#songanalysis
There's so much here. Read the lyrics, you need them.
This is our situation in North Oakland right now:
Two buildings, right near MacArthur BART. "Oh good, they're building mixed income housing." Y'all, the two companies that own just these two buildings?
There's so much here. Read the lyrics, you need them.
This is our situation in North Oakland right now:
Two buildings, right near MacArthur BART. "Oh good, they're building mixed income housing." Y'all, the two companies that own just these two buildings?
Call It Democracy by Bruce Cockburn on Apple Music
Song · 1986 · Duration 3:52
music.apple.com
January 12, 2025 at 8:09 PM
#songanalysis
There's so much here. Read the lyrics, you need them.
This is our situation in North Oakland right now:
Two buildings, right near MacArthur BART. "Oh good, they're building mixed income housing." Y'all, the two companies that own just these two buildings?
There's so much here. Read the lyrics, you need them.
This is our situation in North Oakland right now:
Two buildings, right near MacArthur BART. "Oh good, they're building mixed income housing." Y'all, the two companies that own just these two buildings?
#songanalysis
Doesn't feel like the right moment for the songs I was planning to analyze today, so shifting gears a bit.
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Daveed's a good dude. This is his band, clipping – them as well as his work on the TV series version of Snowpiercer are worth checking out.
Doesn't feel like the right moment for the songs I was planning to analyze today, so shifting gears a bit.
music.apple.com/us/album/sto...
Daveed's a good dude. This is his band, clipping – them as well as his work on the TV series version of Snowpiercer are worth checking out.
Story 2 by clipping. on Apple Music
Song · 2014 · Duration 2:12
music.apple.com
January 7, 2025 at 5:03 PM
#songanalysis
Doesn't feel like the right moment for the songs I was planning to analyze today, so shifting gears a bit.
music.apple.com/us/album/sto...
Daveed's a good dude. This is his band, clipping – them as well as his work on the TV series version of Snowpiercer are worth checking out.
Doesn't feel like the right moment for the songs I was planning to analyze today, so shifting gears a bit.
music.apple.com/us/album/sto...
Daveed's a good dude. This is his band, clipping – them as well as his work on the TV series version of Snowpiercer are worth checking out.
#songanalysis
I'm in the process of moving, but if I get time today: song alalysis time! Today, it'll be Stevie Wonder's "As," but delving a little deeper this time, becuase I'm going to have to do some research, as well as cover the prophetic portions of the song:
I'm in the process of moving, but if I get time today: song alalysis time! Today, it'll be Stevie Wonder's "As," but delving a little deeper this time, becuase I'm going to have to do some research, as well as cover the prophetic portions of the song:
January 15, 2025 at 4:39 PM
#songanalysis
I'm in the process of moving, but if I get time today: song alalysis time! Today, it'll be Stevie Wonder's "As," but delving a little deeper this time, becuase I'm going to have to do some research, as well as cover the prophetic portions of the song:
I'm in the process of moving, but if I get time today: song alalysis time! Today, it'll be Stevie Wonder's "As," but delving a little deeper this time, becuase I'm going to have to do some research, as well as cover the prophetic portions of the song:
Let your kin know this song, though.
music.apple.com/us/album/as/...
Stevie was and is wise beyond his years. Listen to the lyrics, especially on the choruses. He builds it up to convey the real message.
He was 26 when he released this song.
#songanalysis #stolenland #timeitself
music.apple.com/us/album/as/...
Stevie was and is wise beyond his years. Listen to the lyrics, especially on the choruses. He builds it up to convey the real message.
He was 26 when he released this song.
#songanalysis #stolenland #timeitself
As by Stevie Wonder on Apple Music
Song · 1976 · Duration 7:08
music.apple.com
January 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Let your kin know this song, though.
music.apple.com/us/album/as/...
Stevie was and is wise beyond his years. Listen to the lyrics, especially on the choruses. He builds it up to convey the real message.
