There's some dreadful country music, but when it's good, when the lyrics are good, they're the best songwriters.
MR: Well, that's good for the lyrics, but it's not good for the singing, because it sounds like you're singing to someone on the phone.
You know when you see a song written by someone who isn't very good and the lyrics just come off as cheesy?
Tomorrow night at 8 30, Judy Kreston and David Lahm in "Fun, Laughs, Good Times," the lyrics of Dorothy Fields and Mr. Lahm, with Ratzo Harris, bassist; Eddie Caccavalle, drummer.
The title was "So Far So Good," and the lyrics went: "Sékou Touré ruled for twenty-six yeand and he allowed no betrayals; Moussa Dadis Camara allows no traitors".
Tomorrow night at 8 30, Judy Kreston and David Lahm, singers, in "Fun, Laughs, Good Times," the lyrics of Dorothy Fields and Mr. Lahm, with Ratzo Harris, bassist; Eddie Caccavalle, drummer; at 11, Evy Scheff, singer, in "A Woman's Spirit," with Ian Herman, pianist.
Another understanding that we have always had as a band is that whoever's singing the song needs to be comfortable and feel good about the lyrics that we are singing.
"I want it to be good just reading the lyric". Eklow said the journey from idea to completed track can be lengthy, as in the case of "You," which layers an androgynous vocal over ringing piano and sinus-clearing bass.
"It's not just suggesting good things in the lyrics of the song, it's living in the sentiment of the song, having it present new different possibilities of reality".
"War, huh, yeah, what is it good for?" asked the lyrics to a 1970s hit by Edwin Starr.
