query: who wrote the lyrics to like a virgin

pos: Like a Virgin (song) Like a Virgin (song) "Like a Virgin" is a song recorded by American singer Madonna for her second studio album "Like a Virgin" (1984). It was released on October 31, 1984, by Sire Records as the album's lead single. The song was written by Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg, and produced by Nile Rodgers; Steinberg said that the song was inspired by his personal experiences of romance. "Like a Virgin" was chosen for Madonna by Michael Ostin of Warner Bros. Records after listening to a demo sung by Kelly. Rodgers initially felt that the song did not have a sufficient

pos: Like a Virgin (album) ascending hook, which serves as the verse and chorus. It has vocal harmonies beneath the main chorus and the lyrics repeat the angel-like image of Madonna's savior. The title track "Like a Virgin" was written by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly. Steinberg said that the song was inspired by his personal experiences of romance. It was chosen for Madonna by Michael Ostin of Warner Bros. Records, after listening to a demo sung by Kelly. However, Rodgers initially felt that the song did not have a good enough hook and was not suitable for Madonna, but subsequently changed his opinion after

pos: Like a Virgin (song) Tom Kelly. The idea for the song originated when Steinberg was living at his father's vineyards in the Coachella Valley, and driving a red pickup truck one day. In an interview with the "Los Angeles Times", Steinberg explained that the song was not written for Madonna or any female singer but was inspired by his personal experiences. At that time Steinberg had just come out of an emotionally challenging relationship, and he had met someone new. That inspired the lyrics for "Like a Virgin" about how he coped with the difficult situation. When he took the song to Kelly, they

pos: Like a Virgin (song) media. "Like a Virgin" has been covered by a number of artists and has appeared in or been referenced in feature films such as "Reservoir Dogs", "Moulin Rouge!" and "". Family groups sought to ban it as they believed the song promoted sex without marriage. On the other hand, Madonna's public persona of an indomitable, sexually unashamed, supremely confident woman was widely accepted by the younger generation who emulated her style and fashion. Scholars have credited "Like a Virgin" as the song which cemented her position as a pop culture icon. "Like a Virgin" was written by Billy Steinberg and

neg: Lead Tracks: Listener's Choice and Lead's rapper Shinya Tanuichi wrote the lyrical portion. "Virgin Blue" was a cover of the rock band SALLY's song "Virgin Blue," originally released on July 1, 1984 as their debut song. Lead's rendition was given a more upbeat pop/hip-hop sound, compared to the rock sound of the original. The song was originally composed by Suzuki Kisaburo with the lyrics written by Sagara Yoshiaki. The music was performed by Haya from the group Summer Snow Surprise. "Summer Madness" was written by Yasunori Tanaka and Nice Hashimoto, the latter who wrote the lyrics for the track. The track was performed by

neg: Like a Virgin (song) hook, but subsequently changed his opinion after the song was stuck in his mind. Musically, "Like a Virgin" is a dance-oriented song, composed of two hooks. Madonna's voice is heard in a high register while a continuous arrangement of synths are heard along the bassline. The lyrics of the song are ambiguous and consist of hidden innuendo, interpreted in different ways. "Like a Virgin" received positive reviews from music critics, who frequently called it as one of the defining songs for Madonna. It became her first number-single on the record charts in Australia, Canada, Japan, and the United States, while

neg: Like a Virgin (song) is also supported by a synthesizer arrangement, giving it a circular progression through all the seven diatonic chords of I–IV–vii–iii–vi–ii–V–I. Regarding the lyrics, Madonna had commented: "I like innuendo, I like irony, I like the way things can be taken on different levels." This statement highlighted the ambiguity of the lyrics of the song, which is hung on the word 'like'. Rooksby interpreted the meaning of the song in different ways to different people. He said that for women who were really virgins, the song encouraged them to hold their compose before they engaged in their very first sexual act.

neg: Like a Virgin (album) backed on this by the reliable rhythmic touch of veteran Nile Rodgers, whose contributions have helped her create a tolerable bit of fluff. Hugo Mistry from "Chicago Tribune" felt that ""Like a Virgin" was Madonna's breakthrough, playing off her self-conscious campiness with a series of hot dance tracks, attention-grabbing lyrics and steamy videos." "Like a Virgin" was recorded and finished by September 1984, but the release of the album was held up, much to Madonna's frustration, by the continuing sales of her debut album, which was approaching two million sales in United States. "Like a Virgin" debuted at number 70

neg: Luna Sea band's songs also feature the violin, played by Sugizo (e.g. "Providence", "Mother"). They also wrote longer tracks, such as the nine and ten-minute long ballads "Forever & Ever" and "Virgin Mary", and the twenty-three-minute "The One -Crash to Create-". The majority of the band's lyrics are in Japanese, but usually all songs include some English words or lines. While all lyrics and songwriting has been credited to Luna Sea as a whole since 1993, over the years the member who originally composed specific songs have been revealed by the band or otherwise learned. Lyrics are almost exclusively written by Ryuichi,

neg: Like a Virgin (album) be added to the album as it was submitted late by songwriters Andrea LaRusso and Peggy Stanziale. Although Rodgers rejected it as there was no time to compose a melody and record it for the album, Madonna pushed for the song's inclusion on "Like a Virgin", as she particularly liked its lyrics. The song is a drum beat-driven dance track featuring instrumentation of guitars and vocals from a choir. The lyrics are an extended metaphor for fashion and sex, comparing dressing up with passion. "Shoo-Bee-Doo" contains homage to Motown music. Beginning with a slow introduction, the song is in the

neg: Like a Virgin (album) the hook was stuck in his mind. He credits Madonna with recognizing the song's potential: "I handed my apology to Madonna and said, 'you know ... if it's so catchy that it stayed in my head for four days, it must be something. So let's do it.'" "Like a Virgin" is a dance-oriented song, composed of two hooks. Madonna's voice is heard in a high register while a continuous arrangement of drums are heard along the bassline. According to author Rikky Rooksby, the lyrics of the song are ambiguous and consist of hidden innuendo. In sexual terms, the lyrics can

neg: Sarcófago and there would be no new material. A couple of days later, Lamounier himself wrote to the music press exposing this news report as a hoax. Inspired by Venom and Hellhammer, Sarcófago's early lyrics were openly Satanic. These lyrics frequently employed curse words and crude, obscene scenarios, such as in the case of "Desecration of (the) Virgin", a blasphemous take on Mother Mary's virgin birth. Whilst still polemical, by 1989's "Rotting" the band's stance on Christianity was more agnostic than Satanic. The original vinyl release came with a lengthy manifesto written by Lamounier, in which he criticized the alienating effect

neg: Things Happen for a Reason to his production company, SCIP records in 2005. Dixon later contacted Steve Tramposch who worked at Virgin records and he arranged a meeting with his CEO Jason Flom. In February 2006, Flom signed Che'Nelle and the album was put into production. In addition Dixon helped secure a Japanese release of the album by the record label EMI Music Japan. As Che'Nelle wrote many of the lyrics featured on the album she gained much creative control. She told Aiko Ishikawa of Tower Records that she wanted to create cheeky lyrics, that would cheer up her female audience and also surprise her

