Mykesbass Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 So @eloisa has shown what a bunch of romantics we all are 🤔 but what are the other popular subjects for lyrics? Cities and US states get a good look in - I Love Paris, April in Paris, London Calling, A Foggy Day In London Town, Georgia on my Mind, Rainy Night in Georgia, New York New York and many, many more. What other subjects provide greatest inspiration to lyricists? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odysseus Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 Angst seems to be a recurrent favourite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lozz196 Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 Political views - at least in the punk scene anyway. Not so often linked to parties but more views of how poor things are and how they could be made better. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eldon Tyrell Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 Body parts 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mykesbass Posted November 26, 2023 Author Share Posted November 26, 2023 12 minutes ago, EssentialTension said: Used to be an FA cup song on a very regular basis. Had some fun working on the 1991 Spurs one with Chas & Dave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SumOne Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 There's a lot of different lyrical themes, love and heartbreak are what trend to sell pop records though. Reggae: Being a rasta, fighting injustice, weed. Hip Hop: Making money, being the greatest. Punk: Fighting the government/system. Stoner/Doom: Weed, evil/menacing stuff ending the world. Death metal: Horror. Funk: Getting on up/down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 Country: being left by your partner, your pickup truck being stolen/broken down... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted November 26, 2023 Author Share Posted November 26, 2023 15 minutes ago, SumOne said: Funk: Getting on up/down. Along with Disco and songs about dancing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted November 26, 2023 Author Share Posted November 26, 2023 3 minutes ago, neepheid said: Country: being left by your partner, your pickup truck being stolen/broken down... Songs to play backwards for a happy ending 😎 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 About war, manipulators, warmongers and the hope for peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 1 minute ago, eloisa said: About war, manipulators, warmongers and the hope for peace. Every other Iron Maiden song, then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NancyJohnson Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 I did about 20 songs for a project slightly before the pandemic. Subject matter? Russian nukes Surveillance Telephone surveillance Living in an iron lung The Spookwaffe (a group of black escort fighters during Ww2) A heavily edited version of the Kings 'we are at war' speech The third shock army snipers Oppenheimer Drowning in a submarine Being in the belly of a tank Borodino Sleeper agents Drinking vodka from the sandals of heathens The Heavens Gate cult The Jonestown suicide event American marine peacekeepers in Afghanistan Cheery, eh? We had a few more things in process before the project folded and moved on to something else. We just used to get a little obsessed with old photographs; for instance one of the group of people that assassinated Lincoln and how one guy had the looks of a current day male model. We did a rough demo of a track called Behind Confederate Eyes on that one. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neepheid Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 I wrote a song when my elderly grandpa's declining mental faculties (specifically his short term memory) were swirling around in my head at the same time as the general financial pressures of a economic downturn. They somehow got merged into one song. Odd. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baloney Balderdash Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 (edited) Death : Edited November 26, 2023 by Baloney Balderdash Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted November 26, 2023 Author Share Posted November 26, 2023 19 minutes ago, Baloney Balderdash said: Death : And murder: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 Motorcycles. Bat out of Hell, Leader of the pack, Motorbikin', Bad motor scooter, Midnight rider, Wanted dead or alive, Ride the wind, Born free, Ballad of the Easy Rider, 1952 Vincent Black Lightning, to name but a few. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asingardenof Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 I'm the case of certain genres of American music, rampant jingoism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upside downer Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 The ingestion and subsequent description of the effects of mind-altering pharmaceuticals has had a pretty good run at various points along the lyrical landscape. For more information, listen to jazz, psychedelia, acid house and most of Hawkwind's output. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mykesbass Posted November 26, 2023 Author Share Posted November 26, 2023 1 hour ago, tauzero said: Motorcycles. Bat out of Hell, Leader of the pack, Motorbikin', Bad motor scooter, Midnight rider, Wanted dead or alive, Ride the wind, Born free, Ballad of the Easy Rider, 1952 Vincent Black Lightning, to name but a few. Good call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barking Spiders Posted November 26, 2023 Share Posted November 26, 2023 mammals found in north America Ay ay ay ay moosey -Modern Romance Beaver patrol - Pop Will East Itself (though somehow I don't think they had these furry critters in mind!) Hungry like the wolf -Duran Duran Buffalo stance - Neneh Cherry Cougar -2 Live Crew (not sure these were actually rapping about mountain lions either) err..that's about it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRedX Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 12 hours ago, Barking Spiders said: Beaver patrol - Pop Will East Itself (though somehow I don't think they had these furry critters in mind!) Which is a cover - the original is by 60s garage band The Wilde Knights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beedster Posted November 27, 2023 Share Posted November 27, 2023 (edited) 19 hours ago, neepheid said: Country: being left by your partner, your pickup truck being stolen/broken down... Your girlfriend sleeping with your Dad (who’s also your Uncle)…. …..although that might be Bluegrass? Edited November 27, 2023 by Beedster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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