Sentence examples for smart song from inspiring English sources

There's some more rapping on "1994," not good, but easily forgivable: this is a smart song, built almost entirely of lyric fragments from mid-'90s Joe Diffie hits.

The smart song selection is coupled with skewed deliveries that turn rock, pop and rap into something that might conceivably have been heard in a vaudeville house, Mr. Scales providing the piano accompaniment.

With their two major-label albums, the Dixie Chicks have become country's latest blockbuster group by mixing old-fashioned musicianship, smart song choices, diligent touring and cheerful blond image building.

Smart song choice, smart arrangement, full Tiger Beat mode.

In a review published in The Dominion Post, Tom Cardy compared the track's style to that of works by Florence Welch and Marina Diamandis, labelling it a "sharp, refreshing and smart" song.

I guess I could listen to Stephen Sondheim, who writes pretty smart songs about adults, too, but for now I'll stick with George Jones.

The Pretenders, "Break Up the Concrete" (Artist First): Chrissie Hynde puts together yet another bunch of musicians to play yet another bunch of tough, smart songs, some of which have a country feel (Sept . 23.

Perhaps that's inevitable, given the unusual role he occupied in the lives of his fans: His gentle, smart songs connected with people who felt shoved to the margins of their lives; now they are left to figure out how songs that made them feel saved did not save the man who sang them.

This is what Patricia Barber has: adventurous piano playing (she is not a woman who just accompanies herself gracefully), a low-vibrato alto on perpetual rhythm and timbre alert and smart songs about the way we think and live, not just about the way we love.

And Star Power," with the best of the catchy, smart songs from its British Invasion-inspired breakout album, "We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic".

Later that afternoon, young singer-songwriter Mac DeMarco delivered a rousing set of smart songs that had his growing fan base screaming along.