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for me, songwriting is the most important part about music. maybe bc i& #39;m a writer, maybe bc i love stories, but there& #39;s nothing i love more than sitting down and listening to an album that& #39;s truly the manifestation of someone& #39;s story, loves, fears and passions
maybe i& #39;m a snob but i can& #39;t bring myself to connect to so-called artists that need a village to write basic lyrics. i want to know the feelings of the artist, not the feelings of their team of co-writers
i also feel that lyrics help you connect deeper with the artist. it also involves a level of mythologization, of deciphering what was truly going through their brains when they wrote their lyrics, why they chose certain words and phrases
it also turns music into a full experience.
there& #39;s a reason why you get chills when kurt cobain sings "i swear i don& #39;t have a gun", bc you know how the story ends, and how a lyric that didn& #39;t have much meaning when it was originally written acquires a prophetic component
there& #39;s a reason why you get chills when kurt cobain sings "i swear i don& #39;t have a gun", bc you know how the story ends, and how a lyric that didn& #39;t have much meaning when it was originally written acquires a prophetic component
songwriting is the true bridge between the artist and their audience. an artist involved in the creation of their music creates a lyrical universe. a great example of this is taylor swift writing "i still see it all in my head in burning red" describing love +
+ but then reflecting on that vision of love years later and concluding "i once believed love would be burning red, but it& #39;s golden"
it& #39;s honesty. it& #39;s maturity. it& #39;s getting to experience the personal and artistical growth of an artist through their words.
it& #39;s honesty. it& #39;s maturity. it& #39;s getting to experience the personal and artistical growth of an artist through their words.
going back about the mythologizing aspect, when an artist& #39;s life gets cut short way too soon, their lyrics become a character of their own.
i recently discovered jeff buckley and my mind was blown away
i recently discovered jeff buckley and my mind was blown away
you can feel the resentment in his words when he advices his friend to not leave his pregnant girlfriend in dream brother by saying "don& #39;t be like the one that made me so old". this ties back to his own life, to the abandonment of his father, turning the song into something raw +
+ and brutal.
or when in one of his songs that was released posthumously he states "stay with me under these waves, tonight" when you know he drowned on a may night.
or when in one of his songs that was released posthumously he states "stay with me under these waves, tonight" when you know he drowned on a may night.
their songs, their lyrics, are their legacy.
producing trends change over time, and songs that were hits don& #39;t stand the test of time. but some of the greatest song in history have something in common: timeless lyrics that cut across generations.
producing trends change over time, and songs that were hits don& #39;t stand the test of time. but some of the greatest song in history have something in common: timeless lyrics that cut across generations.
it& #39;s leonard cohen banging his head against a wall trying to finish hallelujah.
it& #39;s the anger that fleetwood mac poured into & #39;the chain& #39; and & #39;go your own way& #39;, the reflection of what was going on between the band members.
it& #39;s the way tori amos explores her sexuality and her relationship with god and religion after her s*xual ass*ult, not letting that terrible incident define her
it& #39;s the sense of pride you get when taylor sings in the re-recorded version "back then i swore i was gonna marry him someday but i realized some bigger dreams of mine" after all she has accomplished.
it& #39;s charles aznavour transporting you to bohemian paris, closing your eyes and picturing the way montmartre changed throughout the years, making you wonder what happened to the characters of the song
words can transport you to different places. words can make you turn into a different person. words woven into a melody and sung over beautiful and ugly instruments make you FEEL
i love music. i love words. i love artists that are brave enough to pour their hearts to million of strangers, letting their emotions be frozen in a time capsule for generations to discover when the time is right
i love folklore bc it encapsulates all i love about music: fictional stories intertwined with the emotions of the artist, a world built around the love for stories passed through time by word of mouth
