There is more info I am now curious about. Specifically when we talk about the negativity of lyrics how does this correlates to things like current events, crying, political issues etc. And how does freedom of speech and the political and social atmosphere accept and even drive these kind of songs.
Way back when there was a Japanese song that played everywhere all the time ... I heard the refrain lyric as "and she's only 14 years old." Here's the song, lol.
The ending paragraph serves as a punchline after reading the entire article—love it. I am working on pop music projects and, as someone who is very conscious of lyrics, I find that pop songs often struggle to tell a story properly these days. They tend to end up like a broken vinyl, repetitively repeating the same phrases in order to be buzzy on tiktok. This repetition might contribute to why the sentiment in the lyrics seems increasingly optimized, based on the words used in the songs and seems representing / will be representing the current era.
To refer to Kool Herc’s introduction of toasting without mentioning where he got it from — Jamaica’s reggae lyrical innovations — is a travesty! U-Roy, I-Roy, Dennis Alcapone, Dillinger, and the like were toasting in the 60s at reggae dance halls, an innovation driven by instrumental versions of songs being pressed to the B-side of records to allow MCs to hype crowds and eventually to showcase improvised versions with live lyricists. These are the roots!
Don't be so quick to accept 'song lyrics' that you google as the true lyrics! No matter the source posted, I go through several postings on offer and they all disagree with each other and with the few words I wanted clarified! Even fan sites are often wrong . . .
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(great info per usual)
There is more info I am now curious about. Specifically when we talk about the negativity of lyrics how does this correlates to things like current events, crying, political issues etc. And how does freedom of speech and the political and social atmosphere accept and even drive these kind of songs.
Way back when there was a Japanese song that played everywhere all the time ... I heard the refrain lyric as "and she's only 14 years old." Here's the song, lol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q091Oefm2U8&list=OLAK5uy_m9mLIyGmCJVUI8I0I5YdNr9BWYFFFZ6Do&index=1&pp=8AUB
The ending paragraph serves as a punchline after reading the entire article—love it. I am working on pop music projects and, as someone who is very conscious of lyrics, I find that pop songs often struggle to tell a story properly these days. They tend to end up like a broken vinyl, repetitively repeating the same phrases in order to be buzzy on tiktok. This repetition might contribute to why the sentiment in the lyrics seems increasingly optimized, based on the words used in the songs and seems representing / will be representing the current era.
To refer to Kool Herc’s introduction of toasting without mentioning where he got it from — Jamaica’s reggae lyrical innovations — is a travesty! U-Roy, I-Roy, Dennis Alcapone, Dillinger, and the like were toasting in the 60s at reggae dance halls, an innovation driven by instrumental versions of songs being pressed to the B-side of records to allow MCs to hype crowds and eventually to showcase improvised versions with live lyricists. These are the roots!
I would be very interested in a statistical analysis of lyrics for country music between the years 1940-2020.
If the genre of Country music who be sub-divided such as : old time music: Gospel, mountain ballads,Hillbilly, bluegrass;
Western-cowboy, Western swing,
Country 1945-1968-rockabilly, honky tonk ,Countrypolitan, Bakersfield , hip hop country, blues, rap country
Don't be so quick to accept 'song lyrics' that you google as the true lyrics! No matter the source posted, I go through several postings on offer and they all disagree with each other and with the few words I wanted clarified! Even fan sites are often wrong . . .