The Literalism Humour

The final of the four humours of music. The literalism humour like, the impressionism humour, defines what a piece of music says and how it says it. Unlike the impressionism humour, the meaning of music with a high level of the literalism humour comes directly from the creator rather than the listener. The most obvious [...]

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The Neurophysiology Humour

The aspect of music that affects the subconscious. The aspect of music that makes you tap you feet despite your best efforts not to, makes you want to dance, makes you want to fuck, makes you play air guitar although you really, really know you shouldn’t, makes you smile, makes you cry without being able [...]

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The Mathematics Humour

The aspect of music you appreciate consciously, that you have to think about and analyse to admire. Music with a high concentration of the mathematics humour is music for the sake of music itself. Examples would be classical studies or “variations on a theme of …” type pieces. Not music that’s trying to tell a [...]

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The Leader For Tomorrow Is Your’s Today

The Leader For Tomorrow Is Your’s Today Finally Gotcha Psyched for a police state – Full Metal Jackoff by Jello Biafra with D.O.A. Jello Biafra is another who has written many unbelievably good lyrics through the years, although again most would require more than two lines to demonstrate (and there was a max two lines [...]

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Our progeny will raise a can

Our progeny will raise a can, Here’s to where it all began – There Is No Ending by Arab Strap Arab Strap wrote a lot of great lyrics, most require more than two lines to capture though … and the two lines max constraint was important to the ten favourite lyrics challenge all those many [...]

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Eat a cow, eat a cow, cos it’s good for you

Eat a cow, eat a cow, cos it’s good for you Eat a cow, eat a cow, it’s a thing that goes moo – Eat Steak by The Reverand Horton Heat Again. as I’ve said many times before, I’m easily amused. Bad jokes, puns and noveltyish records will always win a place in my heart. [...]

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Start your own revolution and cut out the middleman

If noone out there understands Start your own revolution and cut out the middleman – The Great Leap Forward by Billy Bragg I like Billy Bragg. It did take a while to get past the accent which lets face it is, unlike many other regional accents, not exactly tuneful … it does however fit the [...]

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Cos I’d rather have you than sing these shit songs

Cos I’d rather have you than sing these shit songs – Break My Heart by Malcolm Middleton Of all the music I’ve heard in my life so far Malcolm Middleton comes closest to writing the songs I’ve tried and failed to write. Self-deprecating, romantic, human, somehow managing to be down and upbeat simultaneously … above [...]

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I left my home and the Northern winter cold

I left my home and the Northern winter cold Headed For the big city, Stockholm – What I Came Here For by Kristopher Åström and Hidden Truck A personal one this. This song captures, almost exactly, how I felt (and still occasionally feel) about relocating ten years ago to the other end of the country, [...]

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The moonshiner’s daughter puts the corn in the water

The moonshiner’s daughter puts the corn in the water And makes me liquor all night long – Moonshiner’s Daughter by Hayseed Dixie Makes me laugh. I may be easily amused (in fact I know I am) but puns, double entendres and slightly naughty jokes will always work for me. A line like this is guaranteed [...]

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