Song Lyric Sunday: Funk – ‘Funkytown’

Song Lyric Sunday appears on a Monday this time because, you know, stuff… Anyway, the theme is funk and when I saw that, there was only one song that came to mind, entirely due to the funniest scene ever (in my humble opinion) of Malcolm In The Middle as Hal (Bryan Cranston) reveals a hidden…

Song Lyric Sunday: Rockabilly – ‘Blue Suede Shoes’

This week it’s rockabilly for Song Lyric Sunday, so it’s time to take one step back from the beginnings of what’s generally thought of as rock ‘n’ roll, to an earlier, (even) more innocent time. With the benefit of hindsight, you can see in what direction music was heading back in the mid-1950s, and this…

Song Lyric Sunday: Swamp Rock – ‘Fortunate Son’

This week’s chosen genre for Song Lyric Sunday is ‘swamp rock’. I thought I knew what it means, and my suspicions were confirmed with a quick online search. Naturally, the results of this included a number of ‘best’ and ‘greatest’ lists of both songs and performers. In all honesty almost all of them were new…

Song Lyric Sunday: Bubblegum – ‘Dizzy’

Ah, bubblegum: mindless, shallow stuff for kids, dismissed snootily by moody teenagers in its late-sixties heyday. Oh, that would be me then. It would be idle to pretend that I’ve ever been a fan of this sort of stuff, but this, it must be said, is pretty catchy. And the video’s probably worth watching as…

Song Lyric Sunday: Sunshine Pop – ‘Young Girl’

So, ‘Sunshine Pop’ for this week’s Song Lyric Sunday. That’s not a description I’d heard before, although sandwiched between last week’s Yacht Rock and next week’s Bubblegum, it wasn’t too hard to find myself somewhere in the ball-park. Naturally, I googled it and, among other things, the search threw up a list of the top…

Song Lyric Sunday: Yacht Rock – ‘Maneater’

“I wouldn’t if I were you” I didn’t need to resort to Google when I saw that the genre for this week’s Song Lyric Sunday was ‘yacht rock’. However, I did have a problem in moving past the mental image of the official video for Duran Duran’s ‘Rio’ (it’s here if by some chance you’ve…

Song Lyric Sunday: New Wave – ‘Psycho Killer’

“When I have nothing to say, my lips are sealed” This week’s genre for Song Lyric Sunday is New Wave. Well, I’ve a pretty good idea of what that means, although there’s a bit of a risk that it could slide into New Romantic. However, while a band like Spandau Ballet is clearly New Romantic,…

Song Lyric Sunday: Country – ‘Lay Lady Lay’

Yee haw. Genre of the week for song Lyric Sunday this time is ‘country’. I think I have a basic understanding of what that is. However, on further reflection there is a whole range of sub-genres, as with last week’s ‘Metal’ (but not like metal obviously). I would not say that I’m a great fan…

Song Lyric Sunday: Metal – ‘Welcome To The Jungle’

For this week’s Song Lyric Sunday, the musical genre of choice is ‘Metal’. At least I didn’t have to look that one up, even though it’s not as straightforward as it seems: heavy metal? thrash metal? Saints preserve us, death metal? And even trickier – at what point does rock music become metal. Well, I…