Hayley Williams Lays Down New Roots on Her First Solo Album 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z

Back then, some critics scoffed at the lyrics’ presumptive wisdom: What could a 23-year-old girl possibly know about both sides of life? Joni Mitchell Reclaims Her Voice at Newport 2022-07-26T04:00:00Z

Chavez adamantly insists that the regime imposes no restrictions on their lyrics, but perhaps it doesn't have to. The Creole Choir of Cuba: the a cappella aid agency 2010-08-19T21:15:00Z

But the momentum is brief, dissipating a few lines later as he stops to mumble a lyric that should’ve been sung. Kanye West’s Only One Isn’t Very Good, but It Is Selling 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

Do you find it easier or more difficult to write lyrics, to write songs, without Pavement? Stephen Malkmus stares into the "Mirror" 2011-08-22T23:01:00Z

But her lyrics are never specific enough to believe she ever actually left the hotel room. Cat Power Shines on Sun 2012-09-07T12:00:25Z

Several handwritten drafts of the lyrics—sometimes titled “Beach Haven Race Hate,” “Beach Haven Ain’t My Home,” and “Old Man Trump”—are presently on display at the Woody Guthrie Center, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A Story About Fred Trump and Woody Guthrie for the Midterm Elections 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z

They knew his lyrics and required less than a week to learn some of them. An emotionally illuminating evening with Sampha at 9:30 Club 2017-02-09T05:00:00Z

The memorable musical, composed by British theater legend Andrew Lloyd Webber with lyrics from Charles Hart, includes songs “The Music of the Night,” “Think of Me” and “All I Ask of You.” ‘Phantom of the Opera,’ Broadway’s longest-running show, to end after 35 years 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z

There's so much happening on-screen sometimes that the game struggles to display the notes and lyrics smoothly. Lips: I Love the 80s 2010-04-10T23:07:00Z

In most cases, why they work well with the other songs is that I wrote 95 or 99 percent of the lyrics… Gordon Gano defends Lou Reed: “He was the exact opposite of everything that he probably deservedly has a reputation for” 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z

Only viewers witnessing the scene at home see the English translation of his lyrics, via subtitle. "Los Espookys" and "Alternatinos" show the Latinx TV crossover is already here 2019-07-21T04:00:00Z

Tom Jones, who wrote the book and lyrics, helped prepare Free for the role. ‘The Fantasticks’ breaks a color barrier 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z

The crowd shouted back with satisfaction on the lyric of great new Dip song, “Sure Don’t Miss You.” Despite threat of rain, music fans turn out for Capitol Hill Block Party 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z

The song was temporarily pulled by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation over complaints about its suggestive lyrics. William Shatner says #MeToo has "become hysterical," changed the way he interacts with fans 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z

In the ballads, pink hearts flutter above the lyrics like kitsch angels. 
Review: Grease and a Sing-a-long: They Go Together... 2010-07-16T23:55:00Z

The Los Angeles Lakers star says he simply got caught up in the music, thought the lyric was a “compliment” and offers “apologies, for sure.” James sorry for posting rapper’s ‘Jewish money’ lyric 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z

That’s why I would share this song with others — because it’s almost as if the lyrics tell a story of where you can go to have a really special time here. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love New Orleans Jazz 2023-06-07T04:00:00Z

The band’s cocky behavior was interpreted as hubris by the rock press, and many critics called its lyrics misogynistic or worse. 2010-02-16T05:29:00Z

Mr. Comstock’s expression while singing the song, written by Hugh Martin and Timothy Gray with added lyrics by Coward, was a deadpan believe-it-or-not stare. Review: Eric Comstock Waxes Worldly Wise in Broadway Songs at Pangea 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

She sings a translucent “ah,” a melody, and then the lyrics: 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Sun Ra 2023-01-04T05:00:00Z

