Sentence examples for forthright lyrics from inspiring English sources

These performers do indeed specialize in songs with pungent, forthright lyrics — one of Strait's hits is the wry "All My Ex's Live in Texas" — and a relatively unadorned instrumentation, stripped down to bass, lead, rhythm, and steel guitars, drums, fiddle, and perhaps a keyboard.

Bloc Party's new musical directions and more forthright lyrics either impressed or alienated critics.

Cooder's forthright lyrics exhibit satire, dark humor, and bitter, apprehensive feelings about current events, including Guantanamo Bay, the Occupy movement, the shooting of Trayvon Martin, Barack Obama's plight as US President, and the election of 2012.

David McCreary of CCM Magazine gave Lifesong an A-, opining "staying true to their approach of assimilating crisp melodies, forthright lyrics and stout vocals, the Crowns effectively blend uptempo worship anthems and emotive ballads for another well-balanced set".

Elysa Gardner of Los Angeles Times gave the album two-and-a-half stars out of four and said it "Showcases her considerable strengths--a shimmering soprano voice and a knack for intelligent, emotionally forthright lyrics but also suffers from a lack of compelling craftsmanship and textural daring".

A deeply political album, it expands on the socio-political musings and current event topics of Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down with forthright, satirical lyrics and song-form vignettes.

These are appropriately forthright words.

She sang with a tart, jazzy tinge (reminiscent of Erykah Badu) and rapped with forthright insistence, often constructing her lyrics to change from double to triple time, underlining their urgency with the built-in acceleration.

Jazzy and swinging but solidly middle of the road in attitude, she has a warm glowing tone and a forthright interpretive approach that focuses on lyrics phrase by phrase.

She sang with sorrowful intimacy, with an improvisational daring that constantly teased the beat, with ornate arabesques and with forthright, sweeping crescendos that illuminated heartsick lyrics like a searchlight.

The magazine also praised the song for "lyrics [that] remain subtle but forthright in the song's positive message".