by bibbott | Aug 25, 2010 | Lyrics Undercover
She was only 17 when she wrote her first hit, but she was an apple that didn’t fall far from the tree. Today on Lyrics Undercover we’ll explore “They Don’t Know,” and the songwriter behind it, Kirsty MacColl. (Note: this is a Premium episode. To get this...
by bibbott | Aug 18, 2010 | Lyrics Undercover
Today’s Lyrics Undercover comes at you from the political left. Billy Bragg has been a musician for 30 years, and writes from both punk rock anger and the socially conscious tradition of folk music. Today’s song, “A New England,” was one of Bragg’s early ones...
by bibbott | Aug 10, 2010 | Lyrics Undercover
This week on Lyrics Undercover we consider a catchy little tune written in 1981, that went on to spawn a full album’s worth of parodies, cover versions and spin-offs. “Tom’s Diner” was written to be accompanied by a piano, but that’s an instrument its creator —...
by bibbott | Aug 2, 2010 | Lyrics Undercover
For 40 years, Leonard Cohen has been a cult darling, a songwriter’s writer and a primal musical influence. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2008, his way of telling a story has influenced several generations of musicians. He’s a poet, a Zen...
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