The performers don't go for modernist mumbling or cryptic lyrics - they love to belt it out and they go for songs with heart-on-the-sleeve words. Karaoke champs vie for fame, dumplings in Russia 2010-09-23T19:47:00Z

The faithful, reverent crowd appeared not to mind that for much of the show Mr. Campbell was reading lyrics from prompters that had been set between the monitors at the foot of the stage. Music Review: Glen Campbell?s Goodbye Tour at Town Hall - Review 2012-01-08T22:56:50Z

The album, being released by New Amsterdam on Tuesday, is a roiling blend of experimental art-rock with processed classical choirs, electronic production and earthy lyrics delivered in her native language. Pop & Rock Listings for April 25-May 1 2014-04-24T22:11:06Z

These horrors aren’t imagined; Mr. Sellars assembled the libretto from historical texts, including journals, poems and folk song lyrics of the time. Review: John Adams’s Newest Opera Returns to the Gold Mines 2019-03-01T05:00:00Z

The drumming is as important as the dry ice; the lyrics are as important as Mr. Coyne’s proprietary ambles around the stage. Music Review: A Team of Introvert and Extrovert 2011-07-29T21:45:29Z

I was no doubt guilty of concentrating on these lurid lyrics myself, yet for me the words are more sideshow than main event. My favourite album: The Smell of Our Own by Hidden Cameras 2011-08-16T10:14:43Z

Nowadays, Ms. Dexter announces song lyrics as often as she sings them. Baby Jane Dexter in ‘Rules of the Road (Part 3)’ 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z

“And if you need the rap lyrics because you don’t have the evidence, don’t charge them.” California makes it harder to use lyrics as evidence against rappers 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z

The song itself rages somewhere between Neutral Milk Hotel and They Might Be Giants, and features the sound of a Kraken burping and the lyric "Never try the simple thing". Can you decipher Animal Collective's visual album ODDSAC? 2010-05-10T10:21:00Z

The nicely turned songs, with music and lyrics by Yan Li, are mostly in the style of traditional American musical comedy, with infusions of Chinese flavorings. Review: ‘Made in China,’ With Romance, Polemics and Puppets 2017-01-16T05:00:00Z

A few moments earlier, he had offered the lyrics, “You see, all I need’s a whisper in a world that only shouts.” Quiet fans happily go for a ride with Passenger at Echostage

The squabbling pair aren’t in harmony about anything, though they do share a tendency to express themselves in baleful, restless tunes with hyper-literate lyrics. ‘The Score’ Review: Songs in the Key of Heist 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z

It was the cleverness of Sondheim’s lyrics that attracted me in my youth. ‘Follies’ Was My First Broadway Show. 50 Years Later, I Remember It All. 2021-03-31T04:00:00Z

Eventually Ms. Phillips, who has written the book and lyrics for the children’s musicals “The Dream Dealer” and “Buzz: The Story of Glorybee,” tried to write a play about the two men. A Descendant’s Daring Homage to Pushkin 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z

“I find I can always look deeper into the lyrics when I hear the songs,” said Ms. Fishbein, a founder and the chief creative officer of Betches Media in New York. Tie Dye Not Required 2020-09-11T04:00:00Z

The new song fit right into the repertory, with a turbo-boogie riff, lusty lyrics and a cheerfully tangential guitar interlude. Music Review: Van Halen Plays Mini-Gig at Cafe Wha? - Review 2012-01-06T12:21:25Z

So often for Mastodon, the lyrics are as heavy as the music and generally non-fiction. Mastodon explores the heavy side of life in 'Once More Around the Sun' 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z

Perhaps because I live in a corner of Brooklyn with rich Italian accents, I thought of that old lyric, crooned by Dean Martin: “Moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie.” Journeys: A Big Sur Bath by the Light of the Moon 2014-04-02T18:19:20Z

For your project “Poets & Patriots,” you tracked down around 100 different sets of lyrics written by others. Is the National Anthem Racist? Beyond the Debate Over Colin Kaepernick. 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z

