Word: songe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Vaux starts by discussing the unorthodox song-writing methodology the band employs. The Redundant Steaks pick the title first and write the songs after. "We look at it as an intellectual challenge to pick random names and create lyrics that fit them," explains Vaux...
...Whether making a rap out of a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, belting out a song about red shoes in Swedish, or fashioning an ode to dinosaur puke, the Redundant Steaks struggle to come up with songs appropriate for their titles. In reference to the two songs entitled "Missing Buddha" (one Angry, one Dyslexic), Vaux warns: "We couldn't come up with lyrics for that random title, so we just did some Indian improv... I wouldn't bother listening to those; they're very painful and long...
...door for a more in-your-face sound; now straight-ahead rock acts are pouring through. The hard-rock band Creed recently scored a No. 1 album; Bush and Live, after hiatuses, have new (mediocre) CDs out. There's also Woodstock 99, a mostly dull double CD with live songs by rock-hoppers (Limp Bizkit, Korn) and straight-ahead rockers (Godsmack, Buckcherry) drawn from this summer's controversial concert. No wonder Axl Rose and his band, Guns n' Roses, picked this musical moment to attempt a comeback, contributing a fierce, though somewhat tuneless, new song to the sound-track...
...Rocha has a lofty goal as a lyricist: "I try to write songs that engage people in a critical dialogue about fighting for and among dispossessed peoples around the world." Still, even Bob Marley wrote ballads. Could De la Rocha ever see himself writing a love song? "Every revolutionary act is an act of love," he says. "[So] every song I've ever written has been a love song." From that perspective, The Battle of Los Angeles, with its scathing guitars and whiplash lyrics, is the most romantic CD of the year...
...subscribing to services that allow you to download music from the Internet is that no one can see you buying that copy of Barry Manilow outtakes. But it turns out that someone has been watching: Each time one of the 13.5 million subscribers to RealNetworks' RealJukebox downloads a song, the company creates a file that includes the user's musical preference, level of computer savvy and sophistication of computer equipment, as well as a catalog of CDs they've played on their ROM drive. That news set off alarm bells with web privacy advocates, who fear the data could...