A Longing Look

A #music publication on @Medium posting love letters to lyrics. Celebrating the words that make the music. New contributors welcome.

[A Longing Look @alonginglook]

"Avant Gardener was released in the Year 7 BC (Before COVID) but it plays like a ballad of pandemic distortion." @courtneymelba https://t.co/jLr0eKkSCr

[A Longing Look @alonginglook]

A love letter to the lyrics of Travelling Not Running by @liveid6 and @EMFTheBand.

https://t.co/kpwxbLfLKo

[A Longing Look @alonginglook]

That's the way to do it.

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[A Longing Look @alonginglook]

Only just noticed the words on the drum in @SELFESTEEM___'s video for I Do This All The Time. She is someone who sticks resolutely to a manifesto pledge.

[James Caig @jamescaig]

This is a cracking read. Although Terry Hall isn’t mentioned, it’s still a great articulation of why he mattered to kids then as they became politically aware, and why he stayed important as everyone grew up.

[Phil Adams @Phil_Adams]

RIP Terry Hall. In 2020 I wrote this for @alonginglook, about the lyrics of You're Wondering Now, covered by The Specials.

https://t.co/hqG8U4gMso

[A Longing Look @alonginglook]

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[Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla]

Happy 19th b’day, “Hey Ya!” — released today in 2003 and the first song in history to rack up one million downloads.

Andre 3000 was once asked where he got the line “Shake it like a Polaroid picture.” He said, “I have no idea.”

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[James Caig @jamescaig]

Been too long. @Phil_Adams is devastating and uplifting here. The power of five words to soak up meaning and grief like a sponge. To stand for loyalty and love. Life. Accordingly, not a word is wasted. Every line is what it needs to be. Please do read. https://t.co/Jbm8pkuIij

[A Longing Look @alonginglook]

A love letter to a particular lyric from All I Want Is You by @U2. @u2songs #U2

https://t.co/XCXyadl0lG

[A Longing Look @alonginglook]

A love letter to a particular lyric from All I Want Is You by @U2. @u2songs #U2

https://t.co/XCXyadl0lG

[Luke Sital-Singh @lukesitalsingh]

I like lyrics. Here are some lyrics I like.

[James Caig @jamescaig]

Still stunning. Not least for the emotional undertow, which is sad and fearful. Became so fascinated by that (and how little it’s noticed) that it led to the first fictional @alonginglook, a little short story I’m still quite proud of. https://t.co/T9C9gaOHFX

[James Caig @jamescaig]

A new love letter up on @alonginglook. This one’s by @Phil_Adams and it’s about prejudice and humanity and how stories last longer when they leave a bit of room. Phil’s still pondering Mr Wendal, 30 years on.
https://t.co/fWE2MfMdy1

[Phil Adams @Phil_Adams]

"Homelessness strips you of story. Without story you are deflated and two dimensional, visible but unseen."

New @alonginglook. The lyrics of Mr. Wendal by Arrested Development (@ADtheBand & @Speech__). With an unknowing assist from @JamieKelseyFry.

https://t.co/iffu2X4R49

[A Longing Look @alonginglook]

"He is worthy of our time, but would we be worthy of his?"

A love letter to the lyrics of Mr. Wendal by @ADtheBand/@Speech__ . #lyrics #HipHop

https://t.co/fTPY1fSM0l

[Roz Morris @Roz_Morris]

Dragon Warriors ride again, Ever Rest in the wilds, A Longing Look, A little horse - https://t.co/uWpEXnJO0B #DragonWarriors #rpg #lovereading #music @ALongingLook

[A Longing Look @alonginglook]

"I am very happy with this opening line. I think it is the best I have written for some time. It lands us squarely in the centre of the song, emotionally, physically and poetically."

Nick cave writes a love letter to his own lyrics.

https://t.co/avA5bALvyR

[James Caig @jamescaig]

Dylan was an early subject for @alonginglook, of course. Me five years ago on the weird, loose-brained fun of Tombstone Blues. https://t.co/rc4HozlQm5

[Phil Adams @Phil_Adams]

"This limbo, this dream, is full of regret, fear, pain. We all carry these things, but mostly when our arms are empty of what we’d rather hold. It’s the weight of what’s absent." A love letter from @jamescaig to lyrics from 1968 whose time has come again.

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