Mr. Armstrong’s seams show in the lyrics, which are rife with nostalgia for love that’s now broken and a scene that no longer exists. Critic’s Notebook: Green Day and No Doubt Have New Albums 2012-09-25T22:10:16Z

Do you write lyrics and set them to music, or is there a beat in your head when you compose the lyrics? "Levon didn't write songs. I gave him credit": Robbie Robertson on The Band's disputes and new film 2020-05-23T04:00:00Z

And, precisely because she is such a fine actor, she responds perfectly to the distinctive flavour of the lyrics she sings in cabaret. A singing masterclass from the countess of cabaret 2011-07-11T13:36:43Z

Flash forward to COVID, sitting home for periods of time, looking at reviewing old music lyrics, catching up with things that I had put by the wayside. "What took you so long?" Mustache icon John Oates on being the furry face of Movember 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z

The illusion of agelessness is a tenuous one at best, easily shattered by a favorite lyric or memorable hook. Review: Nostalgia powers dazzling Red Hot Chili Peppers show in Seattle 2017-03-18T04:00:00Z

She really wants people to hear the lyrics and she thinks that the music has to serve the vocal. Sean Ono Lennon on remixing father’s music: It was therapy 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z

Who else could write lyrics such as, "Did you ever see Dallas from a DC9 at night"? The Wronglers with Jimmie Dale Gilmore: Heirloom Music ? review 2011-07-28T21:39:01Z

Their tales of a life touched by the streets are dipped in sugary inflections that all but guarantee a wider, poppier audience—often at the expense of the gravity of their own lyrics. The Happy-Sad Hooks of YNW Melly’s “We All Shine” 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

At a performance just before Halloween, Mr. Skinner became caught up in the wordplay of the script and lyrics. On Broadway Today, a Name Above the Title Isn’t That Hard to Get 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z

They moved their lips along with the lyrics. Millennium Theater in Brighton Beach as Link to Old Country 2012-03-11T22:29:52Z

Suddenly, the harmonies grow more intricate and less predictable, and the lyrics sharpen. Kacey Musgraves, Harper Lee, and the Home-town Dilemma 2015-07-22T04:00:00Z

"So I just wanted the song - lyrics, dances and everything - to be full of gusto." "Uncool" Korean star goes viral with rapping dance 2012-08-13T04:43:26Z

Mr. Umbers lends the lyric a polyurethane sheen. The Pain of Fame, With Sondheim, Warhol and Capote as Guides 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z

Song lyrics, prayers, chants and Scripture are used liberally to situate the characters in time, but also to bind them to one another through a shared culture. How Two Black Women a Century Apart Experience Racism 2019-11-05T05:00:00Z

A chartered private jet ride later, as Fivio added similarly flavored lyrics to West’s song-in-progress, “Off the Grid,” he would stop to show his new mentor eight bars of rapping at a time. Fivio Foreign Had an Epiphany. Can He Change Drill Rap? 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z

The first song is named after “This Charming Man,” and the lyrics are based on poems inspired by Smiths songs from Franco’s own tepidly-received collection “Directing Herbert White.” Literary music death match: Did James Franco or Michael Chabon write the worst song lyrics in history? 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z

Melody, harmony and lyrics say a lot, but production can be transformative. U2 Revisits Its Past, in the Name of … What, Exactly? 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z

On later solo albums, Mr. Vega set aside pop expectations, following his inclinations toward ferocious electronic propulsion, guitar twang and blunt lyrics, combined without compromise. Alan Vega, Punk Music Pioneer and Artist, Dies at 78 2016-07-17T04:00:00Z

It’s still probably the most complete lyric that I’ve written, I think. Third Eye Blind’s second act: Stephan Jenkins still living that semi-charmed rock life 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z

Her physical display is far more seductive than any spoken lines or song lyrics could be. These 18 movie stars are also amazing dancers. That’s their real superpower. 2020-01-08T05:00:00Z

