Sorry for a late reply! You have an interesting technique there. I find, too, that if I can come up with the right perspective, I come to deeply enjoy songs I otherwise dismissed/dislike. My latest example is Tori Amos's "Jackie's Strength," a song I have always detested but now quite enjoy, since I realized it is the perfect song for the character of Maria in Gungrave.
Just about all my favourite songs either have nothing to do with lurve, or can be taken to have another meaning. This is one of the reasons I love Al Stewart; his lyrics are about all sorts of things including a lot of history.
I can only stand commercial radio if I turn it off during the ads and they don't have an ever-repeating short playlist. I actually rather like a station here which plays songs from the 50s through to the 90s because you never know what sort of or style of song you'll get.
Hm, I'll have to check out Al Stewart. I'm always up for interesting lyrics. It was funny to note how almost identical the Christian songs and generic love songs were. In many ways, the Christian songs just substituted God for the gf/bf, though there were some exceptions--mainly the ones that emphasized sin and God's grace.
I'm glad you have a good station to listen to. I like the classical station at home, but I couldn't find any classical at all on the road:(
how almost identical the Christian songs and generic love songs were
Yes! Have you seen Sister Act? She sang several 50s pop songs as Christian ones without changing anything. The one I remember is "I will follow him wherever he may go" which works well as either lurve or Christian. I looked it up. The lyrics are here and it was actually 60s.
We have a classical one too, the Concert Programme, which isn't commercial at all. It's not easy to get well n some parts of the country, but is fine here in the city.
[Edit] Here for your interest are Al Stewart lyrics. :-) There are a few love songs in there but even they're interesting like the one to a pilot. Lovely melodies too.
Thanks for the link! Much for me to explore, and I'm always hungry for good music:) I'm excited that he has a song about Charlotte Corday.
That's a fun bit of trivia about Sister Act too. I haven't seen it, but I remember seeing previews. On a more serious note, I was reminded the other day of a Loreena McKennitt song, "The Mystic's Dream," which appears as a love song but is apparently really about finding God.
Yes, I have an ear for lyrics too! There are some songs I really want to like for the music but end up not being able to stand based on the lyrics.
One group I can usually ignore the lyrics for is Queen. Their songs are not enormously generic, which helps; at the same time, they aren't exactly brilliant with the English language, yet I can still enjoy most of their music for its style.
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I can only stand commercial radio if I turn it off during the ads and they don't have an ever-repeating short playlist. I actually rather like a station here which plays songs from the 50s through to the 90s because you never know what sort of or style of song you'll get.
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I'm glad you have a good station to listen to. I like the classical station at home, but I couldn't find any classical at all on the road:(
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Yes! Have you seen Sister Act? She sang several 50s pop songs as Christian ones without changing anything. The one I remember is "I will follow him wherever he may go" which works well as either lurve or Christian. I looked it up. The lyrics are here and it was actually 60s.
We have a classical one too, the Concert Programme, which isn't commercial at all. It's not easy to get well n some parts of the country, but is fine here in the city.
[Edit] Here for your interest are Al Stewart lyrics. :-) There are a few love songs in there but even they're interesting like the one to a pilot. Lovely melodies too.
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That's a fun bit of trivia about Sister Act too. I haven't seen it, but I remember seeing previews. On a more serious note, I was reminded the other day of a Loreena McKennitt song, "The Mystic's Dream," which appears as a love song but is apparently really about finding God.
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One group I can usually ignore the lyrics for is Queen. Their songs are not enormously generic, which helps; at the same time, they aren't exactly brilliant with the English language, yet I can still enjoy most of their music for its style.
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