There’s a popular misconception that suicide rates peak during Christmastime, which by the way is actually false. But the reason that urban legend has been able to persist is because we all know that the holiday...
“The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” is a song with more pop-media references than can be mentioned here. Also, as noted later in the article, Gil Scott-Heron was more of a poet than he was a songwriter...
The titular “she” reads like a friend of the vocalist or in the very least someone he is concerned with. In days past, this lady was perhaps the most-popular lady in the entire ‘hood. But her...
Zach Bryan’s “The Good I’ll Do” is a love song, though one that depends on, let’s say somewhat unconventional wording to get its point across. For instance, it can be deemed that at certain points...
Lady Gaga has described “Bloody Mary” as being “inspired by (her) car and Mary Magdalene”. Lyrically, the latter’s influence is highly detectable, since the vocalist basically proceeds to take on the role of Mary in this song. But...
Those of us who have some type of in depth knowledge of The Beatles know that this act proved prominent enough to have even attracted their own conspiracy theories. Indeed, even individuals who worked with...
Perhaps the most honest way of describing the song “Who Is She?” is it being based on or at least inspired by an old school movie, which itself is derived from a series of...
Let’s say that as far as the music industry is concerned, Christmas is unequivocally a time for family. All of us adults may know that in reality, the practice of the holiday isn’t as benevolent...
The verses of this song (“Paris”) are honestly a bit confusing, especially in relation to most of Taylor Swift’s other works which, though being poetic, tend to be quite understandable. But in the case of this song at...
Some listeners have taken “Flashdance… What a Feeling” as a song of general inspiration, i.e. the type of self-encouragement tunes we have become accustomed to in the 21st century. And whereas based on Irene Cara’s own interpretation of...