by bibbott | Sep 29, 2010 | Lyrics Undercover
This week on Lyrics Undercover we’ll visit Romeo and Juliet, the star-crossed teens who chose to die rather than live without each other. But if they’d lived, would their passion last? Mark Knopfler and the Dire Straits hit, “Romeo and Juliet,” would argue no....
by bibbott | Sep 22, 2010 | Lyrics Undercover
Today on Lyrics Undercover we’ll consider a song first recorded in 1955, rerecorded in 1965 and that went on to become one of the most recorded songs of the 20th century. “Unchained Melody, with music by Alex North and lyrics by Hy Zaret, has spawned over 500...
by bibbott | Sep 16, 2010 | Lyrics Undercover
Of the post-Nirvana alternative bands to break into the pop mainstream, Green Day is among the most influential. Today on Lyrics Undercover, we’ll explore the meaning behind a song from their American Idiot album, “Wake Me Up When September Ends.” (Note:...
by bibbott | Sep 7, 2010 | Lyrics Undercover
The subject of this week’s Lyrics Undercover is a woman who has followed her own unconventional path, and a song that is one of the few that grew from a collaboration with Bruce Springsteen. Patti Smith is ambitious, unconventional and challenging, her music a...
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