He was 26 when he released this song.
#songanalysis #stolenland #timeitself
music.apple.com/us/album/as/...
Stevie was and is wise beyond his years. Listen to the lyrics, especially on the choruses. He builds it up to convey the real message.
He was 26 when he released this song.
#songanalysis #stolenland #timeitself
Sheryl Crow’s “All I Wanna Do” plays like a summer party hit, but listen closer — it’s really a deadpan portrait of barfly burnout and booze-soaked ennui.
#SherylCrow #AllIWannaDo #90sMusic #SongAnalysis #HiddenMeanings #MusicCriticism
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#SherylCrow #AllIWannaDo #90sMusic #SongAnalysis #HiddenMeanings #MusicCriticism
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“All I Wanna Do” Isn’t a Summer Anthem — It’s a Hangover Dirge
“All I Wanna Do” may be the “Every Breath You Take” of the 1990s — a massively misinterpreted massive hit. Just because it’s set “to a sweet instrumental setting of jangly guitars and toe-tapping b…
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July 14, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Sheryl Crow’s “All I Wanna Do” plays like a summer party hit, but listen closer — it’s really a deadpan portrait of barfly burnout and booze-soaked ennui.
#SherylCrow #AllIWannaDo #90sMusic #SongAnalysis #HiddenMeanings #MusicCriticism
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#SherylCrow #AllIWannaDo #90sMusic #SongAnalysis #HiddenMeanings #MusicCriticism
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note the lyrics in both cases #songanalysis
will discourse on (and hopefully, discuss! #church) later
will discourse on (and hopefully, discuss! #church) later
January 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
note the lyrics in both cases #songanalysis
will discourse on (and hopefully, discuss! #church) later
will discourse on (and hopefully, discuss! #church) later
Fire Starter fumbles metaphor, mangles dream logic, and melts into its own clichés.
#MusicCriticism #PopLyrics #DemiLovato #FireStarter #BadMetaphors #FeminismAndPop #SongAnalysis #LyricalFailure #SweetDisaster
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#MusicCriticism #PopLyrics #DemiLovato #FireStarter #BadMetaphors #FeminismAndPop #SongAnalysis #LyricalFailure #SweetDisaster
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FIRE STARTER (2013) by Demi Lovato
“There’s an ‘S’ under my clothes/On my chest where nobody else can see,” so say the first two lines of Demi Lovato’s “Fire Starter.” I was hoping for an allusion to The Scarlet Letter and tha…
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July 29, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Fire Starter fumbles metaphor, mangles dream logic, and melts into its own clichés.
#MusicCriticism #PopLyrics #DemiLovato #FireStarter #BadMetaphors #FeminismAndPop #SongAnalysis #LyricalFailure #SweetDisaster
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#MusicCriticism #PopLyrics #DemiLovato #FireStarter #BadMetaphors #FeminismAndPop #SongAnalysis #LyricalFailure #SweetDisaster
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will discuss this later #songanalysis
January 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
will discuss this later #songanalysis
Just when you think “baby talk” can’t get any more annoying, Miley Cyrus’s BB Talk takes it to a new level — with way too many f-bombs and awkward lyrics to match.
#MusicCritique #MileyCyrus #BBTalk #SongReview #LyricsMatter #PopMusic #SongAnalysis
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#MusicCritique #MileyCyrus #BBTalk #SongReview #LyricsMatter #PopMusic #SongAnalysis
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Miley Cyrus’s BB Talk; or, Hey, I’m Just a Regular Armpit-Sniffing, Teeth-Licking Gal
“BB Talk” is the pot calling the kettle black while trying too hard to sound black. If I were the kettle, I would tell the pot, ‘Well, at least I’m not a wigger.’ In the song, Miley Cyrus is so f…
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July 21, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Just when you think “baby talk” can’t get any more annoying, Miley Cyrus’s BB Talk takes it to a new level — with way too many f-bombs and awkward lyrics to match.
