"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
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.
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.
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.”
https://t.co/j3iKg4AiLv
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
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
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
"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
"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
"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
"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.
https://t.co/suSpWs61Jf