neg: Chihiro Onitsuka "Gekkō" (2000). He praised her "strong spirit" and writing without hesitation, but felt like her lyrics were not like standard poetry, as they dealt with unpolished things. For her lyrics, Misaki noted that her lyrics were difficult to interpret, despite the fact that she does not use complicated words. He contrasted her lyrics to that of Ayumi Hamasaki, who in the early 2000s wrote about an "easy to understand sadness," whereas it was not so clear what caused the sadness in Onitsuka's lyrics. Misaki further noted Onitsuka's use of body parts in her lyrics, especially legs, which is not common

neg: Virgin Blue (song) elements of rock, Lead's rendition was given a more upbeat pop/hip-hop sound, updating to the current musical trends and style. The song was originally composed by musical composer Suzuki Kisaburo with the lyrics written by Sagara Yoshiaki. However, for Lead's 2006 version, the music was performed by Haya from the group Summer Snow Surprise. Takuya Harada wrote and composed the single's b-side "Cosmic Drive," which was an upbeat blend of jazz and dance music. The song's lyrics were written by Kaji Katsura, who is best known for their works with the Japanese group AAA and South Korean girl group After

neg: The Holy Modal Rounders who also wrote or co-wrote many of their songs. Their first album, "The Holy Modal Rounders", released in 1964, contained their version of "Hesitation Blues", the lyrics of which included the first use of the term "psychedelic" (here pronounced "psycho-delic") in popular music. Shortly after the release of their second album, "The Holy Modal Rounders 2", in 1965, they joined Ed Sanders and Tuli Kupferberg in the Fugs for a short time. Their 1965 recordings with the Fugs are on the albums "The Village Fugs", "Virgin Fugs", and "Fugs 4, Rounders Score". Weber wrote the cult classic "Boobs a Lot"

neg: Let Love Rule (Lenny Kravitz album) Let Love Rule (Lenny Kravitz album) Let Love Rule is the debut studio album of American rock musician Lenny Kravitz, released on September 19, 1989 by Virgin Records. Then-wife Lisa Bonet wrote the lyrics to "Fear" and co-wrote the lyrics on the song "Rosemary"; other than that the album is virtually a one-man Kravitz show, as he wrote and produced all the songs and played nearly all the instruments. "Let Love Rule" reached number 61 on the "Billboard" 200, while it peaked at number 56 on the UK Albums Chart. The album is also featured in the book "1001 Albums

neg: Like a Stone and generous, and then you go to hell anyway." The melancholy tone and certain parts of the lyrics of "Like a Stone" have prompted some to wonder if Cornell wrote the song about the late Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley, who died in April 2002. Cornell has denied this, saying "No. I'm not one of those guys where, like, something happens and then I go run around, 'Ooh, 9/11, and now it's 9/12, let me write about that. I wrote the lyrics before he died. [...] You can misinterpret that stuff pretty easy, but I don't tend to sit

neg: Like a Virgin (album) be the producer to give it to her—drove the production of "Like a Virgin" with great precision." Madonna also collaborated with her former boyfriend Steve Bray, who co-wrote many of the album's songs. Reflecting on the music composition for the album, Bray noted: "I've always kind of made the rib cage and the skeleton of the songs already—she's there for the last things like the eyebrows and the haircut." The opening track "Material Girl" was written by Peter Brown and Robert Rans. Madonna explained that the concept of the song was similar to her life's situation at that time. According

neg: I Like It (DeBarge song) lyrics provided by Randy, El and sister Bunny, who composed the much-copied bridge. While being interviewed for the TV documentary, "Unsung", in 2008, co-producer Iris Gordy told El to sing the final ad-libs "I like it, I like it", in a higher register. El responded by telling Iris that she was "trying to make sound like [his brother] Bobby", to which Iris returned with, "you better thank your lucky stars if you sound even "close" to Bobby". According to Randy, who was also interviewed for the show, while he wrote lyrics to and sang lead on the song's verses, while

neg: Kathem Al-Saher with his family for a few years. He considers living in Jordan as an important period of his life and career success later on. Al-Saher performed some of his most successful concerts which were held in Jerash and produced two successful albums at Sameer Baghdadi's Studios in Amman, Jordan. After that he moved to Lebanon, where he met and formed a songwriting partnership with Syrian poet Nizar Qabbani in 1996, who wrote lyrics to his music, before settling permanently in Cairo. Nizar Qabbani, who previously wrote lyrics to 1960s-1970s super-stars like Abdel Halim Hafez and Najat Al Saghira, wrote the

neg: Laughing Pizza Entertainment” and are the recipients of seven Parents’ Choice Awards. Their song “On My Way” was chosen by Julie Andrews and her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton (who co-wrote the lyrics) to be featured in the book “Julie Andrews Collection of Songs, Poems, and Lullabies” (Little/Brown). Before Laughing Pizza, Billy and Lisa both started performing in indie bands such as Strap d’etr0, Hot Boxes of Truth, Shade, and later wrote and recorded a #1 Dance single in 1992 (Rainfalls, produced by Frankie Knuckles on Virgin records). Four years of being songwriters with Warner/Chappell and songs for Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, the

neg: Neal Pollack Invasion included folk-rock musician Jim Roll, veteran touring musicians Neil Cleary and Jon Williams, and Dakota Smith, a young Austin musician who later became the lead guitarist for Peel. They recorded an album of original songs. Pollack wrote the lyrics and Smith and Roll wrote the music. Telegraph Records released the album in the fall of 2003, and the band went on a 20-city tour, including shows at the South By Southwest and CMJ music festivals. They played their last show in New York City, at the Virgin Megastore in Union Square. Three weeks later, Telegraph Records went bankrupt. In

neg: Superstar (Madonna song) of Virgin Media, who awarded it three stars out of five, and called it a "passable slice of electro-hued chart-pop." Enio Chiola from "PopMatters" gave it a poor review for its lyrical content by calling it "badly written", but stated that songs like "'Superstar' and 'Masterpiece' indicates that Madonna isn't just a blubbering mess of bitterness." In his review of "MDNA" for Pitchfork Media, Matthew Perpetua said that the track, along with "B-Day Song" from the album, are "mesmerizingly dumb lyrics" and are as "spiteful trolling rather than vapid pandering." Gigwise listed the lyrics as one of the most embarrassing

neg: Jewel (singer) Mellencamp, Jason Mraz, Gretchen Wilson, and Marv Green. The majority of the lyrics were written on paper and signed by the songwriter, with the exception of Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl". Many of the artists in addition to writing and signing lyrics, drew pictures to illustrate their lyrics. The auction ran from December 1, 2008, to December 18, 2008, promoted by CMT and Virgin Music. Some of the lyrics that were up for auction included hits such as "So Small", "Foolish Games", "I'm Yours", "I Kissed a Girl", "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)", "Live Like You Were Dying",