#MusicCritique #MileyCyrus #BBTalk #SongReview #LyricsMatter #PopMusic #SongAnalysis
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#MusicCritique #MileyCyrus #BBTalk #SongReview #LyricsMatter #PopMusic #SongAnalysis
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Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco’s I Said I Love You First: Lyrics Decoded #music #lyrics #selenagomez #bennyblanco #songanalysis NoMagaNews.com
March 22, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Selena Gomez & Benny Blanco’s I Said I Love You First: Lyrics Decoded #music #lyrics #selenagomez #bennyblanco #songanalysis NoMagaNews.com
This is purely a tags post at the end of a long thread. The thread is above. All tags put here since out of room: #songanalysis, #pluralsky, #vtuber, #did, #didexperience, #transvtuber, #music
November 19, 2024 at 8:48 PM
This is purely a tags post at the end of a long thread. The thread is above. All tags put here since out of room: #songanalysis, #pluralsky, #vtuber, #did, #didexperience, #transvtuber, #music
🎶 When does a love song stop being romantic and start sounding manipulative? Girl in Red’s “You Stupid Bitch” walks that thin line — and trips over it.
#MusicCriticism #GirlInRed #ToxicLoveSongs #SongAnalysis #PopCultureCritique #IndiePop #MusicEssay
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#MusicCriticism #GirlInRed #ToxicLoveSongs #SongAnalysis #PopCultureCritique #IndiePop #MusicEssay
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YOU STUPID BITCH: Girl in Red’s Gaslighter’s Love Song
“But you never listen/Take my advice as criticism,” Girl in Red tells her romantic interest in “You Stupid Bitch” (2021). Could it be because her so-called advice is criticism? And not very constru…
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July 15, 2025 at 5:41 AM
🎶 When does a love song stop being romantic and start sounding manipulative? Girl in Red’s “You Stupid Bitch” walks that thin line — and trips over it.
#MusicCriticism #GirlInRed #ToxicLoveSongs #SongAnalysis #PopCultureCritique #IndiePop #MusicEssay
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#MusicCriticism #GirlInRed #ToxicLoveSongs #SongAnalysis #PopCultureCritique #IndiePop #MusicEssay
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New blog article: ‘When it comes to songs, there's more than meets the ear’ by Glenn Fosbraey, author of ‘Reading Song Lyrics: An Interdisciplinary and Multimodal Approach’. Read here➡️ tinyurl.com/yc2mt3tk #AnthemPress #blogpost @winchesterhistory.bsky.social #SongAnalysis #MusicStudies #getyourcopy
August 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
New blog article: ‘When it comes to songs, there's more than meets the ear’ by Glenn Fosbraey, author of ‘Reading Song Lyrics: An Interdisciplinary and Multimodal Approach’. Read here➡️ tinyurl.com/yc2mt3tk #AnthemPress #blogpost @winchesterhistory.bsky.social #SongAnalysis #MusicStudies #getyourcopy
Ice Cube and Travis Tritt both wrote perfect-day songs. One’s about getting everything. The other’s about needing nothing.
#MusicEssay #TravisTritt #IceCube #ItWasAGoodDay #ItsAGreatDayToBeAlive #SongAnalysis
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#MusicEssay #TravisTritt #IceCube #ItWasAGoodDay #ItsAGreatDayToBeAlive #SongAnalysis
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IT’S A GREAT DAY TO BE ALIVE (2000) by Travis Tritt vs. IT WAS A GOOD DAY (1993) by Ice Cube
Two men. Two musical genres. Two perfect days. On the surface, Travis Tritt’s “It’s a Great Day to Be Alive” and Ice Cube’s “It Was a Good Day” couldn’t sound or seem more different. One’s a Southe…
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July 5, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Ice Cube and Travis Tritt both wrote perfect-day songs. One’s about getting everything. The other’s about needing nothing.
