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26 Nov

NYC acts against degrading rap lyrics (UPI)

New York’s public advocate is protesting vulgar and degrading rap lyrics to 14 recording and broadcast companies.

NYC acts against degrading rap lyrics (EARTHtimes.org)

New York’s public advocate is protesting vulgar and degrading rap lyrics to 14 recording and broadcast companies. Betsy Gotbaum is sending letters Monday protesting revenue generated through the use of degrading lyrics and racial slurs, the New York Daily…

UPI NewsTrack Entertainment News (UPI)

Four new films in Top 10 … NYC acts against degrading rap lyrics … Osbourne signs on for New Zealand festival … Simmons sued over beauty products … News from United Press International.

CD review: ‘Lovemusik’ (San Francisco Chronicle)

RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) An aching, expectant passion permeates Ogden Nash’s lyrics to “Speak Low” as sung by Donna Murphy’s Lotte Lenya and Michael Cerveris as composer Kurt Weill. World-weary regret mixes intriguingly with pensive optimism in Murphy’s…

Tank Chois Glass Is Always Half Full (donga.com)

The microphone matched his thick hands well. His lyrics with a thick southern accent were charming.

Lyrics To ‘Allentown’ (The Morning Call)

‘ Well we’re living here in Allentown

ONEREPUBLIC (New York Post)

Producer Timbaland can spot talent a mile away - and in Ryan Tedder’s case, five miles. The gifted singer-songwriter behind One- Republic’s modern rock sound was recruited by Timbaland several years ago to pen lyrics for artists such as Jennifer…

Springfield Used A Helping Hand (ContactMusic)

British singer DUSTY SPRINGFIELD had an odd way of remembering the lyrics to her songs during gigs - she would scribble the words on her fingers with

LEARN LYRICS TO YOUR FAVORITE SONGS: During MTV’s ‘Spankin’ New Lyrics Week’ With Alicia Keys, Bow Wow, Omarion & … (Eurweb)

NEW YORK — Having trouble remembering the lyrics to your fave new song? Well get ready it’s all about the lyrics on MTV during “Spankin’ New Lyrics Week” Monday, November 26th thru Thursday, November 29th.

Songwriter’s self-reflection expands to band (The Argus Leader)

AUSTIN, Texas - In a song titled “Appreciation and the Bomb,” Nick Thomas, the founder, singer and songwriter for Spill Canvas, shares the most candid lyrics yet in his collection of autobiographical story songs. Sweeping over the scenario of a testimony before death, Nick Thomas credits his father for the man he is, suggests to a former girlfriend that they might have another shot at love and, …

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24 Nov

LEARN LYRICS TO YOUR FAVORITE SONGS: During MTV’s ‘Spankin’ New Lyrics Week’ With Alicia Keys, Bow Wow, Omarion & … (Eurweb)

NEW YORK — Having trouble remembering the lyrics to your fave new song? Well get ready it’s all about the lyrics on MTV during “Spankin’ New Lyrics Week” Monday, November 26th thru Thursday, November 29th.

Their mythical lyrics work outside the story (The Record)

If it takes ambition to put together swirling fantasy rock operas spread out over a five-album arc, then Coheed and Cambria might be the most ambitious band on the planet, or at least the only one with a record deal.

Review: Feist provides enchanting performance (The Tennessean)

Many singers use their voices as vehicles for conveying lyrics, but Leslie Feist, the Canadian indie-pop sensation whose songs have provided the soundtracks for iPod, cell phone and perfume commercials, uses hers to make music.

Don’t mention the G-word to Evanescence singer (Louisville Courier-Journal)

Any conversation with Evanescence lead singer Amy Lee is sure to include the “G-word.” Given the band’s ethereal sound, paired with Lee’s emotive voice, often angsty lyrics and pale good looks, well … it’s inevitable. But for Lee, not entirely accurate.

Botswana: Ntuane Turns Opposition Songbird (AllAfrica.com)

Specially elected MP, Botsalo Ntuane is singing opposition lyrics. Contributing to the debate on President Festus Mogae’s address, Ntuane said he was against the introduction of school fees.

As season fades, Vermonters left standing for college playoffs (Rutland Herald)

Crank up the Elton John lyrics … “I’m still standing” … for Rutland’s Rob Reis and Burlington’s Husain Karim. There aren’t many Vermonters still playing football, but these two guys are starters in the NCAA’s Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) playoffs. … - By TOM HALEY Herald Staff

Chick Corea (Seattle Weekly)

new work about your city (Seattle), from 6 former Seattleites. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical, with lyrics by Jim Steinman, based on the 1961 Hayley Mills film about a Louisiana girl and a mysterious stranger.

Sideline Pass: As close as you can get to the game without being tackled (Austin American-Statesman)

You know it’s a rivalry when the two schools mention each other in their fight songs. Here are the offending lyrics from the Longhorns’ “Texas Fight” and A&M’s “Aggie War Hymn”:

Sly Stone makes his first NY stand in 32 years (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

As the horns blare with a syncopated rhythm and singers call to the crowd of about 1,000 to dance, a hunched man hidden in the wings of the stage smiles broadly, watching his band like a proud father.

What’s on my iPod (The Sacramento Bee)

“This song has a catchy, upbeat tune and fun lyrics that you’ll want to listen to over and over again.”

