Tag Archives: poetry

LIVE, Thursday, Jan. 14 at 9 p.m. Eastern. Song lyrics—poetry or pulp? WTF do any of them mean in message or melody? Popular songs are filleted of their melodies and taken literally, a pop-culture surgery that will forever make you … Continue reading

Pop culture can pelt the classics, as it has done with poetry. The rock lyric has been lifted to undeserving heights, disguising itself as poetry, especially to a spoiled generation that big-time marketers have fooled into believing the music was … Continue reading