neg: Dress You Up Dress You Up "Dress You Up" is a song by American singer Madonna from her second studio album "Like a Virgin" (1984). It was released on July 31, 1985 as the album's final single, by Sire Records. The song was the last track to be added to the album as it was submitted late by songwriters Andrea LaRusso and Peggy Stanziale. Madonna pushed for the song's inclusion on "Like a Virgin" as she particularly liked its lyrics. Musically, the song is a drum beat driven dance track featuring instrumentation from guitars and vocals from a choir and a guitar solo

neg: The Other Side of Time that type of record. "Paolo" was written in 1997, one of the first songs she'd composed, and is considered by Fahl to be the most autobiographical of her repertoire. "The Dawning of the Day" was written for the film adaptation of "The Guys" in honor of the firefighters who died in the September 11 attacks. The film's director, Jim Simpson, stipulated that the song sound like it was written 300 years ago. Fahl wrote the lyrics within the two-day deadline. Fahl admits to being moved to tears while writing the lyrics. Fahl wrote her lyrics to "The Dawning of the

neg: Mísia this album was to use lyrics by famous Portuguese poets with melodies belonging to Traditional Fado (where the melody is not bound to specific lyrics). This way, Mísia not only sang text by past poets like Fernando Pessoa, Mário de Sá Carneiro, Natália Correia or António Botto but also contemporary poets like José Saramago and Mário Cláudio, and she also invited two writers to write poems for the album, Agustina Bessa-Luís, who wrote the lyrics for the titletrack, and Lídia Jorge, whose main poem, "Fado Do Retorno" is sung in two versions: track 4 with piano, accordion, violin and double

neg: Tarzan (musical) John, who composed the music for the songs in the movie version of The Lion King (with lyrics by stage veteran Tim Rice), left others to expand the score for Broadway, while Phil Collins, who wrote music and lyrics for the five songs in the 1999 Tarzan movie, wrote an additional nine for the Broadway show". Phil Collins sings a bonus track "Everything That I Am" at the end of the album. The album includes "all four of the 'old' Tarzan songs (Two Worlds, You'll Be In My Heart, Son Of Man and Strangers Like Me)". The album entered the

neg: Like a Virgin (song) invited Michael Ostin of Warner Bros. Records' A&R department to his house to listen to it. Steinberg and Kelly played four or five tunes for Ostin, and further discussed "Like a Virgin"they were not sure for which artist the song would be suitable. Due to meet with Madonna the next day to discuss her second album, Ostin intended on playing the demo to her, believing the lyrics and the groove of the song were perfect for Madonna. "When I played it for Madonna she went crazy, and knew instantly it was a song for her and that she could make

neg: Ugly (Fantasia song) love". She advocates for female empowerment and explores expectations regarding beauty with lyrics like: "With dirt on my hands and scrapes on my knees/Feeling like nothing can wash it off clean/Tell your girls it's a beautiful thing/Just trust me/It's far from ugly." The lyrics also feature the importance of love, with Fantasia singing: "Thank you for that good good man who loves me." Alex Mcpherson interpreted Fantasia's delivery of the lyric "Give me good food that sticks to my bones" as incorporating gospel elements into the song. According to music critics, the lyrics encompass various meanings. Mike Wass wrote that

neg: Take the "A" Train his style, the way he wrote for trumpets, trombones and saxophones, and I thought I would try something like that," Strayhorn recalled in Stanley Dance's "The World Of Duke Ellington". Although Strayhorn said he wrote lyrics for it, the recorded first lyrics were composed by, or for, the Delta Rhythm Boys. The lyrics used by the Ellington band were added by Joya Sherrill, who was 20 at the time (1944). She made up the words at her home in Detroit, while the song played on the radio. Her father, a noted Detroit Black activist, set up a meeting with Ellington.

neg: Rebel Heart (song) past with the lyrics. He listed instances like Madonna's strained relationship with her father, to the singer's narcissistic image in the media. Sawdey also believed that instead of being "self-referential", the lyrics rather portrayed a more humane side of the singer. "Rebel Heart" received positive reviews from music critics. Pettifer wrote: "The last song on the album feels like the first to properly spring into aural life in an unapologetically major key [...] The song relates the story of its singer — who she was and how she became who she is – which is really the record's underlying conceit".

neg: Just Like Heaven (song) Just Like Heaven (song) "Just Like Heaven" is a song by British alternative rock band the Cure. The group wrote most of the song during recording sessions in southern France in 1987. The lyrics were written by their frontman Robert Smith, who drew inspiration from a past trip to the sea shore with his future wife. Before Smith had completed the lyrics, an instrumental version of the song was used as the theme for the French television show "Les Enfants du Rock". "Just Like Heaven" was the third single released from their 1987 album "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me",

neg: Like a Virgin (album) doo-wop genre and resembles the songs of early Sixties girl groups like The Shirelles or The Crystals. The saxophone breakdown is played by Lenny Pickett. The lyrics discuss relationship problems, and are phrased as clichés in the coda. "Pretender" starts with the chorus and then moves to the verse. It talks about seduction and the insecurity felt by a woman who feels that things are moving too quickly for her with her man. "Stay" is the final track on the album. Using triple-rhythms and double-tracked vocals, the song includes a noise resembling someone slapping a microphone and a spoken sequence

neg: Like a Virgin (album) Like a Virgin (album) Like a Virgin is the second studio album by American singer and songwriter Madonna, released on November 12, 1984, by Sire Records. Following the success of her self-titled debut album, Madonna wanted to become the record producer of her next album. However, her label was not ready to give her the artistic freedom and she chose Nile Rodgers instead to produce the album due to his work with David Bowie. Madonna wrote six songs on the record, five of which feature Steve Bray as a co-writer. The album was recorded at Power Station Studio in New

neg: Winger (band) In reference to the dispute Winger wrote the song "Hell to Pay", in which Metallica song titles and lyrics are used in opposition to the band that wrote them. In 1994 or so, when the magazine "Metal Edge" asked Kip who he would like to look like, given the chance to look like some other rock star, Kip took his shot at slapping the drummer of Metallica: "I would not like to change my looks really, I think I look OK already, but someone I would NOT have liked to look like is Lars Ulrich." Winger (band) Winger is an

neg: Hold Me Down to like here. Spiky pop-punk riffs, catchy choruses and guest vocalists from The Blackout and Kids in Glass Houses ensure there’s nothing to disappoint the fans". All music by You Me at Six, all lyrics by Josh Franceschi. Personnel per booklet. You Me at Six Additional musicians Production Hold Me Down Hold Me Down is the second studio album by English rock band You Me at Six, released on January 11, 2010 through Virgin Records as the follow-up to 2008's "Take Off Your Colours". It is the band's first release on the major label Virgin Records. Like their debut album,