In some respects, the song changed both context and ownership: Google “’White Winter Hymnal’ lyrics” and it’s described as “a Pentatonix song.” Red snow? A most unexpected modern standard for the holidays 2021-12-20T05:00:00Z

It’s probably just as well that Granduciel buries his lyrics in the mix. Review | The War on Drugs: Layers, textures and an up-to-date take on psychedelic rock 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z

For me, a music drama is a musical when words have slightly the upper hand in the score, as Loesser’s lyrics do here. Music Review: Frank Loesser?s ?Most Happy Fella,? at Dicapo Opera 2012-03-10T00:57:23Z

So I repeated the lyrics over and over. Bernie Taupin Tells the Story Behind 1972’s ‘Rocket Man’ 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z

“To anybody who has ever questioned your identity,” she said, echoing more lyrics from “West Side Story,” “I promise you there is a place for us.” Oscar Moments: The night emotion won, for better and worse 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z

“I was actually crying on some of them lyrics,” he said. Amid unrest, songs continue to voice the black experience 2020-06-08T04:00:00Z

The lyrics in question include consent and young girls speaking up. ‘Up where they woke’: Fox News and others panic about “Little Mermaid” lyric changes 2023-04-06T04:00:00Z

Because Arcade Fire are a band known for asking Big Questions, it's tempting to parse their lyrics for deeper meaning, although according to Butler, critics' interpretations often fall far from the mark. Carrying the Fire 2010-08-27T23:02:00Z

Yes, the lyrics were bawdy, but they were also funny, smart and poetic, with clever wordplay and references to everything from stuck-up Latin-pop girls to the dark powers of Darth Vader. Calle 13 on hip-hop swag, Puerto Rico's status and Julian Assange 2014-11-19T05:00:00Z

Look out for signs of whimsy in their lyrics, and metallic surges: they're the missing link between De La Soul and Death Grips. New band of the day - Young Fathers (No 1,404) 2012-11-27T16:48:09Z

She will also demonstrate where Ted got his resolutely chipper demeanor, as the two of them trade lyrics from “The Sunny Side of the Street” on the way out the door to his apartment. ‘Ted Lasso,’ Season 3, Episode 11 Recap: Home 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z

In his most strenuous role since returning to the stage in 2010, Villazon found his lyric tenor stretched almost to the breaking point but never quite. Munich's hit 'Hoffmann,' far-out 'Fidelio' 2011-11-28T14:46:10Z

I imagine a flushed Ernest and Carlos singing the lyrics, “But I know we’ll meet again some sunny day,” in a pub of strangers. ‘London literary pub’ tour brings writers and writing home 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z

Next thing I knew, I got an offer and very flatteringly my lyrics were in the script. An oral history of Fame: 'We were dancing on cars in the epicentre of porn and filth!' 2020-08-19T04:00:00Z

It takes a special kind of cunning to pen music and lyrics this simple. New band of the day ? The Crayonettes (No 856) 2010-08-27T15:13:00Z

Her lyrics formed an invented language, words chosen for texture rather than meaning, and the adjectives that clung to her among ardent critics in the artier music pages were "ethereal" or "otherworldly". Elizabeth Fraser: 'I'm so excited to have made this decision to perform' 2012-06-23T23:05:30Z

“I have some legal advice: Don’t confess to crime on rap lyrics if you do not want them used. Or at least get out of my county.” Violent Gang, or Rap Label? Prosecutors Say Young Thug’s YSL Is Both. 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z

Eventually, pulling apart, they moved in sync finding a groove — and exuding an underlying vulnerability — as the lyrics rolled by: “And I suggest you trace your scars if you get lost, my dears.” Review: Reimagined Gibney Company Makes a Long-Winded Debut 2021-11-03T04:00:00Z

