tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169780697300333304.post6667259147633547623..comments2023-09-15T09:50:05.678-06:00Comments on Shhh I'm Reading...: Booking Through Thursday...Sing! Sing a SongMelissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06474584473012742915noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169780697300333304.post-57809150497177232882009-01-16T01:48:00.000-07:002009-01-16T01:48:00.000-07:00I love the lyrics to so many songs - that's usuall...I love the lyrics to so many songs - that's usually what draws me to songs in the first place. I think Tori Amos writes great if obscure lyrics, Morissy (of The Smiths) writes really amusing stuff and lately I've really liked Seawolf.Lenore Appelhanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16664671644163369772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169780697300333304.post-45874981210932253172009-01-15T07:50:00.000-07:002009-01-15T07:50:00.000-07:00I like this week's question, because I love music,...I like this week's question, because I love music, and have ever since I was a kid. A have a pretty broad spectrum in my iPod, but of them all, one stands out as a true master and genius at the lyrical word...Elvis Costello. He is a bit eccentric, but if you just read his words, they will blow you away. He has been at it for over thirty years, and he just keeps cranking them out.Sandy Nawrothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00564390728106776030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5169780697300333304.post-12916577448541582682009-01-15T07:49:00.000-07:002009-01-15T07:49:00.000-07:00I just love a phrase in an old Harry Chapin song. ...I just love a phrase in an old Harry Chapin song. The song is I Wanna Learn a Love Song, its a good song, Chapin was a storyteller more than a lyricist, but the phrase is "dilapidated dreams" used to describe a man who's teaching guitar to a woman. (Lot more complicated than that, but I gotta go take the kids to school...)<BR/><BR/>Listen to Chapin's Mr. Tanner, and you can never write a tersely worded uber critical review again. "'cause music was his life, it was not his livelihood and it made him feel so happy and it made him feel so good. And he sang from his heart and he sang from his soul, he did not know how well he sang, it just made him whole...."Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811292947565794018noreply@blogger.com