Shakopee Valley News - Sound Off: Best Lyrics Ever - Comments

"Losing love is like a

bhall09 — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:45:38 -0600

"Losing love is like a window to your heart...Everybody sees your blown apart...Everybody feels the wind blow."

"It's a turn-around jump shot...It's everybody jump start...It's, every generation throws a hero up the pop charts...Medicine is magical and magical is art, think of
the boy in the bubble and the baby with the baboon heart..."

-Paul Simon

Lucinda Williams has a

writers bloc — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:16:22 -0600

Lucinda Williams has a talent for songwriting as a whole -- creating music and a delivery that more than complement her lines, they elevate them. Here's a section from one of my favorites, but you need to hear it for maximum effect:

"Some kind of savior singing the blues
A derelict in your duct tape shoes
Your orphan clothes and your long dark hair
Looking like you didn't care ... drunken angel

Blood spilled out from the hole in your heart
Over the strings of your guitar
The worn down places in the wood
That once made you feel so good ...
Drunken angel -- you're on the other side"

Gone savage for teenagers

jennyjean4 — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:37:58 -0600

Gone savage
for teenagers with
automatic weapons and
boundless love
gone savage for
teenagers who are
aesthetically pleasing
in other words
fly
Los Angeles beckons
the teenagers
to come to her
on buses;
Los Angeles loves
love
Screenwriter's Blues - Soul Coughing

Sound Off: Best Lyrics Ever

BakerBlog — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:08:11 -0600

Music has many devices that can draw your ear in for a listen, but I think the most subtle way is through the lyrics. While a great guitar riff or a pounding beat can catch your interest immediately, it takes time to draw you in with lyrics. If lyrics are really great, they can pull you in with their imagery, their story, their statement about our world, and sometimes with their wit and humor.