Archive for March, 2006

Jack Adaptor: More English eccentrics

I’ve decided to start featuring new music on a-Lyric. I’m starting the ball rolling with more English eccentrics: Jack Adaptor. The London duo write slack pop à la Beck or a Tom Waits before he started not shaving. There is little of specific merit in the lyrics, except I can understand the words and remember [...]

James Blunt’s “You’re Beautiful” lyrics

I know that it’s sometimes all too easy to dissect a popular tune, but I can’t resist it in this case. James Blunt’s runaway hit “You’re Beautiful” struck a deep chord with many people in Europe and now the USA. It’s one of those “immediate” songs, and fair play to the writers for coming [...]

Gimmick time: Your own nametone

I couldn’t help enjoying this gimmick. How about having a ring tone that calls you by name? Or even better, sings you by name. This little gimmick does just that. Type in a name (nothing too adventurous) and try it. Personally, I think the reggae version works best. Gimmicky, I know, but fun.

Choose a nametone: [...]

Oscar and Muslims irate at lyrics

Lyrics have been the subject of more debate this week. The Oscars opened the proceedings when “It’s Hard to be a Pimp Out Here” from “Hustle and Flow” won the Best Original Song. Many people questioned whether it wasn’t making prostitution glamorous. But the truth is that the song won simply as it was [...]