“You know you’re old when Rolling Stone gave you a good review,” Dickinson joked after “2 Minutes to Midnight,” with its gleeful sounding melody and lyrics touching on Cold War-era nuclear threats. Review: Iron Maiden treats Tacoma Dome fans to barrage of classics amid flame-throwing Legacy of the Beast tour 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z

Rather than bursting into song or breaking into dance at opportune moments, the characters stream their tormented consciousnesses through lyrics that are never as simple as they sound. ‘Annette’ Review: Love Hurts 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z

“Man of the Hour,” one of the tartest songs from the new album, came next, and Ms. Jones’s ample indignation trumped the clunky lyrics. Music Review | Norah Jones: Norah Jones?s Moody Notes at Madison Square Garden 2010-03-29T04:45:00Z

Ms. Friedman’s compositions encompass not only modern settings of traditional Hebrew liturgy but also songs for which she wrote original English lyrics. Debbie Friedman, Singer of Jewish Music, Dies at 59 2011-01-11T07:18:11Z

If the lyrics tend slightly towards angst-by-numbers, never mind: Dinosaur Pile-Up are a young band, and the joy in their racket rather undercuts the protestations of misery. Dinosaur Pile-Up: Growing Pains 2010-09-30T22:20:00Z

Readers can see the lyrics in the book, but they can also hear the songs, thanks to SoundCloud recordings Amato made with the help of several kids. Mary Amato weaves stories and songwriting together in Lucy McGee series 2019-08-27T04:00:00Z

For Laferte, writing lyrics in English was a matter of self-protection, not crossover. Mon Laferte Wants to Give You Goose Bumps 2021-11-16T05:00:00Z

They chanted lyrics like protest slogans in the eternal anthem “Our Lips Are Sealed”: “Doesn’t matter what they say/In the jealous games people play.” The Go-Go’s Gave Us the Beat and So Much More 2018-08-05T04:00:00Z

Miss Albanese was what is called a lirico-spinto soprano, with a voice suited both for lyric roles and for somewhat weightier fare. Licia Albanese, Exalted Soprano, Is Dead at 105 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z

It was an amazing feeling to hear my lyrics turned into something special. Bernie Taupin Tells the Story Behind 1972’s ‘Rocket Man’ 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z

He wrote the lyrics instead, in an extraordinary creative rush over the course of four months. Stephen Sondheim: A life in music 2010-12-20T08:00:00Z

These are lyrics from the Pay the Girl song “Junkie”, but the vampire reference is what sticks. Dance Review: Experiments in the Aggressive and Supernatural 2011-01-20T22:45:18Z

The lyrics ridicule Gadhafi and lambast him for his treatment of the country in the past four decades. Rap music inspires Libyan rebels to defeat Gadhafi 2011-04-24T12:49:10Z

“Bob was going to take a shot at the lyrics. But he came back two days later and said, ‘I’m sorry but there’s just too much stuff in this 45-year-old brain. Johnny Mandel, the Oscar- and Grammy- winning composer, dies 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z

Simon’s comments about his own lyrics, many of which are printed in full throughout the book, are informative, but explaining the intricacies of poetic creation seems to elude him. Review | Paul Simon: The musical genius who gave voice to the sound of silence 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z

“I keep on knocking/No one is there,” Mr. Holt wrote for a plaintive chorus in “Let Me Come In,” a lyric that continues: Will Holt, Who Wrote ‘Lemon Tree,’ Dies at 86 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z

Beyond being clever, I like how Sabzi flips the lyric into a refrain that strikes the magic hitmaking combination of annoying and pleasing. Music Monday on Tuesday (like breakfast for dinner): Das Racist with Sabzi, G-Side and Nicole J King with Hudson Mohawke, OC Notes and Cat Satisfaction 2010-03-30T21:51:00Z

His lyrics, partly in pidgin, called out the Nigerian military dictatorship; at home he declared his Lagos house to be an independent territory. ‘Finding Fela,’ From Alex Gibney 2014-07-31T04:00:00Z

