The inspiration behind Chlöe sampling Louis Armstrong’s “Chloe (Song of the Swamp)” into “Someone’s Calling” is her grandfather, as he used to sing it to her while she was a little girl. The original...
Figurative language – i.e. the usage of similes, metaphors, allusions, personifications and hyperboles – is arguably the greatest tool at a songwriter’s disposal outside of words themselves. That’s because practically every song you hear, no...
This piece (“Brother Bill”) is obviously comedic in nature, and it harps back to a time before the ubiquity of television whereas story-based songs tended to be a lot more descriptive. And in this case...
On “Hello, Dolly!”, the narrator/singer is actually addressing a fictional character by the full name of Dolly Gallagher Levi. She is the lead in a musical which shares the same name as the song. And...
Anytime we cover these songs from the mid-20th century, the reader should keep in mind that when they were composed right after – or in this case during World War II. That may be why, more...
“The Bare Necessities” is a song being recited primarily by Baloo. Baloo is a fictional character, actually a bear, from the Walt Disney animated universe. And he is addressing one of his counterparts in “The Jungle...
What a Wonderful World is a song performed by American trumpeter and singer Louis Armstrong. The lyrics of the song talk about the beautiful things of the world such as the blue skies, the...
