by bibbott | Apr 11, 2017 | Lyrics Undercover, Premium
From this episode… “If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is: infinite” – This line from William Blake’s “The Marriage of Heaven and Hell” inspired the title of Aldous Huxley’s book “The Doors of...
by bibbott | Apr 5, 2017 | Free, Lyrics Undercover
From this episode… John Denver’s ‘Country Roads’ hit number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 when it was released in 1971. It is one of Denver’s most popular songs. It is now the student-adopted theme song for West Virginia University. It was written by Denver’s...
by bibbott | Feb 17, 2017 | Lyrics Undercover, Premium
From this episode… Based on an actual situation of a woman stalking him with letters and claims of a son that was his, Billie Jean was written as a creative outlet for the stress Michael Jackson was experiencing as his stardom was continuously on the rise....
by bibbott | Jan 30, 2017 | Lyrics Undercover, Premium
From this episode… Phoebe Snow is a folk singer and guitarist, who was described by the New York Times as an ‘contralto grounded in a bluesy growl and capable of sweeping over four octaves.’ Her first charting hit – ‘Poetry Man’...
by bibbott | Jan 2, 2017 | Lyrics Undercover, Premium
From this episode… What is probably the best known song of the band Emerson, Lake and Palmer, ‘Lucky Man’ contains one of the most influential and early uses of the Moog Synthesizer. This song almost didn’t happen, on the last day of recording their first...
by bibbott | Dec 20, 2016 | Lyrics Undercover, Premium
From this episode… A song that embodies the spirit of peace, love, and the Hippy culture of the 1960’s is Scott McKenzie’s “San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Some Flowers In Your Hair).” The track, helped by its release date of May 1967, was widely...
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