neg: Like a Prayer (album) one album in his or her career whose critical and commercial success becomes the artist's magic moment; for Madonna [...] "Like a Prayer" was. [Madonna] pushed onwards as an artist, using her creative wit to communicate on another level, musically." Kenneth G. Bielen, author of "The Lyrics of Civility: Biblical Images and Popular Music Lyrics in American Culture", wrote that with the album Madonna began to be seen as a serious artist; "Five years earlier, she was a dance-pop 'Boy-Toy'. With "Like a Prayer", she proved she was an artist who could think with more than her body". Thomas Harrison

neg: Delroy Washington early 1970s, and he continued to provide backing vocals for Wailers album until the late 1970s. Washington wrote songs with Marley and worked with him on making Marley's lyrics more suitable for European listeners. He also provided backing vocals on the debut album from Aswad. He continued to record as a solo artist and was one of the first reggae artists signed by Virgin Records in the mid-1970s, his "Give All the Praise to Jah" single becoming a success on the British reggae charts. He released two albums on Virgin, "I Sus" in 1976 and "Rasta" in 1977. Both albums

neg: Reflection (Fifth Harmony album) me higher/You set my heart on fire/When you touch my body/Got me singing like" with Carey's hook harmonizing around. Jason Lipshutz of "Billboard" commented that in the song, "Fifth Harmony admirably pulls off the sunny R&B vibe and falsetto runs of the pop icon they're honoring on the track". "Them Girls Be Like" lyrics also feature cultural references, as noted by Lipshutz who wrote, "like 'Boss', the song oozes self-assuredness, this time swatting down female rivals instead of tongue-wagging males. The millennial-friendly lyrics are an absolute blast to swim through". During the song, the group sings: "We ain't like them

neg: Just Like Heaven (song) passionate. It was fantastic. I've never had such a visceral reaction to a cover version before or since", and even said the cover has "influenced how we play it live". Just Like Heaven (song) "Just Like Heaven" is a song by British alternative rock band the Cure. The group wrote most of the song during recording sessions in southern France in 1987. The lyrics were written by their frontman Robert Smith, who drew inspiration from a past trip to the sea shore with his future wife. Before Smith had completed the lyrics, an instrumental version of the song was used

neg: Let Love Rule (Lenny Kravitz album) You Must Hear Before You Die". All tracks written by Lenny Kravitz, except "Fear" lyrics by Lisa Bonet, and "Rosemary" lyrics by Kravitz and Bonet. CD bonus tracks American version All tracks written by Lenny Kravitz, except where noted. Disc 2 ("Let Love Rule Live") The video for the lead single "Let Love Rule" was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for "Best New Artist". Let Love Rule (Lenny Kravitz album) Let Love Rule is the debut studio album of American rock musician Lenny Kravitz, released on September 19, 1989 by Virgin Records. Then-wife Lisa Bonet wrote the lyrics

neg: Anodyne (album) intended to chastise bands such as Nirvana and The Clash who were "all just show biz" in his opinion. Tweedy was also the author of "New Madrid", a song about Iben Browning's erroneous prediction of an apocalyptic earthquake in New Madrid, Missouri. Farrar was less comfortable discussing the lyrics that he wrote, claiming that his songs frequently change their meanings. Like other Uncle Tupelo albums, Farrar and Tweedy wrote their own lyrics, and played them for each other a week before the recording sessions. In comparison to the rest of the Uncle Tupelo catalog, Coomer described the music of the

neg: Beep!! film and meeting with Shinagawa. Conceptually, the song was recorded with the style of American rock band The Knack as a basis. Ochi wrote the lyrics together with musician Jam. At the time Ochi had wanted to write tender love songs such as "Eyes on Me", so had trouble mentally creating the lyrics. Together they wrote the song from the perspective of a big-sister like character, much like the lyrics of Superfly's song "Manifesto". "Beep!!" was announced as the theme song for the Hiroshi Shinagawa film "Manzai Gang" in late December, 2011. Superfly intended to perform "Beep!!" live at "Music

neg: Like a Virgin (album) ended up producing memorable results. She sang and she was overcome with emotions and she started crying, but I left it on the record." The song features Madonna's vocals supported by acoustic guitars and synth strings, with Thompson playing the drum in the second verse. Towards the end, Madonna emotes in the voice of a soul singer. "Into the Groove" is the sixth track on the 1985 worldwide reissue of "Like a Virgin"; it has never been part of "Like a Virgin" on any North American release. Madonna's inspiration behind the song was the dance floor, and she wrote it

neg: Where the Streets Have No Name Maybe that's the dream of all art: to break down the barriers and the divisions between people and touch upon the things that matter the most to us all." Bono wrote the lyrics while on a humanitarian visit to Ethiopia with his wife, Ali; he first wrote them down on an airsickness bag while staying in a village. According to him, the song is ostensibly about "Transcendence, elevation, whatever you want to call it." Bono, who compared many of his lyrics prior to "The Joshua Tree" to "sketches", said that "'Where the Streets Have No Name' is more like the

neg: Shadow Hunter (comics) Shadow Hunter (comics) Shadow Hunter is a three issue comic book limited series by Virgin Comics and porn star, entertainer and author Jenna Jameson. It is part of Virgin Comics' Voices line, which allows celebrities to create their own comic books. The story was conceptualized by Jenna Jameson and Witchblade writer Christina Z, who wrote the script. Mukesh Singh illustrated the book. A young, orphaned, beautiful woman, Jezzerie Jaden, attempts to make a life for herself in the big city. As she grapples with mundane problems like making rent and a creepy manager at work, something deeper brews: a nagging

neg: Blue Virgin Isles (song) album Break the Border. Kikki Danielsson recorded the song with lyrics in English on her 2006 album "I dag & i morgon" The song has also been performed live by Håkan Hellström during the "Från tango till Taube" shows with Sven-Bertil Taube. Blue Virgin Isles (song) Blue Virgin Isles is a song written by Ted Gärdestad and Kenneth Gärdestad, and originally recorded with lyrics in English on the Ted Gärdestad album "Blue Virgin Isles", released October 1978. as well as appearing as a B-side for the 1979 single "Satellit". Recording it with lyrics in Swedish by Kenneth Gärdestad as "Himlen

neg: Me ga Aku Aiiro before the album's release. Yamaguchi found singing the lower notes of the song difficult, so in his place drummer Keiichi Eshima sings these low notes. Yamaguchi wrote new lyrics to the song, and felt like the song mixed his past self with his present self. He inserted many lyrical gimmicks into the song's lyrics, such as hiding the album's title "Kikuuiki" in the lyric . This gimmick was the reason that Yamaguchi decided to capitalize the two central letters of the album title ("kikUUiki"). Yamaguchi felt that the lyrics he wrote were like a first-person novel, using lyrical techniques that

neg: Awake (Dream Theater album) "to make things more vivid". "When I was writing it, I saw these terms and medical things that were just brilliant," he said. "Like there was a guy who felt that his skin was inside out. I read that and was like 'Oh my God! That's unbelievable; I've got to write about that.'" Petrucci wrote the music and lyrics to the acoustic "The Silent Man". LaBrie described the lyrics as dealing with "communication breakdown, for instance between a father and a son. We feel that we have to play certain roles when around one of our parents, and we never

