Paul Simon is 83 years old. He’s been a musical titan for my entire life. A 16-time Grammy winner and an Album of the Year recipient three times. A Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame inductee (twice). Half of one of pop music’s most iconic duos. He’s been a producer, an actor, a Saturday Night… Read More Lyrical: Paul Simon
At one point late in the musical “Hamilton,” Lin-Manuel Miranda’s title character stands center stage, utterly broken. Tragedy, brought on by his hubris and weakness, has overwhelmed him. He is stripped of his vanity, of his pride, of his strength. The moment, the song, is the most poignant and human in the entire 11-time Tony… Read More More Perfect
Lyrical is a series on music in our lives A sane person, to stay sane, has to have, as a general rule, a place to escape once in a while. A little corner for a self-imposed timeout from time to time. A spot to crawl into and pull the figurative — or real, if that’s… Read More Lyrical: O.P., Again
Let me first point out that, despite what my brothers sometimes say, I am not a 14-year-old girl. Demographically, I belong with those girls in Ed Sheeran’s fan club about as much as he belongs in mine. That little misconception — the one about me being a teen girl — might be understandable, considering my… Read More Lyrical: Ed Sheeran
And you call me up again just to break me like a promise So casually cruel in the name of being honest — All Too Well, Taylor Swift OK, clearly, Taylor Swift is not for me, right? I probably have no business listening to someone who teenage girls get. How could I, a past upper-middle-aged… Read More Lyrical: Taylor Swift
I tried so hard my dear to show that you’re my every dream. Yet you’re afraid each thing I do is just some evil scheme A memory from your lonesome past keeps us so far apart Why can’t I free your doubtful mind and melt your cold cold heart — Hank Williams (1951) I am… Read More Lyrical: Cold, cold heart
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