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Lyrically Speaking

The Kinks - LOLA - 1970

Understanding ‘Lola’: What is The Kinks’ classic actually about?

A great song.

Aimee Ferrier
Mar 23, 2026
Lyrically Speaking- CMAT explores the complex mind of the artist on 'Janis Joplining'

Lyrically Speaking: CMAT explores the complex mind of the artist on ‘Janis Joplining’

Obsessive and nuanced.

Lucy Harbron
Sep 23, 2025
Lyrically Speaking Embracing the new order in David Bowie’s ‘Oh You Pretty Things

Lyrically Speaking: Embracing the new order in David Bowie’s ‘Oh! You Pretty Things’

“We have created a child”.

Kelly Murphy
Sep 10, 2025
Lyrically Speaking- The two meanings behind 'Comfortably Numb'

Lyrically Speaking: The two meanings behind ‘Comfortably Numb’

Open to interpretation.

Lucy Harbron
Jun 23, 2025
Lyrically Speaking – Bodies, fantasy, and vanity in ‘Take a Sexy Picture of Me’ by CMAT

Lyrically Speaking: Bodies, fantasy, and vanity in ‘Take a Sexy Picture of Me’ by CMAT

“Baby, heed my solution…”

Lauren Hunter
Jun 12, 2025
Ethel Cain - WILLOUGHBY TUCKER, I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU - 2025

Lyrically Speaking: Daydreaming and despair in Ethel Cain’s ‘Nettles’

“This was all for you”.

Lucy Harbron
Jun 12, 2025
Lyrically Speaking- How Haim channelled melancholy bliss in 'I Know Alone'

Lyrically Speaking: How Haim channelled melancholy bliss in ‘I Know Alone’

“I Know alone like no one else does.”

Kelly Murphy
Jun 3, 2025
Lyrically Speaking - Restless loss in The Smiths' tragic 'Back To The Old House'

Lyrically Speaking: Restless loss in The Smiths’ tragic ‘Back To The Old House’

“Are you still there?”

Kelly Murphy
May 27, 2025
Lyrically Speaking- The tragic downfall of substance addiction in Stevie Nicks' prophetic 'Mabel Normand'

Lyrically Speaking: The tragic downfall of substance addiction in Stevie Nicks’ prophetic ‘Mabel Normand’

A fall from grace.

Kelly Murphy
May 17, 2025
Lyrically Speaking- Understanding 'I Love You' by Fontaines DC

Lyrically Speaking: Understanding ‘I Love You’ by Fontaines DC

A tale of conflict.

Callum MacHattie
May 9, 2025
Lyrically Speaking- How Idles frontman Joe Talbot turned the gaze inwards on 'Grace'

Lyrically Speaking: How Idles frontman Joe Talbot turned the gaze inwards on ‘Grace’

A softer side to the frontman.

Callum MacHattie
Mar 27, 2025
Lyrically Speaking- The decline of working-class community in 'Crumbling Empire' by Sam Fender

Lyrically Speaking: The decline of working-class community in ‘Crumbling Empire’ by Sam Fender

“Road like the surface of the moon.”

Kelly Murphy
Mar 6, 2025

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