neg: Dog Eat Dog (band) tours, contained members from both Dog Eat Dog and Mucky Pup. With summer festivals rapidly approaching and Roadrunner demanding a single by spring, the band was rushed back into the studio with nothing written for the album. They finished songs and wrote lyrics in the studio, sometimes improvising lyrics. While listening to demos for the song "Games," the band joked that Connor's vocals were so heavy metal-like, it wouldn't be right for anyone to sing it like that except heavy metal legend Ronnie James Dio. The idea was overheard by label representatives from Roadrunner who decided to contact Dio's management

neg: Bleed Like Me enjoyable if outdated in its musical approach "as if the band doesn't quite know how to do anything else but sound like it's the heyday of post-grunge alt-rock." This opinion was shared by Yahoo! Music's Sharon O’Connell, who wrote that despite the intelligent songs with expertise in "muscly, alt. rock lick or the bubblegum pop hook", "Bleed Like Me" "strikes a depressingly dated note". Writing for "The A.V. Club", Nathan Rabin said the album's lyrics lacked an emotional punch. He wrote stating that it "approaches a kind of shimmering technical perfection, but remains strangely, stubbornly uninvolving". Betty Clarke of "The

neg: This Is What It Feels Like the United Kingdom, peaking at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart. The song was written by Armin van Buuren, Benno de Goeij, Jenson Vaughan, Trevor Guthrie and John Ewbank. Van Buuren wrote the instrumental with de Goeij and Ewbank in 2012. Trevor Guthrie wrote the lyrics with Jenson Vaughan, and it was inspired by Guthrie's neighbor who was diagnosed with a brain tumor. "This Is What It Feels Like" was nominated for the 2014 Grammy Award for Best Dance Recording. A music video to accompany the release of "This is What It Feels Like" was first released onto YouTube

neg: Incubus (band) like that. I never wrote lyrics like that. I guess there were similarities in some of my musical and vocal stylings, but then we came off tour for "S.C.I.E.N.C.E." around early ’99, and wrote "Make Yourself", which was a vastly different album but we were still the same band. We don’t try and create any kind of album really. I don’t attempt to write any kind of music, this is just what comes out." The "Chicago Tribune" stated in 2001 that Incubus are "Cheerful, melodic and polite, a nu-metal band for people who don't like nu-metal bands" and also claimed

neg: Kaif Bhopali na aaya hoga", also sung by Jagjit Singh. Another song was "Aye Khuda Shukr Tera" in the 1983 film "Razia Sultan", written and directed by Kamal Amrohi. Kaif Bhopali's daughter, Parveen Kaif, is a poet who participates in mushairas. Kaif Bhopali Kaif Bhopali () was an Indian Urdu poet and lyricist. He was a poet in the Urdu mushaira circles, and is known as the writer of songs like "Chalo Dildar Chalo," sung by Mohd. Rafi in Kamal Amrohi's 1972 classic, "Pakeezah". Kaif Bhoopali wrote lyrics for many Bollywood films like "Pakeezah" (1972), where he wrote songs like "Teer-E-Nazar", "Chalo

neg: Christopher Minko songs. Chamroeun sings in Khmer and English and also wrote the Khmer lyrics. The album was dedicated to Minko's estranged wife, "Wassana Panmanee-Minko (Mam)", who died in Thailand in 2010 and was the inspiration for the song "Bangkok Tattoo". Minko also collaborated with author/novelist Christopher G. Moore singing Moore's words in the lyrics of the song "The Ying". A music video for the same song was produced using the artwork of Bangkok artist Chris Coles. Soulful, meaningful, and engaged with social questions, Minko and Sophea Chamroeun's songs – through moody and poetry-like lyrics and minimalistic and introspective melodies – confront

neg: Kirk Brandon his 1995 autobiography "Take It Like a Man". Brandon claimed that stories about the gay affair in the early 1980s damaged his career as a musician. He also objected to the lyrics of a Boy George song, "Unfinished Business", which apparently were aimed at him: "I hear you married a Danish girl ... You break your promise easily ... You lie, you lie, you lie. Yeah tough guy, you know exactly what I mean." Brandon demanded damages from Boy George, George's publishers, Sidgwick and Jackson, and also Virgin Records and EMI Virgin Music Publishing. The judge ruled in favour of

neg: Ima Robot their independence from Virgin Records and continued to work unsigned under the management of Alexis Rivera of Echo Park Records. The song "Gangster" premiered on the band's MySpace on April 15, 2008, with its lyrics posted in a blog entry by the band. In 2010 the band announced the upcoming release of their new album, "Another Man's Treasure", and released the song "Ruthless" on the Internet. Ebert remained frustrated with Virgin, saying in a 2016 interview with Transverso Media that, "pretty unironically I ended up feeling like a robot by the end of the process because of the major label

neg: Enter the Grave after penning the track's lyrics, he thought he "had gone too far". "Burned Alive", meanwhile, was about burning witches; reading about witches and "how they were dealt with in olden times", Drake "thought it might be interesting to add a devilish slant to it". Inspired by what he read, Drake wrote about burned witches going to Hell, returning, and then killing everyone. Drake also wrote the lyrics to title track "Enter the Grave", and "Schizophrenia", the former being about a serial killer. Written by bassist Mike Alexander, the lyrics to "Armoured Assault" describe a giant tank-like war machine. Alexander wrote

neg: Aja (song) the reissue. They offered a $600 reward to anyone who found them and contacted their management. "This is not a joke. Happy hunting." Canadian studio musician Don Breithaupt, who wrote the 2007 volume on "Aja" for Bloomsbury Publishing's "33⅓" series, breaks the song down into 24 separate parts. "It conforms more to sonata form than Sinatra form," he writes. This complex musical structure is in contrast to the lyrics—three short verses, all beginning with the same line, and with the same chorus. Like many Steely Dan songs, the lyrics of "Aja" are sung from the point of view of a

neg: Bleed Like Me (song) ten of the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. In 2007, "Bleed Like Me" was remastered and included on Garbage's greatest hits album "Absolute Garbage". "Bleed Like Me" was written in 2004 at Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin. It was one of the first songs the band wrote after reforming from a temporary three-month split in October 2003, with singer Shirley Manson overcoming writer's block to write the lyrics to the track. The song begun with Butch Vig creating both the acoustic riff that opens the track and title. Some time after he showed it to his bandmates, Manson wrote lyrics,

neg: The Emancipation of Mimi / I'm lifted and I like it." Sal Cinquemani of "Slant Magazine" praised its lyrics and beat, and felt the song prepares listeners for the album's "party theme". Lyrically, "We Belong Together" was described as a "broken-hearted lament for love"; it features finger-snaps, kick drums, and a piano-driven melody. Carey composed the gospel-influenced ballad "Fly Like a Bird" with James Wright. The lyrics are in the form of a prayer that conveys a message of unconditional love for God. The song features a verbal recording of Carey's pastor, Clarence Keaton, who reads two verses from the Bible. The singer wrote

