Headteacher praises Taylor Swift as a great philosopher and quotes her lyrics in school assemblies

Leading headteacher praises Taylor Swift as a great philosopher and regularly uses her lyrics in school assemblies The headteacher of Harris Westminster has praised Taylor Swift as a philosopher James Handscombe, 46, revealed he uses her pop songs as source of inspiration He often quotes her alongside Shakespeare, Yeats, Donne and Samuel Beckett By Clare Mccarthy For … Read more

Woody Allen claims song lyrics prove his innocence

Woody Allen has long-denied molesting his adopted daughter Dylan Farrow when she was a child and he believes the idea to frame him came from the lyrics to a song titled ‘With my daddy in the attic’.  The accusations against the Oscar-winning filmmaker have come to light again following the release of a HBO documentary this … Read more

David Gray album review: The lyrics are thoughtful, the melodies soulful

The lyrics are thoughtful, the melodies soulful: Unlike most of today’s singers, David Gray writes alone, and he has made a singular album By Tim De Lisle for Event Magazine Published: 22:01 GMT, 20 February 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 20 February 2021 David Gray                Skellig        … Read more

Contestant on Radio 2’s PopMaster quiz proposes live on air after being inspired song’s lyrics

Contestant on Radio 2’s PopMaster quiz proposes live on air after being inspired by the lyrics of Get Me To The Church On Time by Stanley Holloway Shar Doherty, 38, popped question live on air to partner Matthew Geddes, 35  She was inspired by the lyrics from 1956 song Get Me To The Church On Time … Read more

Why Australian rapper Illy purposely steers clear of writing about exes in lyrics

Australian rapper Illy reveals why he would never memoralise a break-up by blasting exes in his song lyrics By Louise Starkey For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:48 GMT, 17 January 2021 | Updated: 04:48 GMT, 17 January 2021 Musicians often used their pasts as material for their lyrics. But Australian rapper Illy – real name Alasdair Murray- … Read more

Justin Bieber fumbles as he forgets the lyrics to Sorry during New Year’s Eve performance

Sorry! Justin Bieber fumbles during New Year’s Eve performance as her forgets the lyrics to his hit song By Sarah Abraham For Dailymail.com Published: 20:59 GMT, 1 January 2021 | Updated: 20:59 GMT, 1 January 2021 Justin Bieber is saying ‘sorry’ after he suffered a bit of a flop during his New Year’s Eve performance.  … Read more

Mariah Carey forgets Auld Lang Syne’s lyrics while tunefully ringing in 2021

While All I Want For Christmas Is You has stood the test of time as her most enduring festive hit, she also enjoyed success with her 2010 rendition of Auld Lang Syne. Yet Mariah Carey struggled to recall the lyrics of the rousing traditional track when she opted to wish her Instagram and Twitter followers … Read more

AI writes a new song for Hamilton with bizarre lyrics saying Eliza gave him syphilis

A new song from the hit Broadway show Hamilton has been released, but this ditty was not written Lin-Manuel Miranda – it was create by artificial intelligence. A film production student at California’s Chapman University used an machine learning model capable of producing written content from simple commands. The system, named Calamity A.I, was fed … Read more

Amazon Alexa refuses to play Pogues’ Fairytale of New York because of its ‘offensive’ lyrics 

Alexa, don’t you know a Christmas classic when you hear one? Amazon device refuses to play Pogues’ Fairytale of New York because of its ‘offensive’ lyrics Owners must turn off the ‘profanity filter’ for Fairytale Of New York to be played   Comes after song was embroiled in censorship row over words ‘f****t’ and ‘sl*t’ Radio 1 … Read more