#MusicEssay #TravisTritt #IceCube #ItWasAGoodDay #ItsAGreatDayToBeAlive #SongAnalysis
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#MusicEssay #TravisTritt #IceCube #ItWasAGoodDay #ItsAGreatDayToBeAlive #SongAnalysis
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Two songs. One waitress. A world of difference.
Live’s “Waitress” turns a bad tip into a spiritual crisis.
Hop Along’s “Waitress” stays small — and cuts deeper.
#HopAlong #Live #ThrowingCopper #PaintedShut #IndieRock #PostGrunge #MusicEssay #SongAnalysis
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Live’s “Waitress” turns a bad tip into a spiritual crisis.
Hop Along’s “Waitress” stays small — and cuts deeper.
#HopAlong #Live #ThrowingCopper #PaintedShut #IndieRock #PostGrunge #MusicEssay #SongAnalysis
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Two Waitresses and No Tip: Live’s Grunge Sermon Vs. Hop Along’s Indie Confessional
Hop Along’s “Waitress” (2015) gives Live’s 1994 song of the same name a run for its tip money. Both songs take place in that charged, transactional space between customer and server, and both flirt…
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July 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Two songs. One waitress. A world of difference.
Live’s “Waitress” turns a bad tip into a spiritual crisis.
Hop Along’s “Waitress” stays small — and cuts deeper.
#HopAlong #Live #ThrowingCopper #PaintedShut #IndieRock #PostGrunge #MusicEssay #SongAnalysis
songreading.wordpress.com/2025/07/16/t...
Live’s “Waitress” turns a bad tip into a spiritual crisis.
Hop Along’s “Waitress” stays small — and cuts deeper.
#HopAlong #Live #ThrowingCopper #PaintedShut #IndieRock #PostGrunge #MusicEssay #SongAnalysis
songreading.wordpress.com/2025/07/16/t...
He Wants Us To Cry | The Outside By Alex Warren Reaction
#Reaction #TheOutside #AlexWarren #HeWantsUsToCry #Emotional #MusicReview #Feelings #Vibes #SongAnalysis #Trending
#Reaction #TheOutside #AlexWarren #HeWantsUsToCry #Emotional #MusicReview #Feelings #Vibes #SongAnalysis #Trending
July 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
He Wants Us To Cry | The Outside By Alex Warren Reaction
#Reaction #TheOutside #AlexWarren #HeWantsUsToCry #Emotional #MusicReview #Feelings #Vibes #SongAnalysis #Trending
#Reaction #TheOutside #AlexWarren #HeWantsUsToCry #Emotional #MusicReview #Feelings #Vibes #SongAnalysis #Trending
Depeche Mode’s Enjoy the Silence is a love song about how words are useless — delivered in words, by a band famous for theirs.
#MusicCriticism #DepecheMode #SongAnalysis #PopIrony #Synthpop
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#MusicCriticism #DepecheMode #SongAnalysis #PopIrony #Synthpop
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ENJOY THE SILENCE: Do As I Say, Not As I Sing
“Enjoy the Silence” (1990) might be the sincerest case of do as I say, not as I do in pop music — a song about the futility of words that means every word it says. I believe Dave Gahan means everyt…
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July 21, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Depeche Mode’s Enjoy the Silence is a love song about how words are useless — delivered in words, by a band famous for theirs.
#MusicCriticism #DepecheMode #SongAnalysis #PopIrony #Synthpop
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#MusicCriticism #DepecheMode #SongAnalysis #PopIrony #Synthpop
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All I want to talk about is music I love. These other thoughts are a sideshow. Part 0011 on an unending series in which I talk about songs that either made me want to play music or somehow influenced the music. #musicnerd #songexplainer #songanalysis
youtu.be/Q2Y4I7vhl5M?...
