Indeed!GaryG wrote:Poor ol' Lena...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWlRBpchKeI
Yeah, her lyrics are just as amazing as her music. Sometimes strikingly direct, sometimes playful, never preachy or obvious. I'm still chewing on "Get out of my house" - an amazing song about trust, privacy, about learning to respect and protect your personal boundaries. Or "This Woman's Work", which is soooooo sad and heartbreaking. Ach, there are too many to count.Googly Smythe wrote:I sometimes think that she doesn't get enough credit for her lyrics...
"Bang goes another kanga on the bonnet of the van" - who writes such evocative lyrics today?
And what other mainstream artiste tackles issues such as the plight of the aborigines in Oz?
Actually, that reminds me- in one of the documentaries I saw, they were commenting on This Woman’s Work. Someone was talking about how it was a beautiful tribute to women and feminine power and the beauty of childbirth, or something like that. They totally missed the whole point that the story was told from a man’s point of view! Critics can be so clueless...ariston wrote:Yeah, her lyrics are just as amazing as her music. Sometimes strikingly direct, sometimes playful, never preachy or obvious. I'm still chewing on "Get out of my house" - an amazing song about trust, privacy, about learning to respect and protect your personal boundaries. Or "This Woman's Work", which is soooooo sad and heartbreaking. Ach, there are too many to count.Googly Smythe wrote:I sometimes think that she doesn't get enough credit for her lyrics...
"Bang goes another kanga on the bonnet of the van" - who writes such evocative lyrics today?
And what other mainstream artiste tackles issues such as the plight of the aborigines in Oz?
Hah, yeah... like a lot of people think that Every Breath you Take is a love song... people... just... don't... LISTEN!deastman wrote:Actually, that reminds me- in one of the documentaries I saw, they were commenting on This Woman’s Work. Someone was talking about how it was a beautiful tribute to women and feminine power and the beauty of childbirth, or something like that. They totally missed the whole point that the story was told from a man’s point of view! Critics can be so clueless...ariston wrote:Yeah, her lyrics are just as amazing as her music. Sometimes strikingly direct, sometimes playful, never preachy or obvious. I'm still chewing on "Get out of my house" - an amazing song about trust, privacy, about learning to respect and protect your personal boundaries. Or "This Woman's Work", which is soooooo sad and heartbreaking. Ach, there are too many to count.Googly Smythe wrote:I sometimes think that she doesn't get enough credit for her lyrics...
"Bang goes another kanga on the bonnet of the van" - who writes such evocative lyrics today?
And what other mainstream artiste tackles issues such as the plight of the aborigines in Oz?
No such thing as 'guilty' pleasure unless you give a shit what others think. If you don't, then it's just pleasure - nothing to feel guilty aboutAloysius wrote:We all have our guilty pleasures I guess.
And “Born in the USA” was about the pride of being an American.ariston wrote:Hah, yeah... like a lot of people think that Every Breath you Take is a love song... people... just... don't... LISTEN!deastman wrote:Actually, that reminds me- in one of the documentaries I saw, they were commenting on This Woman’s Work. Someone was talking about how it was a beautiful tribute to women and feminine power and the beauty of childbirth, or something like that. They totally missed the whole point that the story was told from a man’s point of view! Critics can be so clueless...ariston wrote:Yeah, her lyrics are just as amazing as her music. Sometimes strikingly direct, sometimes playful, never preachy or obvious. I'm still chewing on "Get out of my house" - an amazing song about trust, privacy, about learning to respect and protect your personal boundaries. Or "This Woman's Work", which is soooooo sad and heartbreaking. Ach, there are too many to count.Googly Smythe wrote:I sometimes think that she doesn't get enough credit for her lyrics...
"Bang goes another kanga on the bonnet of the van" - who writes such evocative lyrics today?
And what other mainstream artiste tackles issues such as the plight of the aborigines in Oz?
And Rebecca Black's 'Friday' wasn't about the Kennedy assassinationdeastman wrote:And “Born in the USA” was about the pride of being an American.ariston wrote:Hah, yeah... like a lot of people think that Every Breath you Take is a love song... people... just... don't... LISTEN!deastman wrote:Actually, that reminds me- in one of the documentaries I saw, they were commenting on This Woman’s Work. Someone was talking about how it was a beautiful tribute to women and feminine power and the beauty of childbirth, or something like that. They totally missed the whole point that the story was told from a man’s point of view! Critics can be so clueless...ariston wrote:Yeah, her lyrics are just as amazing as her music. Sometimes strikingly direct, sometimes playful, never preachy or obvious. I'm still chewing on "Get out of my house" - an amazing song about trust, privacy, about learning to respect and protect your personal boundaries. Or "This Woman's Work", which is soooooo sad and heartbreaking. Ach, there are too many to count.Googly Smythe wrote:I sometimes think that she doesn't get enough credit for her lyrics...
"Bang goes another kanga on the bonnet of the van" - who writes such evocative lyrics today?
And what other mainstream artiste tackles issues such as the plight of the aborigines in Oz?
el-bo (formerly ebow) wrote:No such thing as 'guilty' pleasure unless you give a shit what others think. If you don't, then it's just pleasure - nothing to feel guilty aboutAloysius wrote:We all have our guilty pleasures I guess.
I dunno. How does it make you feel?vurt wrote:el-bo (formerly ebow) wrote:No such thing as 'guilty' pleasure unless you give a shit what others think. If you don't, then it's just pleasure - nothing to feel guilty aboutAloysius wrote:We all have our guilty pleasures I guess.
masturbating on public transport?
One of the best songs,best albums lyrically. All the word play is amazingGoogly Smythe wrote:I sometimes think that she doesn't get enough credit for her lyrics...Scotty wrote:When I heard her sing the words "Let's exchange the experience" in "Running Up That Hill", she owned my teenage soul.
"Bang goes another kanga on the bonnet of the van" - who writes such evocative lyrics today?
And what other mainstream artiste tackles issues such as the plight of the aborigines in Oz?
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