neg: Trichromes William Ruhlmann wrote on Allmusic, "Trichromes guitarist Ralph Woodson and such guests as Pete Sears and Neal Schon do fine by [Hunter's lyrics], creating songs that sound like they could have fit into the Dead's repertoire. And the band's jamming style is also reminiscent of the Dead..." Trichromes Trichromes is an album by the Trichromes, a rock band led by former Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzmann. The group's only full-length album, it was released in 2002. Robert Hunter wrote the lyrics for eight of the eleven songs. John Metzger of "The Music Box" wrote, "Much like the group's first single

neg: Hound Dog (song) loved the way they did it. They had a piano player [Russ Conti] who stood up and played – and the way he did his legs they looked like rubber bands bending back and forth. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller wrote the song for Big Mama Thornton, but Freddie and The Bell Boys had a different set of lyrics. Elvis got his lyrics from those guys. He knew the original lyrics but he didn't use them"." When asked about "Hound Dog", Presley's drummer D. J. Fontana admitted: "We took that from a band we saw in Vegas, Freddie Bell and

neg: Payphone (song) production, programming, additional bass, keys, acoustic guitars and background vocals were provided by Shellback and Blanco. Levine, Blanco, Shellback, and Malik also wrote the band's previous single "Moves Like Jagger". The writing process started when Malik and Robopop constructed a piano line and demo track that Blanco compiled into a proper melody. They gave it to Levine, who wrote the lyrics. Blanco also wanted to throw a wrench into the Maroon 5 works by adding hip-hop flavor to the its sound, "I love when things don't make sense, like, 'Holy fuck!' You don't hear him on the song at all.

neg: Dress You Up the Parents Music Resource Center's "Filthy Fifteen" list due to the sexual nature of its lyrics. The song has been covered by a number of artists. "Dress You Up" was the last song to be included on the "Like a Virgin" album. Producer Nile Rodgers had initially asked songwriters Andrea LaRusso and Peggy Stanziale to write a song for Madonna in the style of Rodgers' band Chic. However, the writing took time, since both LaRusso and Stanziale were busy with other projects. When the lyrics of the song were submitted, Rodgers rejected it as there was no time to compose

neg: Virgin Killer to jail, there's no question that we'll release that." On the song "Virgin Killer", time is the virgin killer. But then, when we had to do the interviews about it, we said "Look, listen to the lyrics and then you'll know what we're talking about. We're using this only to get attention. That's what we do." Even the girl, when we met her fifteen years later, had no problem with the cover. Growing up in Europe, sexuality, of course not with children, was very normal. The lyrics really say it all. Time is the virgin killer. A kid comes into

neg: Doctor Who spin-offs Moffat's contribution to the second Decalog collection, then about 75% of episodes of the new series were written by people who contributed to the Virgin line. (The same cannot be said of the BBC Books line. In fact, no writer who made their Doctor Who debut on the BBC Books line has written for the new series. The only writers to have contributed to the BBC line and the new series are those who also wrote for the Virgin line - Gatiss, who wrote two BBC books, and Cornell, who wrote one. Several writers from the BBC line have written

neg: Like a Virgin (album) to her, the song was provocative, hence she was attracted to it. "Material Girl" incorporated new wave music and consists of synth arrangements with a robotic voice repeating the hook. The lyrics identify with materialism, with Madonna asking for a rich and affluent life, rather than romance and relationships. Written by Madonna and Steve Bray, "Angel" is the second track on the album. It was one of the first songs developed for the project and, according to Madonna, was inspired by a girl who is saved by, and subsequently falls in love with an angel. "Angel" consists of a three-chord

neg: Peace Like a River Peace Like a River "This article is about the novel by Leif Enger. Peace Like a River (2001) is a best-selling novel by Leif Enger, who took the title from the lyrics of the hymn "It Is Well with My Soul", which was performed at his wedding. Enger wrote the novel to amuse his family, taking story suggestions from his children and giving the lead character asthma to encourage one of his sons, who also has asthma. The novel opens in 1951 when Reuben Land is born with faulty lungs. It is his father, Jeremiah, who miraculously and heroically saves

neg: When She's Near a song of his own. "It’s actually the melody to a song I wrote a long time ago called ‘Teaberry.’ I wrote it in ’03 or ’04, and I didn’t like the words, but I liked the melody,” Watkins said. “I brought the melody in and Jon did most of the lyrics." The songs eventually meshed together into the one song it is now. "I feel like it's a good blend of both of our voices," says Foreman. Fiction Family shot a music video for the song on October 15, 2008. It was directed by Brandon Dickerson, who had directed

neg: Once Upon a Time (Simple Minds album) alternating like the two colours on a chessboard. The album cover was standardised for the original CD release and this version has since been used for the various reissues of the album. A collectable picture disc LP was also produced. Housed in a luxury gatefold die-cut sleeve, the record featured the mottled gold effect of the sleeve. A unique lyrics sheet was also packaged in the gatefold. A magnetic jigsaw puzzle was also produced by Virgin Records to promote the album. The album has been re-released in remastered form on several occasions, most recently in 2015. Virgin Records reissued the

neg: Someone like You (Adele song) like You" which was one of the final songs composed for the album. Prior to meeting with Wilson, Adele said she wrote some of the lyrics using her acoustic guitar. The two sat around the piano for two days and brainstormed various melodies and lyrics, and ultimately decided to keep the musical production sparse: "We just wrote it on the piano and then we recorded it when it was written. It wasn't sort of like recording it and listening to it thinking 'where can we go next?' It was really old school." During an interview with "Billboard", Wilson stated that

neg: Charles Hart (lyricist) Charles Hart (lyricist) Charles Hart (born 3 June 1961) is a British lyricist, songwriter and musician. He is best known for writing the lyrics to, and contributing to the book of, Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical "The Phantom of the Opera" and for writing the lyrics to "Bend It Like Beckham the Musical". He also co-wrote (with Don Black) the lyrics to Lloyd Webber's 1989 musical "Aspects of Love". Hart also re-wrote Glenn Slater's lyrics for "Love Never Dies", the sequel to "Phantom". Born in London, Hart was educated at Desborough School, Maidenhead, Robinson College, Cambridge and the Guildhall School

neg: Tracey Thorn Hunter Gets Captured by the Game". Their first project together was the song "Protection" (for which she wrote the lyrics and melody) from the album by Massive Attack of the same name. She also co-wrote and sings on the track "Better Things". She also sang "The Tree Knows Everything" on Adam F's debut album, "Colours". Just prior to her return to recording in 2007, Thorn contributed vocals to the song "Damage" by the band Tiefschwarz on the album "Eat Books". In March 2007, Tracey Thorn released her second solo album "Out of the Woods" on Virgin Records (Worldwide) and on

neg: Smooth (Santana song) successful song of all time by "Billboard". "Smooth" was originally conceived by Shur as a song called "Room 17". The lyrics were stripped off and the track was given to Thomas, who re-wrote the lyrics and melody and re-titled it "Smooth", then recorded the song as a demo to play for Santana. After hearing the song, Santana decided to have Thomas record the final version. Matt Serletic (who produced Matchbox Twenty's debut album "Yourself or Someone Like You") produced the song and it was released from Santana's album "Supernatural". Thomas originally had George Michael in mind to sing the song.

