Tuesday, January 13, 2004
I was on the ride home when I heard a techno remix of that song "Abracadabra"... man I loved that song when it first came out. The thing that struck me about the lyrics were the following:
Though this is pretty cheesy, I have to say they actually flowed rather well together. But even more so, while I was listening to it, my mind was doing what I always do subconsciously, searching for the next rhyme in the lyric. What was surprising to me was that I seemed to be trained into reading into lyrics with very blunt rhymes. When I heard "eyes", I immediately thought that "thighs". When I heard the actual lyric, it was fairly refreshing. I was surprised how rare I felt like this type of lyric was, and how I felt like this kind of subtlety is just not used enough in the pop culture of today... though many would probably say it was never that popular.
I feel the magic in your caress
I feel magic when I touch your dress
Silk and satin, leather and lace
Black panties with an angel's face
I see magic in your eyes
I hear the magic in your sighs
Though this is pretty cheesy, I have to say they actually flowed rather well together. But even more so, while I was listening to it, my mind was doing what I always do subconsciously, searching for the next rhyme in the lyric. What was surprising to me was that I seemed to be trained into reading into lyrics with very blunt rhymes. When I heard "eyes", I immediately thought that "thighs". When I heard the actual lyric, it was fairly refreshing. I was surprised how rare I felt like this type of lyric was, and how I felt like this kind of subtlety is just not used enough in the pop culture of today... though many would probably say it was never that popular.
posted by Iron Yuppie
1/13/2004 11:09:00 PM
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