Songwriting and Music Production
Driven by blind rage, Ono took this opportunity to unleash a series of guttural roars, each one louder and scarier than the one that preceded it. Lennon responded to the rage with a collection of barbed guitar licks, enveloping the frustration he was feeling for the pop genre he had unintentionally shaped.The results are really…
Johnson agrees, adding she’s seen social media play a huge role too.”As times change, I think things like TikTok and YouTube and even Spotify — getting on playlists, things like that are becoming more important than ever, and it can really be someone’s shot.”A trend that many in the country music industry say they hope…
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AC/DC were at the top of their game, but their singer was heading down a dangerous path. His last show was on January27, 1980, and just three weeks later he was dead Source: Bon Scott’s final tour: the story of a road to ruin | Louder
Let me put it to you like this: I can get up all day long and sing songs about God. I love the Lord, and that’s my heart, and that’s my passion, and that’s who I am. It’s my DNA when it comes down to music. I want to always sing songs and introduce people…
I remember this song and saw the band playing it live. It did have a questionable lyric even back then when no one really noticed. In today’s hyper-sexulized and judgemental world, this song would probably not make it so well. ON the other hand, powerful men do tend to get the girl in most cases….
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They never entirely saw eye to eye. It’s hard to ignore, too. Before their meeting, The Beatles’ lyrics were never the forefront of their songs with the melody always being the most essential factor, the group were happy to include “nonsense” lyrics if they sounded correct. The art of storytelling was never their forte until…
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There’s a song on Hardware called Spanish Fly. The title refers to a hot rod – inevitable, given Gibbons’s love of fast and loud cars. “One of my buddies down the street has got a 1946 Ford two-door sedan, which he named Spanish Fly,” he says admiringly. “It’s quite dazzling, this piece of machinery. He…
Mick JaggerI used to get mistaken for him all the time in ’61. I used to have girls screaming at me and I didn’t know what the fuck they were screaming about. I’d pull up along somebody in a car and they’d go: “Mick!” And I’d be thinking: “Who the fuck is this Mick?” Then…
This is written from the viewpoint of a person who is depressed; he wants everything to turn black to match his mood. There was no specific inspiration for the lyrics. When asked at the time why he wrote a song about death, Mick Jagger replied: “I don’t know. It’s been done before. It’s not an original thought by any means. It all depends on how you do it.”