neg: Speed Star (song) has also worked on top-charting songs, most notably "The Juvenile" by the Swedish group Ace of Base from their album "Da Capo" (2002), and Joana Zimmer's song "I Believe" (2005). Once again, Lantana and Shinya wrote the lyrical portion. "Virgin Blue 2010" was originally composed by Suzuki Kisaburo with the lyrics written by Sagara Yoshiaki. However, for both Lead's 2006 and 2010 versions, the music was performed by Haya from the group Summer Snow Surprise. The CD+DVD bonus track "Hikari" was written and composed by Shonen-JET, while songwriter Ohno Kazunari performed the instrumental. The lyrics were written by Keita Furuya

neg: Music of Sesame Street television special that aired in 1971. "Sesame Street's" songwriters included the show's first music director Joe Raposo, Jeff Moss, who Davis called a "gifted poet, composer, and lyricist", and Christopher Cerf, who Gikow called "the go-to guy on "Sesame Street" for classic rock and roll as well as song spoofs". Scriptwriters like Tony Geiss, who wrote approximately 150 songs for the show, and Norman Stiles often also wrote their own lyrics to accompany their scripts. Raposo was brought to "Sesame Street" by producer Tom Whedon, who was his friend and college roommate, and by Stone, who had worked with Raposo

neg: Thanjai N. Ramaiah Dass Tamil films. Vijaya Productions was one of the leading film makers who made Tamil and Telugu films. Ramaiah Dass became a permanent writer in this film company from 1950 till 1960. He wrote screenplay, dialogues and lyrics to almost all the Tamil films produced by this company during this period. His songs in films like Pathala Bhairavi, Missiamma, Mayabazar became hits. He was famous for coining words to suit the tune but without any meaning. They were called "Jigina" words and he was nicknamed as "Dappanguthu Paadalaasiriyar" (means one who writes lyrics to the beats on a tin box). However,

neg: Zahid Akbar Tisha. In 2013, he wrote lyrics for Taarkata, wherw Bollywood singers like Palak Muchhal and Sunidhi Chauhan lent voice for his songs. In 2015, he wrote a song, "Ek Chokhe Sur Tomar" for veteran singer Sabina Yasmin, composed by Maksud Jamil Mintu. Her daughter Badhon sang another version with same lyrics. The same year, he wrote lyrics for Habib Wahid song "Keu Boney Araley" for the telefilm 'Meghe Dhaka Shohor'. He named “Dub Shatar”, “Dui Dike Boshobash” by Naancy, “Priotoma” by Arefin Rumi, “Shunno” by Bappa Mazumber, “Aradhona” and “Veja Veja Haoa” from the movie 'Most Welcome 2' among his

neg: Like a Surgeon ("Weird Al" Yankovic song) Like a Surgeon ("Weird Al" Yankovic song) "Like a Surgeon" is a song recorded by "Weird Al" Yankovic that appears on his third studio album, "Dare to Be Stupid" (1985). It was released as the album's second single on June 4, 1985, by Scotti Brothers Records. It was issued as a 7", 12", and picture disc. A parody of the pop song "Like a Virgin" by Madonna, its lyrics describe a hospital environment, with the same melody as Madonna's original counterpart. The track was written by Yankovic and Madonna, with the latter coming up with the parody's title, an act

neg: I Like 'em Big and Stupid the back cover of Madonna's "Like a Virgin" record. Brown would go on to be known for making fun of Madonna, particularly in her scathing mockumentary "". I Like 'em Big and Stupid "I Like 'Em Big and Stupid" was the debut single by comedian and singer Julie Brown. It was self-released by Brown in 1983 in 12-inch and 7-inch vinyl record formats. The song is a 1980s-style pop song with comedic lyrics about the protagonist's desire for a handsome, hunky muscle-stud who's not very bright (or as she sings, "Superman with a lobotomy"). The 12-inch version contained an extended

neg: Not Too Late (album) and "The Sun Doesn't Like You" in Brazil. Jones wrote "Thinking About You" in 1999 with Ilhan Ersahin, her then-bandmate in Wax Poetic, but she thought it was too much of a pop song for her to record and rejected a version she recorded for "Feels like Home". Jones had an acoustic guitar with her on the tour and wrote more songs with it than she previously had: "The guitar is simple and a lot easier to carry than a piano", she said. After the tour concluded, Jones began recording the album with Alexander, who "tweak[ed]" the lyrics of the

neg: Jump (Madonna song) Boys homage." Matt Zakosek of "The Chicago Maroon" wrote: "The stand-out tracks here are 'Jump' and 'Push', which sound as close to the 80s Madonna as we're probably ever going to get again. The lyrics of Jump' are joyous, recalling the fun, community-minded Madonna of "True Blue" and "Like a Prayer"." Diego Costa of "UWM Post" wrote that "Jump" is a "bossy, slightly sadistic spoken intro by Madonna, just like in 'Erotica', so who can resist? A knock-yourself-out, club-tailored take on the wasteful nature of inertia." Margaret Moser of "The Austin Chronicle" called the song "slinky and sexy". In the

neg: Louise (The Human League song) The anger that drove the earlier song has dissipated, and is replaced with a hopeful fantasy that his ex-lover is drawn to him all over again. So Louise is really about self-deception, delusion and eternal sadness. Oakey says about "Louise" in interview: However, like the less savoury premise of "Don’t You Want Me", the darker side of the "Louise" story went over the heads of the record buying public, who misinterpreted the lyrics as "sweet and upbeat". Because the second single from "Hysteria", "Life on Your Own", didn’t do as well in the charts as expected, Virgin Records held back

neg: Progressive rock overlap in audiences led to the success of arena rock bands, such as Boston, Kansas, and Styx, who combined elements of the two styles. Progressive rock achieved popularity in Continental Europe more quickly than it did in the US. Italy remained generally uninterested in rock music until the strong Italian progressive rock scene developed in the early 1970s. Few of the European groups were successful outside of their own countries, with the exceptions of bands like Focus, who wrote English-language lyrics, and Le Orme and PFM, whose English lyrics were written by Peter Hammill and Peter Sinfield, respectively. Some European

neg: Play Dead (song) suffering and going through hardcore tough times and at the time I was at my happiest". To help her in the writing, she asked the film's director, Danny Cannon, to write her a whole page of phrases that represented the emotions of the characters in the film, but she used only one line that Cannon wrote: "Sometimes, it's just like sinking", and still she changed it to "It's sometimes just like sleeping" in the actual lyrics. The song is underscored by moody strings and its lyrics about acting numb to prevent emotional pain. Björk wrote it from the main character's