Some musicians prefer to write the lyrics one initially and to work the melody around it then, others hear a great melody initially and the suitable words with the air later. Any manner around your songwriting occurs, do not ruin your melody with the lyrics unsatisfactory one. Here some ends. Outline what you want to say Queest this which you want that your song is approximately? Is it serious, annoyed, or optimistic? It has a message (take guard of preaching, although). Choose a concept or a topic for your song, but avoid the topics that you feel that you should employ.

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16 Nov

Queens Kicked Out of Rehab (MuchMusic.com)

And winning out as the most bizarre story of the week, Queens of the Stone Age were kicked out of a rehab facility while performing for in-patients. The mini-show took a wrong turn during their song Feel Good Hit Of The Summer. The lyrics rattle off a list of narcotics.

More News (Gazette.Net)

Starting tonight, Tuscarora High students will present the fall play, Into the Woods, a fractured fairytale musical written by James Lapine, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.

QOTSA Kicked Out of Rehab (antiMUSIC)

(antiMusic) If you are playing a rehab it may not be that great of an idea to kick off your set with a song that contains the lyrics “Nicotine, valium, vicodin, marijuana, ecstasy and alcohol… c-c-c-c-c-cocaine”. But that’s just what Queens of the Stone Age did last at an LA rehab.

Acoustic artisan Michael Kelsey brings his progressive-aggressive rock to Boothe Bros. (Provo Daily Herald)

To accompany his rich voice and homegrown lyrics, Michael Kelsey uses his guitar like it is five instruments — tapping it, pulling it, pinching it and using any other motion his flexible fingers can perform. Except he makes it sound good. Not like a kid who has gone wild with his daddy’s six-string. With a sound he likes to call progressive-aggressive acoustic rock, Kelsey played alongside …

The FEMA Rap (Washington Post)

Who says the Federal Emergency Management Agency lacks street cred? Soulja Boy it’s not, but the agency has come up with a song to teach children about disaster. Here are the lyrics to the “FEMA for Kidz Rap.”

Whistle Down the Wind (Seattle Weekly)

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical, with lyrics by Jim Steinman, based on the 1961 Hayley Mills film about a Louisiana girl and a mysterious stranger. Opens Nov. 13. Ends Dec. 2.

Who seek truth severely,
Is given to solve the mystery of Sphynx
Pure Entereth of knowledge by wild fights, and only to little
Who seek truth severely,
Is given to solve the mystery of Sphynx.

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13 Nov

Is it wrong to blame hip hop? (BBC News)

Black men are statistically over-represented among gun victims. Is this due to cultural influences, especially hip hop and rap music lyrics and images which have been accused of glamorising guns?

All-access jazz (Philadelphia Daily News)

ADMITTEDLY, IT CAN be overwhelming: A singer in a wheelchair scats while her quintet jams behind her; a sign-language interpreter translates music and lyrics into body language while an LED screen scrolls the lyrics and dialogue; an artist paints the music onto a huge canvas; and an audio describer attempts to explain it all.

Broadway Baby (Princeton Packet)

Stephen Sondheims lyrics about the complexities of long-term relationships is heartfelt in Kelsey Theatres Follies.

Kanye West’s mother a model of support (Sports Illustrated)

To understand how close Kanye West and his mother, Donda, were, one only needs to listen to his music.

Novato lyricist soothes pair with poignant tribute (Marin Independent Journal)

The lyrics came to her in the warmth of a morning shower, hours after the tragic death of her girlfriend’s teenage son.

U2, MICHAEL JACKSON IN NEWS NOTES (groovevolt.com)

U2 ’s The Joshua Tree will be re-released on the occasion of its 20th anniversary, in a set remastered from the original analog master tapes. The album will be available in four formats: A standard CD featuring liner notes from Bill Flanagan , lyrics, and unseen photographs from Anton Corbijn ; a double 12″ gatefold vinyl format, with the original album pressed across two 180-gram audiophile …

`Next to Normal’ sings out in February (AP via Yahoo! News)

New musicals have been in short supply on and off-Broadway this fall. But Second Stage Theatre, which had a hit with “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” has found one: “Next to Normal,” which opens Feb. 13.

Halford on Talking Metal Theme (antiMUSIC)

(PR) JUDAS PRIEST vocalist Rob Halford has contributed lyrics and vocals to Metal Mike Chlasciaks theme music for the Talking Metal on Fuse TV show, which debut Friday, November 9 on Fuse. Also directly involved in creating the theme music were producer Roy Z. and Halford manager John Baxter.

Teen Is Recalled As a Competitor On and off Court (Washington Post)

As an organ played at Mount Ennon Baptist Church in Clinton yesterday, friends and relatives tried to describe a teenager named Donte Segar. His parents, aunts and uncles cried and sang for him, while teenagers from his school honored their friend the best way they knew — with mournful rap lyrics,…

Sigur Ros: no subtitles needed (Michigan Daily)

It’s a rare and wonderful gift for any band to be able to reach and captivate an audience that can’t understand a word of its lyrics. Iceland’s Sigur Rs transcends language with a sound so unique it can’t be ignored. Hvarf-Heim breaks the band’s two-year silence to bring back the minimalist, orchestral style that has been Sigur Rs’s signature for the past decade.