Whether it's the transgressive glamour of their presentation; lyrics of self-love such as "I'm queerer than the brightest day"; or having gender-neutral bathrooms as a provision on their riders, PWR BTTM are dragging queerness into the spotlight without compromising what makes it radical in the first place.
Bob Marley was outrageous in his sound, his lyrics and his presentation -- but he was believable because it was all rooted deeply in the familiar language of the Bible.
"Drink all the booze, hack all the things," goes the chorus of an unexpected rap performance during one presentation, a lyric that acts as an unofficial motto for what takes place at Def Con.
Can smart, dramatic lyrics with a challenging presentation keep frat boys and bikini-clad girls entertained at festivals where the party animals often are waiting for the next round of drinks instead of the next song?
They went onto our YouTube channel and said that we were communists brainwashing their children, that we forced them to watch our presentation and sing lyrics of our songs.
Think about changing the presentation of your lyrics.
Never mind that the tune is dire and the lyrics are uninspired, everything about the presentation screams, "I've still got it!".
He mocks and adores her treacly lyrics and life story, and while his presentation isn't especially cynical, the air is thick — unbearably so — with irony.
They purposefully influence listeners with their lyrics, not to mention the choice of instrumentation, presentation and tempo -- as sound is as important as meaning.
I visited the venerable Lyric HiFi, at Eighty-second and Lexington, and heard a much better presentation of voice the soulful jazz singer Johnny Hartman singing "For All We Know" from his 1981 album, "Once in Every Life".
