Archive for March, 2007

Tip of the week: Gabriel Rios

For once, I don’t have the lyrics. But I do have the distinct impression this track is brilliant. Gabriel Rios is a Puerto Rican living in Europe. “Angelhead” is the name of the single and his new album. Check it out and leave a message. I’m looking for the lyrics, by the way.
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Gwen Stefani: “don’t take all my lyrics literally”

This is pop music, remember? Pop columnists have been specualting that the lyrics to Gwen Stefani’s “Breakin’ Up” somehow reflected on the state of her relationship with long-standing husband Gavin Rossdale. Did they even read the lyrics?

Tony Blair in UK charts?

No, of course it’s not true. It wasn’t really Tony Blair. It’s a well-known fact that the British Prime Minister was in a band briefly in university. Ugly Rumours never went very far. But a British pressure group decided to record a version of “War” with a Blair lookalike and try and get in the [...]

Israeli Eurovision entry sparks debate

Eurovision wouldn’t be Eurovision without a good argument. Last year, Iceland provided the comic relief with a song that included the F word. This time, some people are questioning if Israel is not pushing the limit of humour a little with a topical comedy track called “Push the Button”… Who exactly should be pushing the [...]

Test your lyric knowledge on your phone

Here’s a good one. EMI Music Publishing have teamed up with UK game developer Player X to create a phone-based game that will test your knowledge of lyrics from their catalogue, which includes the Rolling Stones, Queen and Sting. Lyric EMI will throw questions at you that you must answer within a given time. They [...]