I'm sitting here listening to Eminem's album The Slim Shady LP.
The main reasons I love Eminem is that:
1) I can actually understand what he says when he's rapping.
2) His lyrics tell a story. They aren't some pointless commercial music. He has real feelings in the lyrics.
I love songs that actually tell a story. They inspire me to write, giving me ideas for a novel. Florence & The Machine are brilliant for that sort of inspiration. I think so, anyway! Her voice & the music adds to the lyrics. It's beautiful!
I wonder a lot Do most great lyrical songs results of events of the witer's life? It would explain the raw emotion in some.
Take Adele, for example. She broke up with a lad & wrote a whole, amazing, album about it.
Ryan Shaughnessy caught the attention of millions across Ireland & the UK with his song No Name. A song about a girl he had fallen for. It just shows that music communicates better with the listener when real thought & feelings are put into the lyrics & music.
Does anyone else just listen to the lyrics & actually think about what they say or mean?