neg: Hyon Song-wol of the Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble. Her biggest hit was the song "Excellent Horse-Like Lady" (), a 2005 song extolling the virtues of a Stakhanovite textile factory worker. The accompanying music video stars Hyon in the role of "the heroine, dashing around a sparkling factory with a beatific smile, distributing bobbins and collecting swatches of cloth at top speed." The lyrics include: <poem>Our factory comrades say in jest, Why, they tell me I am a virgin on a stallion, After a full day's work I still have energy left... They say I am a virgin on a stallion, Mounting a stallion

neg: Into the Groove congas, whistles and timbales, giving it a Mexican ending. Pettibone also remixed the song alongside Goh Hotoda for "The Immaculate Collection" (1990) compilation. The lyrics of the song are simple, written as an invitation to dance with the singer. Despite the simple lyrics, it carries sexual innuendos and undertones in the meaning. Similar to Madonna's previous single "Like a Virgin" (1984), a lyrical hook is also present in "Into the Groove", directed at shy girls. The line "At night I lock the door so no-one else can see" implied that Madonna was not as brazen as her provocative image suggested.

neg: Hotel California who met the Eagles through his high school bandmate Bernie Leadon, said that Leadon advised him to make tapes of songs he wrote for the band so that other band members like Henley, whose forte is in writing lyrics, might work with him on finishing the songs they like. The demos he made were always instrumental, and on every album project he would submit 15 or 16 ideas. The demo he made for "Hotel California" showed influences from Latin and reggae music, and it grabbed the attention of Henley who said he liked the song that "sounds like a Mexican

neg: The Damning Well song called “Power” I wrote with Amy Lee, I wrote all the lyrics and everything and then Amy Lee came in and sang on it. Her manager was such a, just so hard to deal with which is like that with a lot of the things she gets involved with you know, they were just so hardcore that we were like forget it. There were only two songs recorded under the Damning Well, it wasn’t a whole record. But I have the Amy Lee song I did with her, she just came in and sang my lyrics and sang with

neg: Whip It (Devo song) is a call and response that Casale said is "kind of like white boys rapping". The lyrics of "Whip It" are disjointed and nonsensical. For example, its central theme revolves around the ability to solve one's problems by "whipping it"; other lines include motivational statements like "go forward, move ahead" and "it's not too late". Casale wrote the lyrics, which were intended to satirize American optimism. He took inspiration from communist propaganda posters and "Gravity's Rainbow" by Thomas Pynchon, a 1973 novel that contains satirical limericks about capitalist can-do clichés. Casale incorporated lyrics that would sound like motivational clichés if

neg: All My Loving number 45 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100 in April 1964. According to journalist Bill Harry, McCartney thought of the lyrics whilst shaving: "I wrote 'All My Loving' like a piece of poetry and then, I think, I put a song to it later". However, McCartney later told biographer Barry Miles that he wrote the lyrics while on a tour bus and after arriving at the location of the venue he then wrote the music on a piano backstage. He also said "It was the first song [where] I'd ever written the words first. I never wrote words first, it

neg: The Maine Stein Song also criticized for being pagan by proposing a toast "to the gods" and "to the fates". In 1930, Johnny Johnson and Harry McDaniel wrote "I'd Like To Find The Guy Who Wrote The Stein Song", a comedy song about a man who is fed up with constantly hearing "The Stein Song" on the radio. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the song came under fire for its promotion of drinking and lyrics that were considered sexist ("let every Maine man sing" and "to the lips and the eyes of the girls who will love us someday"). Various individuals began

neg: Ollusion the number of partially detached vocals, filled with android-in-heat impersonations, clipped-phrase drop-ins, and messing around, it's as if Omarion wanted to make a concerted attempt to downplay his vocal ability, which only adds to the album's weird, teasing charm.". Monica Herrera of "Billboard" magazine wrote that the album "The set come off more like a bid for street cred than maturation. Lyrics full of hip-hop bravado over dirty, and distortion-heavy beats. But when Omarion reaches for the high notes, he shines like a seasoned star.". Jon Caramanica of The New York Times wrote that "Clunky lyrics are everywhere, undoing some

neg: When Love Takes Over just beautiful. And I remember thinking 'Why is this "touching" me like this?' You know, it was like there was a kinda soul-tie to it!" Upon meeting Guetta, she asked him for the song so she could write its lyrics. "So I met David and asked him for the track... He gave it to me, and I brought it back here to London, UK and wrote the actual song". At a writing session in a London hotel room, Rowland and songwriting duo Nervo wrote the lyrics and melody over Guetta's backing track. Rowland later joined Guetta and Julie Terry Lefèvre-Han

neg: Discipline (Janet Jackson album) saying "If anything, "Discipline" may be too subtle: a pretty, smartly produced collection that sometimes sounds like background music." Michael Arceneaux of PopMatters called the album the "same old from her", adding "These days her look and sound seem nothing more than a continuation of 2001's "All for You"." "Entertainment Weekly"'s Margeaux Watson wrote that Jackson's lyrics "sound like the cheesy text messages of a lovesick adolescent" and gave a C- rating. Nick Levine of Digital Spy wrote that "Jackson's attempts to play the uber-nympho are beginning to sound very, very desperate" with "embarrassingly lewd lyrics" and gave the record

neg: Blue Virgin Isles (song) Blue Virgin Isles (song) Blue Virgin Isles is a song written by Ted Gärdestad and Kenneth Gärdestad, and originally recorded with lyrics in English on the Ted Gärdestad album "Blue Virgin Isles", released October 1978. as well as appearing as a B-side for the 1979 single "Satellit". Recording it with lyrics in Swedish by Kenneth Gärdestad as "Himlen är oskyldigt blå", Ted Gärdestad released it as a single in 1993 charting at Svensktoppen for seven weeks between 18 September-30 October 1993, peaking at 4th position. The song has also been recorded by Tommy Körberg. and by Yohio on his 2013

neg: Life Among the Ruins bluesy hard rock and melodic metal, more similar to early Whitesnake's recordings than the epic power metal of albums like "Noble Savage" and the following "The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Part I". This is the first album with bassist Rob DeMartino, who replaced Joe O'Reilly, retired from the scene. All lyrics by David DeFeis, music as indicated Life Among the Ruins Life Among the Ruins is the fifth full-length studio album by US heavy metal band Virgin Steele. It was released in 1993, after almost five years of inactivity. The song "Snakeskin Voodoo Man" was present only in the

neg: Sri Lanka Matha Sri Lanka Matha "Sri Lanka Matha" ( Śrī Laṁkā Mātā; ) is the national anthem of Sri Lanka. There are differing accounts as to the origin of the "Sri Lanka Matha". The most widely held view is that Sri Lankan composer Ananda Samarakoon wrote the music and lyrics to the song inspired/influenced by Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore. A minority suggest that Tagore wrote the anthem in full. Some have suggested that Tagore wrote the music whilst Samarakoon wrote the lyrics. Tagore being directly involved in the creation of the song has been denied by some historians like Indian Lipi Ghosh