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29 May

Bands play Civil War music, teach history of an era still alive in lyrics (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
Bands play Civil War music, teach history of an era still alive in lyrics (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News)
DECATUR, Ala. - With darkness settling over the battlefield and soldiers bedding down for the night, the familiar lyrics rose - music and voices blending from both Union and Confederate camps.

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28 May

Foreign concept, Masterworks Chorale to belt out German lyrics in ‘Ode to Joy’ (Carroll County Online)

While rehearsing “Ode to Joy,” the climactic final movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, soprano Pat Rowser discovered it had plenty of high notes. And another challenge presented itself: “Ode to Joy” lyrics are in German.

Cambridge students asked to compare Raleigh and Shakespeare with Amy Winehouse lyrics in final year exam (Daily Mail)

Baffled Cambridge University students were asked to compare a 15th century poem with lyrics by troubled singer Amy Winehouse in their final year exam paper.

Winehouse lyrics used in Cambridge uni exam (The West Australian)

Cambridge University students have been asked to compare the lyrics of Amy Winehouse with the poetry of Sir Walter Ralegh in a final year exam paper.

Amy Winehouse lyrics analysed as poetry by Cambridge University students (Daily Telegraph)

Cambridge University students have been asked to compare the lyrics of the pop star Amy Winehouse with the poetry of Sir Walter Ralegh in a final year exam paper.

Edited, lyrics don’t have quite the same meaning (The State News)

Eminem once said in Without Me that the FCC wont let him be. The FCC , short for Federal Communications Commission, presides over the TV and airwaves by censoring material deemed unacceptable before it hits our ears and eyes.

Cambridge students asked to compare Raleigh and Shakespeare with Amy Winehouse lyrics in final year exam (Evening Standard)

They are the some of the foremost figures in English literature - Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth and Raleigh. Now Amy Winehouse has been elevated alongside them - after her work was included in a Cambridge University exam.

Winehouse words on English paper (BBC News)

Cambridge University students have been asked to analyse lyrics by singer Amy Winehouse in a final-year exam.

Biography (All About Jazz)

A creative and subtle jazz and ballad vocalist, Aniya puts a lot of heart and feeling into the lyrics that she sings. Her warm and quietly expressive voice is heard regularly in the Los Angeles area.

John Hiatt’s new CD among his best (Jam! Showbiz)

John Hiatt’s conversational lyrics sound off-the-cuff, which means they likely resulted from many hours of labour. The work was worth it, because “Same Old Man” ranks with the best music of Hiatt’s 34-year recording career.

Amy Winehouse gets into Cambridge (Times Online)

As spoken verse, it may scan a little awkwardly, and the rhymes could be considered somewhat laboured. But Amy Winehouse might argue that her lyrics were never intended to be scrutinised by the poetry brains of Cambridge University.

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25 May

Foreign concept, Masterworks Chorale to belt out German lyrics in ‘Ode to Joy’ (Carroll County Online)

While rehearsing “Ode to Joy,” the climactic final movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, soprano Pat Rowser discovered it had plenty of high notes. And another challenge presented itself: “Ode to Joy” lyrics are in German.

UT Tyler Searching For Fight Song Lyricist (Tyler Morning Telegraph)

The University of Texas at Tyler is holding a contest seeking lyrics for a school fight song, Bobbye Rucker, alumni association director, announced. Students and alumni are invited to submit eight to 16 lines. Dr. Jeffrey Emge, music department chair, will compose the music.

Second Cup Cafe: Hillary McRae (CBS News)

Skipping class in high school to play piano and bring her lyrics to life was about the best thing singer-songwriter Hillary McRae could have done during her “rebellious” youth.

Remembering their brothers in arms (The Times of Northwest Indiana)

Who are these ones who would lead us now To the sound of a thousand guns. In the hills of France and on German soil. From Saigon to Wounded Knee. Who come from long lines of soldiers Whose duty was fulfilled. Gordon Lightfoot wrote the haunting lyrics to “Protocol” in the early 1970s as a reminder of the horrors of war and the scars left for families and loved ones. The many veterans I have …

Rapper Jal turns "harrowing" memories into music (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Sudanese child-soldier-turned-rapper Emmanuel Jal admits that he had to tone down the lyrics of his new album, “Warchild.”

‘American Idol’: One Fine David (Entertainment Weekly)

It took 4 months, 42 episodes, 24 semifinalists, 3 intermittently infuriating judges, a small army of Swaybots, a handful of botched lyrics, 97.5 million votes, and one particularly soul-crushing bit of promotion on behalf of Mike Myers’ latest (alleged) comedy, but American Idol ’s seventh season has finally come to an end.

Peanuts and Rolling Stones on hand for Mars landing (New Scientist)

One day before the Phoenix spacecraft attempts to land on Mars, anxious mission members take comfort in good luck charms and hopeful rock lyrics

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24 May

Foreign concept, Masterworks Chorale to belt out German lyrics in ‘Ode to Joy’ (Carroll County Online)

While rehearsing “Ode to Joy,” the climactic final movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, soprano Pat Rowser discovered it had plenty of high notes. And another challenge presented itself: “Ode to Joy” lyrics are in German.

Rapper Jal turns "harrowing" memories into music (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

Sudanese child-soldier-turned-rapper Emmanuel Jal admits that he had to tone down the lyrics of his new album, “Warchild.”

Second Cup Cafe: Hillary McRae (CBS News)

Skipping class in high school to play piano and bring her lyrics to life was about the best thing singer-songwriter Hillary McRae could have done during her “rebellious” youth.

