Word: lyrical
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...were determined to stop it, using the power of social networking and a spot of humor. (They chose to push sales of the Rage Against the Machine track because its famous refrain of "F___ you, I won't do what you tell me" is the polar opposite of any lyric sung by an X Factor winner.) And Morter was quietly confident because he's tried this before: last year, he attempted to usurp X Factor winner Alexandra Burke by driving Rick Astley's 1987 hit "Never Gonna Give You Up" back up the charts. It didn't even break...
...Your Body is a Wonderland.” His new album tackles far more serious, personal issues, and as aresult, he has produced some of the best tracks of his career. Ultimately, the tone behind Mayer’s songwriting can be summed up by a lyric on the first single, “Who Says,” on which he sings, “I can’t remember / You looking any better / But then again I don’t remember you.” Combining a wry sense of irony with a sense of heartbroken...
...important as emotionally subjective reactions. Both are more difficult (the former to produce, the latter to explain) in contemporary poetry than, say, in a Shakespearean sonnet. This isn’t to say that Shakespeare isn’t complex, or less complex than contemporary lyric poems. It is that the difficulties of poetry have spread from the depth of the emotion expressed into the poem’s literal coherence and project...
...movie you love? Every musical performance in there was great. The only one I didn't like was where John Travolta danced with Christopher Walken. That's the only scene that was a little shaky, with the two guys dancing. But to me, every scene, every dance, every lyric resonated. That and Dreamgirls - those movies are modern masterpieces. A lot of people don't recognize the power of Broadway. When I was first successful, about 1998, when I was living very wealthy, I was always going to Broadway shows. From Chicago to Rent to Ragtime...
...about entering the most random thoughts and ideas into your notebook—things you would otherwise simply forget (and even forget you forgot). I have one notebook called “Misheard but Good Lyrics” for those occasional songs I listen to and think: Damn, that lyric would have been so much better if they had used this other word instead. Listen to “A Dustland Fairytale” by The Killers and tell me the phrase “night gown” shouldn’t be replaced with “night...