Lyrix

[freakytigger.livejournal.com]

I've always thought of the Kinks as being founding fathers of a lyrical strain in British pop - wit, "character songs", satire gentle and vicious, etc etc.

I wonder if this is just received wisdom though - not that the Kinks didn't do it and weren't good at it but their peers often did it too, so maybe it's the way they delivered the lyrics vocally or the melodies they set them to that give me that impression.

Anyway, I'd like to know what you think about lyrics - when you notice them, how highly you value them, and so on.

Or actually, let's make this more concrete: what recent records do you think have good lyrics?

Comments

[skyecaptain.livejournal.com]

Just downloaded a bunch of Lil' Wayne in the past few days and vote for him. "To the kids, drugs kill, I'm acknowledging that/ But when I'm on the drugs I don't have a problem with that."

I also think one of the features of the hyphy I like that sells me is the lyrics, weirdly enough, because there's a real ear for novelty in the production AND the lyrics. Great introduction of new slang, all the songs sort of talk to each other.