“Take Me Home, Country Roads”, most simply interpreted, serves as an ode to West Virginia, a somewhat ubiquitous, landlocked state found near the US eastern seaboard. But to note, none of the writers of this...
Sia’s “Unstoppable” has been defined by some as a female-empowerment song, even though the lyrics aren’t gender specific, though they can be easily interpreted as such. In any event, what makes “Unstoppable” different from...
A good portion of “My Will Be Done” is rendered in Latin, which is basically a dead language as far as modern usage is concerned. Or more specifically, when it is utilized it is often...
Ice Spice’s “Munch (Feelin’ U)” is the type of outing we’ve come to expect from most popular female rappers of late, one in which the vocalist uses the opportunity to boast her superiority over...
It would appear, based on her explanations of “Grapefruit”, that being obsessed with personal body weight is an issue that is more or less part of Tove Lo’s past. But when the resultant eating disorder was in...
Maybe one of the reasons why Queen’s “Face It Alone” didn’t see the light of day at the time it was originally conceived was because the message contained therein, perhaps we can say in...
The easiest way to describe “Wishful Drinking”, at least initially, is as being something along the lines of one of those songs in which the vocalist has decided to mitigate a broken heart via...
Robbie Williams’ “Strong” has an interesting backstory in that it seems most pop singers are cool with having fans being obsessed with them. But when Robbie encountered such individuals firsthand, it rather raised an alarm...
It has been put forth that “Make It With You” is actually akin to an overt sex song. Indeed it is said to be one of the first to be accepted by the music industry proper,...
The term “going off the deep end”, within the context of this song, points to the vocalist resolving herself to go “batsh*t crazy”, as in engage in a very wild night(s) out on the...