Archive for January, 2007

Possible disruption

Over the coming days, we will be working on the database behind a-Lyric, notably making it far easier to find older articles about artists you are interested in.
So bear with us. if we go down for a while, try again in a few hours. Meanwhile, don’t forget there’s a Search box in the top right [...]

George Harrison lyrics bag $300k

Someone did well! $300,000 is the tidy sum that someone coughed up recently for handwritten lyrics to the George Harrison tune “While my Guitar Gently Weeps”. Again, I don’t know what to think of it. On the one hand, it’s nice that lyrics are in such demand. But needless to say, George won’t see any [...]

David Bowie and lyrics

There’s an interesting short piece on David Bowie on the BBC website. Producer Tony Visconti, who worked on a dozen albums with Bowie including some of his most radical (”Diamond Dogs”, “Heroes” and “Low”), gave a rare view of Bowie in studio.
“Whilst working on the album Heroes he laboured with his lyric writing. It was [...]