I don’t think he said “ah” once, and unless he were quoting the lyrics of Ah, Sweet Mystery Of Life verbatim, I think he would never do so. The Eagles were exposed as a line-up of relentless bores | Clive James 2017-02-25T05:00:00Z

I was always very nervous about forgetting lyrics. The couple behind the 'Beautiful' tunes: How L.A. hit-makers became characters in the Carole King musical 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z

We would record our local station and bring the tapes in, spending break and lunch times checking for new tunes and lyrics from the MCs. Rinse FM finally gets the recognition it deserves 2010-06-18T15:32:00Z

Appropriately, of Love & Devotion's eight tracks, half feature husky, breathy, wan vocals from Gravenhurst as he sings lyrics that "describe a world that is profoundly haunted by the past". New band of the day: Heterotic (No 1,443) 2013-01-31T16:58:09Z

Slight melodies, clunky chord changes and imponderable lyrics leave a listener with little to latch onto. Review: Slight songs mar Neko Case's latest 2013-09-03T23:13:04Z

In his high-spirited “High Done No Why To,” William Brittelle also focused on sound instead of lyrics, creating a vivid polyphonic canvas with a hint of yodeling. Review: For Roomful of Teeth, It’s All About the Polyphony 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z

Its movement not only takes detailed inspiration from the music, but digs deep into the contrasts of utopian hopefulness and dark melancholia that run through Milton's 1631 lyrics. Dance picks of the week 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z

Back in November, Parker played me 10 tracks in various stages of completion, most awaiting vocal tracks and lyrics. Tame Impala Makes Music for Loners. But Now Kevin Parker Plays the World’s Biggest Stages. 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z

The show was divided into four parts, starting with Loesser’s Tin Pan Alley days when he wrote only lyrics to tunes by the likes of Hoagy Carmichael, Burton Lane and Jule Styne. Review: Arlo Hill, Always in Love With Loesser 2015-05-08T04:00:00Z

He made no apology for the frankly sentimental lyrics, with references to snow-capped mountains and lingering shadows on the land. Johnny Mann, leader of Grammy-winning TV singing group, dies at 85

The text is the lyric to the visual song below, sung in crowded scenes of men and women pushed up to the shallow picture plane. Thrilling new exhibition shows modern Mexican art is bigger than murals 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z

He uses the lyric "smoke too much dutch" like he's Missy Elliott. Miguel, Ke$ha, Gold Panda: this week's new tracks 2013-03-04T06:00:00Z

I'm also sad that the success of Beyonce indicates to be a black female pop star you have to be much more explicit with lyrics than a white pop star. Beyoncé Unearths Pain and Lets It Flow in ‘Lemonade’ 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z

In its wonderful series finale, “The Book of Nora,” it returned to “Let the Mystery Be,” by Iris DeMent, whose lyrics begin: Review: In Its Finale, ‘The Leftovers’ Crosses Beautifully to the Other Side of Grief 2017-06-04T04:00:00Z

Those included multiple CD editions with goodies like lyric books, photos and stickers, and 17 downloadable versions, which included “exclusive digital signed covers” featuring each of the group’s 13 members. Morgan Wallen’s ‘One Thing at a Time’ Notches a 9th Week at No. 1 2023-05-08T04:00:00Z

As the band aged, their lyrics grew “more complex, more psychologically distant, and far less positive.” ArtsBeat Blog: I Me Mine: The Beatles and Their Pronouns 2011-08-29T14:30:32Z

The often furious guitar is latticed under smart lyrics and strong vocal work by Weiss. 9 of the year's best overlooked albums 2011-01-07T22:04:04Z

A slightly trite lyric about loving yourself no matter what! New music: Little Mix – Wings 2012-07-02T10:49:00Z

Referring to a Philip Larkin lyric about “a voice / Watering a stony place,” she asks, “If the bird’s notes—and this woman’s words—can’t be understood, then what good are they?” Virginia Reeves’s New Novel Explores What It Feels Like When the Mind Breaks 2019-05-13T04:00:00Z

