by bibbott | Jun 30, 2011 | Lyrics Undercover
The Pixies’ musical style has been described as “an unorthodox marriage of surf music and punk rock, … characterized by Black Francis’s bristling lyrics and hackle-raising caterwaul, Kim Deal’s whispered harmonies and waspy basslines, Joey Santiago’s fragile...
by bibbott | Jun 24, 2011 | Lyrics Undercover
Gil Scott-Heron , a musician who bristled when described as ‘the godfather of rap,’ died last May at the age of 62. He preferred to be called a ‘bluesologist,’ which captured the traditions of blues, jazz and Harlem renaissance poetics that grounded his work....
by bibbott | Jun 15, 2011 | Lyrics Undercover
Code Monkey is described as a song for geeks, the success of its creator a fluke. Jonathan Coulton and his fans would argue both counts. This week, Lyrics Undercover isn’t telling the story behind the song. Instead, I’ll be using the song and its writer as an...
by bibbott | Jun 8, 2011 | Lyrics Undercover
The melody may have been inspired by a Dvorak piano quintet, or perhaps by a song from a Yiddish play. In any case, the song at the center of this week’s Lyrics Undercover is unforgettable: Nat King Cole’s 1948 hit, “Nature Boy.” (Note: this is a Premium...
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