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Talking About Johnny Kidd & The Pirate's "Shaking All Over"
YouTube video by Jemmy Joe A-Go-Go
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January 23, 2025 at 9:30 PM
All I want to talk about is music I love. These other thoughts are a sideshow. Part 0011 on an unending series in which I talk about songs that either made me want to play music or somehow influenced the music. #musicnerd #songexplainer #songanalysis
youtu.be/Q2Y4I7vhl5M?...
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Delighted to see ‘Glenn Fosbraey’ with his book ‘Reading Song Lyrics: An Interdisciplinary and Multimodal Approach’. Get your copy here ➡️ tinyurl.com/3bh9u8e4 #AnthemPress @winchesterhistory.bsky.social #SongAnalysis #MusicStudies #indiepublisher #academicpublisher #getyourcopy #authorphoto
August 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Delighted to see ‘Glenn Fosbraey’ with his book ‘Reading Song Lyrics: An Interdisciplinary and Multimodal Approach’. Get your copy here ➡️ tinyurl.com/3bh9u8e4 #AnthemPress @winchesterhistory.bsky.social #SongAnalysis #MusicStudies #indiepublisher #academicpublisher #getyourcopy #authorphoto
music.apple.com/us/album/as/...
*sings along*
www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Stevi...
Check out the lyrics on the choruses – they just build and build, across several verses.
#songanalysis #prophecies
*sings along*
www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Stevi...
Check out the lyrics on the choruses – they just build and build, across several verses.
#songanalysis #prophecies
As by Stevie Wonder on Apple Music
Song · 1976 · Duration 7:08
music.apple.com
January 19, 2025 at 11:17 AM
music.apple.com/us/album/as/...
*sings along*
www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Stevi...
Check out the lyrics on the choruses – they just build and build, across several verses.
#songanalysis #prophecies
*sings along*
www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Stevi...
Check out the lyrics on the choruses – they just build and build, across several verses.
#songanalysis #prophecies
「君と僕のままで」Roy Wood & Jeff Lynne の実験
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「君と僕のままで」Roy Wood & Jeff Lynne の実験｜Books Channel
「君と僕のままで」 Composed by Jeff Lynne & Roy Wood Covered by BooksChannel 日本語翻訳 by BooksChannel この道の先で 君が昔の日々を探してるって聞いた でも きっと君の“本当”は まだ僕には見せてないんだろう 世界は妙に変わって 君の心も揺れた 君と僕 それは本当か？ 今も君と僕なら 今日のニュースで...
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August 12, 2025 at 9:08 AM
「君と僕のままで」Roy Wood & Jeff Lynne の実験
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🏷️Hashtag: #エレクトリックライトオーケストラ #ElectricLightOrchestra #JeffLynne #ジェフリン #RoyWood #SongAnalysis #ロイウッド
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“Girl Next Door” functions as a continuation of Clark’s commitment to “hillbilly feminism,” but it is forced into a glossy, consumable package.
#BrandyClark #GirlNextDoor #CountryMusic #SongAnalysis #MusicCriticism #LyricsMatter #Authenticity
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#BrandyClark #GirlNextDoor #CountryMusic #SongAnalysis #MusicCriticism #LyricsMatter #Authenticity
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“Girl Next Door”: Brandy Clark’s Outlaw Woman Lite
In “Girl Next Door” (2016), Brandy Clark warns a suitor that if he’s looking for “Some Virgin Mary metaphor/Your cardboard cutout on the wall/Your paper or your Barbie doll/With perfect hair and a …
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October 24, 2025 at 10:31 PM
“Girl Next Door” functions as a continuation of Clark’s commitment to “hillbilly feminism,” but it is forced into a glossy, consumable package.
#BrandyClark #GirlNextDoor #CountryMusic #SongAnalysis #MusicCriticism #LyricsMatter #Authenticity
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#BrandyClark #GirlNextDoor #CountryMusic #SongAnalysis #MusicCriticism #LyricsMatter #Authenticity
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