One of the most important things for me when I choose a song is the lyrics. | Harel Skaat 2011-03-30T19:20:17Z

But the revelation may be startling to Beatles fans, who have devoted their lives to interpreting every lyric, recording flourish and photograph presented by their band. Meet the critic who panned ‘Sgt. Pepper’ then discovered his speaker was busted. He’s still not sorry. 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z

You could substitute “Dolly” for “country” in those lyrics without losing too much meaning. New Music 2011-06-27T22:41:28Z

Back to article Warning: do not use Google to inspect rap lyrics while driving. Leona Lewis: 'Horses are 100% better than people' 2012-10-04T21:00:00Z

The album’s funk-pop sound and the downcast licentiousness of its lyrics pick up where “Gaucho” left off, but there’s a tinge of hoary defeatism that’s reminiscent of “11 Tracks of Whack.” Listen to 13 Essential Walter Becker Songs 2017-09-04T04:00:00Z

“Once” features music and lyrics by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, who starred in the film version as two songwriters who fall haltingly in love on the streets of Dublin. ArtsBeat Blog: Even Before Off-Broadway Opening, 'Once' Announces a Move To Broadway 2011-12-07T00:17:19Z

The beef between Drake and Mill started on Tuesday, when Mill wrote on Twitter that Drake didn’t write his own lyrics. Meek Mill Hits Back at Drake Diss Track 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z

"That last phrase," says Aronofsky, "how she performed it, it was just chills — to everyone in the room, recording it. It's a very difficult thing to do. There's magic in those lyrics." Patti Smith wanted her 'Noah' song to be good for Russell Crowe 2014-12-09T05:00:00Z

Hendrix’s tattered British work permit and handwritten “Stepping Stone” lyrics are on view, alongside his scribbled directions for a girlfriend meeting him at the Isle of Wight Festival, two weeks before his death. Antiques: Jimi Hendrix?s Death Is Recalled at Museums 2010-08-19T21:44:00Z

In the lyrics of Juan Gabriel, the hurt was always real. Juan Gabriel was a songwriter who knew how to channel the struggles of modern life and the hurt of the wounded 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z

Many of the lyrics on “Painless,” Yanya’s excellent new album out Friday, deal with what she described as the connection between your “environment and the way you feel or the way you think about something.” Nilüfer Yanya’s Music Is a Family Affair 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z

Her lyrics are interesting, too: fluid, ambiguous, hard to decipher, they mix up gangsta talk – "Some some some I murder" – with patois, London slang, silliness, personal observation. MIA: 'I'm here for the people' 2010-06-12T23:05:00Z

Robert Hunter’s lyrics were written to correspond to the mood of the song, and consist of a series of eerie and elusive images: “Dark Star” crashes, pouring its light into ashes. My Grateful Dead romance: My favorite polyphonic jam, one more time for us all 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z

You find meaning in lyrics that is super relevant. Norah Jones Enjoys a Weekly Christmas, and Sweating to the (Not So) Oldies 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z

Limbaugh on Wednesday called Common an "artiste" and suggested that only uneducated rubes would dare criticize his lyrics. Rapper attends White House event despite criticism 2011-05-12T03:51:12Z

She is an affable, uninhibited performer, whether as narrator or as the mysterious stranger, peddling the fable to us via enchanting lyrics and flourishes of humor. ‘Where We Stand’ Review: Gifts are Given, but at What Cost? 2020-02-18T05:00:00Z

Who hasn’t looked up lyrics online in hopes of preventing that awkward mid-singalong mumble? Google Adds Some Song Lyrics to Search Results 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z

It is the most personal of Washburn's albums to date, with some starkly autobiographical lyrics alluding to troubled teen years. Abigail Washburn: fingerpicking good bluegrass with Chinese flavouring 2011-01-20T23:08:01Z

