Archive for December, 2005

“Lyrics” top search engines again

Even I was surprised by the recent announcement by Infospace that “lyrics” was the most searched term on Dogpile.com so far in 2005. Services such as WordTracker often rank “lyrics” in the top ten searches. But snatching the n° 1 spot is something else! Dogpile compiles the results of the major search engines including Yahoo [...]

And now: the war on lyrics

And just when you thought it was safe to listen to music, war breaks out again. This time, lyrics are at the root of the issue. Song lyrics are frequently amongst the top ten search terms on the web – no small feat. As a lyricist, I’m flattered by your attention. But the US publishing [...]

Nu Groove alert: Plan B from London

In the first of an occasional series, we can’t help throwing a metaphorical coin into the cap of Plan B, a 21 year-old Londoner that stands up and raps (for want of a better word) about the world around him. “When people hear ‘Kids’ on radio, everything they’re scared of about the city is in [...]

Link of the day: misheard lyrics

Just got an e-mail from the UK’s Answerbank with the following list of misheard lyrics. I don’t know where they got them, but everyone has a list of things like this. Sing Something Silly Misheard song lines (and the proper lyrics). Rocket Man – Elton John “Rocket man, burning up like cheese and pheromone” (“Rocket [...]