And when I say I like a rap song, you’ll have to listen to it. It’s “Handlebars” by Flobots:
Watch the video, read the lyrics.
It’s not your usual “Yes We Can” bullshit coming from your usual “I Got It From My Mama” guys.
Remember: everything is less of what it is than what it suggests.
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the guy who put his hands on you
has got nothing to do with me
and the bruises that you feel will heal
and i hope you come around
’cause we’re missing you.
This is amazing; I’ve never heard jazz with lyrics like this. Look below: did you think those were lyrics?
It’s poetic, and when you listen to Kurt Elling sing it, you can’t help but wonder just how he sang it, and what inspired him to write it. Brilliant. And there are literary and jazz references inside [...]
There’s nothing I could say
To make you try to feel OK
And nothing you could do
To stop me feeling the way I do
And if the chance should happen
That I never see you again
Just remember that I’ll always love you
—Badly Drawn Boy, “A Minor Incident”
I’ve been looking for this song for a long, long time.
so many years from now and far away
I guess you don´t even know my name
so many years when there was nothing to say
but I get arranged somehow
we´re not gonna change it now
as long as you´re here there´s something to die for
my love
as long as you´re [...]
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