Chuck D Forgets Public Enemy Lyrics (Soundbuzz via Yahoo!7 Music News)

Chuck D Forgets Public Enemy Lyrics

Asking for a little less respect (Bridgeton News)

MILLVILLE — When Aretha Franklin first belted out the lyrics to her 1967 R&B hit “Respect”, she surely never imagined that something so desired as R-E-S-P-E-C-T could be such a frustrating thing once received.

LOG ON (RainbowNetwork.com)

I just caught a song which was played on Gaydar Radio around 11.00am today (Sunday, 4th Nov). But didn’t manage to get the title or the singer. She was singing the lyrics “I believe”.

University of Texas At Tyler Holding School Fight Song Lyric Contest (Tyler Morning Telegraph)

University of Texas at Tyler is holding a contest seeking lyrics for a school fight song, Bobbye Rucker, alumni association director, announced. Students and alumni are invited submit eight to 16 lines. Dr. Jeffrey Emge, music department chair, will compose the music.

Lang still voices her opinion, just not in her lyrics (Nanaimo Daily News)

At first, k.d. lang seems impatient with the line of questioning. From her home in Los Angeles, the Alberta-born musician answers — with barely concealed sighs — queries about her recent address to pro-Tibetan demonstrators protesting the Olympic torch relay in Australia.

‘Don’t believe the hip-hop’ (Channel 4)

It has been 20 years since the hip-hop band Public Enemy released their ground-breaking album, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. The angry Chuck D, together with the cheeky Flavour Flava, punched out some of the most politicised lyrics of their time.

Flobots’ good ‘Fight’ (Rocky Mountain News)

Fight With Tools, the new album by the Denver-based Flobots, has strong lyrics and music, but it doesn’t have the same radio-friendly crossover appeal as The Fray.

Bryan Adams warns Amy Winehouse of flirting with death in new song (New Kerala)
Bryan Adams warns Amy Winehouse of flirting with death in new song (New Kerala)
London, Mar 19 : Bryan Adams has warned pal Amy Winehouse that she is flirting with death through the lyrics of his new song.

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22 May

Foreign concept, Masterworks Chorale to belt out German lyrics in ‘Ode to Joy’ (Carroll County Online)

While rehearsing “Ode to Joy,” the climactic final movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, soprano Pat Rowser discovered it had plenty of high notes. And another challenge presented itself: “Ode to Joy” lyrics are in German.

Chuck D Forgets Public Enemy Lyrics (Soundbuzz via Yahoo!7 Music News)

Chuck D Forgets Public Enemy Lyrics

Lennon lyrics for sale (Undercover)

A woman from London is set to make a fortune when John Lennon’s handwritten lyrics for the anti-war song Give Peace a Chance go up for auction this summer.

Public Enemy - Chuck D Forgets Public Enemy Lyrics (ContactMusic)

PUBLIC ENEMY star CHUCK D is nervous about reuniting with his bandmates - because he fears he has forgotten the lyrics to their hit tracks. The hip-hop band has agreed …

Students write lyrics to promote Cleaner Water (Pontiac Daily Leader)

Students in Pontiac Township High School’s AP (Advanced Placement) Music Theory class are doing more than just theory.

Idol finale: A guruvy kind of love + Syesha’s return (USA Today)

David C. and David A. duet on Nickelback singer Chad Kroeger’s Hero, which fortunately for David A. has lyrics that are nonspecific enough that he can sing it comfortably without changing words or deleting verses. A little promo for Mike…

Shenanigans at the old ballpark (The Beaufort Gazette)

The crowd stood in unison as the music began to play. Lyrics scrolled across the huge screen but few needed it. Turner Field was about to become a large karaoke bar.

ON DETROIT.METROMIX.COM: No fear: Lupe Fiasco pushes past hip-hop controversy (Detroit Free Press)

The debate over rap music has grown hotter than ever, as politicians and musicians bicker about whether gritty, obscene lyrics are gratuitous or a valid reflection of real-life experiences. Lupe Fiasco knows why.

Punk band investigated by RCMP (Montreal Gazette)

Their music is abrasive, their lyrics sharply critical of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and their logo features a cartoon airplane about to fly into the Peace Tower.

Sharpton denies threatening Dre (Moldova.org)

The Rev. Al Sharpton is denying allegations he threatened to protest outside of Dr. Dre’s studio unless the U.S. music mogul donated $500,000 to charity. Bruce Williams, Dr. Dre’s former longtime confidante, claims Sharpton made the threat because he was offended by certain rap lyrics and unhappy about a feud between rappers 50 Cent and The Game, the New York Post reported.He said if we didn’t …

A good number of people think that it takes the expensive formal formation to write the lyrics good and to be a lyrics writer. I think the manner opposed however. The lyrics one is everwhere around us all the day, but we must be alert to identify it. We must be observant and to have a lyrics process of thought. You can write a song about anything. You can easily find the inspiration for the lyrics one of writing while listening which people speak about him in the conversations each day and by observing the substance which continues around you. Ideas can be found in the places that the majority of the people would not think approximately, as in stores and newspapers, with your work, on the radio or television. Some artists songwriting start by noting their thoughts like a history, and then by putting the thoughts in a lyrics and rhythmic format.

By which ruling its shares, work and remains
Its direction of output formed the crucial test
By which ruling its shares, work and remains.
And its heart and well-regulated spirit
Were full with charity towards all humanity.

It’s a hothouse for Lifehouse’s songwriter (The Record)
It’s a hothouse for Lifehouse’s songwriter (The Record)
Two years on the road, give or take a few months, and Jason Wade came back with just two songs. It happens. Most artists wouldn’t dare to pen lyrics when they’re jetting in and out of cities, preparing for one sound check after another, trying to satiate audience after audience.