Posted by admin on 20 Nov 2011 | Tagged as: awards, meanings
French singer Michel Sardou was awarded the “freedom of Connemara” at a ceremony at the Irish embassy in Paris recently. The award is to thank him for 30 years free advertising for the region thanks to the huge and enduring hit, “Les lacs du Connemara” (the lakes of Connemara). Anyone who knows contemporary French culture [...]
Posted by admin on 10 Jul 2011 | Tagged as: meanings, news, tip
The recent broadcast of the BBC’s “Secrets of the Pop Song” featuring Guy Chambers has brought attention back to Ray Heffernan. At the time, he was a very young musician that met Robbie Williams in Dublin and went on to work on the song that became “Angels”. He eventually sold his share of the song [...]
Posted by admin on 03 Jul 2011 | Tagged as: meanings, tip
Unfortunately, I only came across this programme after the first 15 minutes. But it must be said: “Secrets of the Pop Song” is an absolutely amazing songwriting series on the BBC. As the title implies, the idea is to get behind the process of writing pop songs, ie songs that have huge appeal. The first [...]
Posted by admin on 24 Mar 2011 | Tagged as: events, meanings, news
If you’re into the Internet radio scene and dance music, you might want to check Club97 radio, transmitting from New Jersey. It’s run by Mike Delaney, the former president of the 2 Unlimited fan club in the US, and who has been following the dance, Eurodance, techno and House scene for more years than we’d [...]
Posted by admin on 21 Dec 2010 | Tagged as: meanings, news, tribute
I have to say that I love this idea. An artist in Saginaw, Michigan, has been decorating the town with lines from Simon & Garfunkel’s “America”. “We drove through the city and tried to find areas that symbolized abandonment: the broken railroad track, the empty school,” Eric Schantz told ABCNews. In one poignant note, he [...]
Posted by admin on 30 May 2010 | Tagged as: awards, Eurovision, gadgets, meanings
Image via Wikipedia It must be said: Germany’s entry, “Satellite” by Lena, was a very so-so song, and it wasn’t exactly an electric vocal performance. Strange that they received so many votes, although this sort of thing is said every year. But what about the lyrics? A research and semantics laboratory had the fun idea [...]
Posted by admin on 05 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: meanings, RIP, tribute
Image via Wikipedia There is much talk at the moment about the George Harrison “track” that was featured on British radio recently. The story is that Beatle biographer Hunter Davies came across a scrap of paper with some Harrison lyrics, “Silence (Is Its Own Reply)”, speculated to be about his relationship with John Lennon. During [...]
Posted by admin on 02 Nov 2009 | Tagged as: meanings, news
Amazon.co.uk WidgetsI just noticed that Dana Winner’s new album, “Between Now and Tomorrow”, has been released featuring “If You Want to Know Me” with lyrics by me. The album features English versions of a similar album released in the Benelux, and was recorded largely for release in her “second home”, South Africa. But this is [...]
Posted by admin on 18 Sep 2009 | Tagged as: awards, events, meanings, news, politics, RIP, tip
The infobahn is alive with Susan Boyle’s rendition (nice word, eh?) of the Rolling Stones’ “Wild Horses”. There is an overwhelming opinion that Boyle has now recorded one of the definitive versions of the song. This, however, is seen as sacrilege by others, who cling to memories of the Stones and Gram Parsons. This sort [...]
Posted by admin on 17 Sep 2009 | Tagged as: meanings, tip
Widgets Amazon.frThe way music is licenced around the world means that I have no control over where the tracks I work on eventually crop up. As Perry Rose has played quite a lot in France, just about all his albums are available on Amazon France as MP3s. I have to say: Perry Rose is truly [...]