For “West Side Story” he wrote “poetic” lyrics that Bernstein loved but that embarrassed their author — yet also produced, as the collaboration matured, lacerating lines that never cloy. Now You Know: A Critic’s Guide to Sondheim 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

“I didn’t get into what she looked like, what she said, what she had on, it was just the lyrics and the tracks and all that and I was like, ‘This girl is really talented’.” Rapper Missy Elliott, H.E.R. team up for Pepsi Super Bowl ad 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z

Fans sang her lyrics to one another, danced in what little space the crowded lawn afforded them, and wondered aloud whether Hill would bring any of her children onstage. Has Afropunk Abandoned Its Origins? 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z

The music is warmly rousing, combining elements of traditional Malawian music, punk, and folk, with lyrics in Chichewa. How a Busker Became an International Advocate for People with Albinism 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z

Even as I recoiled from its mushy lyrics, the ardent melody did something to me, the way a strong feeling does. A Brief Tussle with the Great American Songbook 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z

In general, Kuppner's work operates at a far remove from the more tuneful poetry Pound would recognise as "melopoeia", though in previous books he has shown himself a dab hand at imitation Chinese lyrics. The Same Life Twice by Frank Kuppner – review 2012-08-24T21:45:03Z

“Mrs. Dumpty,” a sequence of 44 lyrics published in 1998, charted the decline of her marriage to Ariel Bloch, a scholar of Semitic linguistics, after he sank into a crippling depression. Chana Bloch, Poet and Hebrew Translator, Is Dead at 77 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z

Ms. Wolfe draws on variations in the legend for her lyrics, striking in simplicity and similar to the repetitive murmurings in the operatic works of Philip Glass. Review: In ‘Steel Hammer,’ a Man and a Train in a Race and a Legend 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z

But with its talk of “tyrants” and “history” and “a new day,” it had the music and lyrics of the kind of acceptance speech that ends with a balloon drop. What Politicians Could Learn from Oprah Winfrey 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z

With lyrics such as "just waiting for the order to kill, kill, kill," the video appears aimed at millennials brought up on first-person shooter video games such as "Call of Duty." China's military is appealing to the younger generation with a slick new recruitment video featuring aircraft carriers, tanks and special forces troops, all set to a rousing rap-rock soundtrack 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z

"They marked Bruce at his apex, a jumble of loose, jazzy riffs and poetic lyrics colored with intricate rhymes." The inauspicious arrival of Bruce Springsteen 2022-10-16T04:00:00Z

But it was nice to hear the lyrics more clearly this time. Concert review: Das Racist and Danny Brown at Neumos 2011-11-10T20:38:54Z

They became a hit-making duo, the Lennon and McCartney of West Philadelphia: Mr. Bell wrote the music and Mr. Hart supplied the lyrics, often almost simultaneously. William Hart, Driving Force Behind the Delfonics, Dies at 77 2022-07-20T04:00:00Z

Her lyrics, she said with a smile, are “all about love”: yearning, desperate, ardent, transcendent. Music Review: Ghalia Benali at French Institute Alliance Française 2013-05-16T21:42:33Z

For Lecoq, there is a certain irony in that fact that Doherty will be starring opposite Gainsbourg, whose father was adored in France for his music, lyrics and unlikely sex appeal. Pete Doherty to star in film in France, his new spiritual home 2010-12-12T00:08:00Z

And through much of the album, her lyrics recognize other characters enough to engage them in arguments and pleas: “You’re everything I want and I’m all you dread,” Baker sings in “Sour Breath.” Julien Baker bravely confronts her traumas and fears 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z

Translated lyrics for "Ukraine Is Not Dead Yet" published by Lyrics on Demand — an online song lyric database — describe Ukrainian resilience in face of adversity, which is expressed in seven rhythmic lines. Ukrainian national anthem unites the world amid Russia-Ukraine war 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z