Song lyrics have become angrier over the past four decades, a study suggests. The words in rap, country, pop, R&B, and rock songs have also become simpler and more repetitive, according to research published in the journal Scientific Reports. Rap songs showed the most profound increase in anger and negative emotions while country songs had […]
Israel has unveiled their new entry for the Eurovision Song Contest after the country faced push back to the lyrics of their previous song. The new song, titled Hurricane, will be performed by singer Eden Golan during the international song competition in Malmo, Sweden in May. Her original track, October Rain, caused controversy as the […]
New York prosecutors have dropped a criminal case against three men who were on trial accused of conspiring to possess hand-written lyrics to Hotel California and other Eagles hits. Assistant Manhattan District Attorney Aaron Ginandes informed the judge on Wednesday that prosecutors would no longer proceed with the case, citing newly available emails that defence […]
NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors abruptly dropped their criminal case midtrial Wednesday against three men who had been accused of conspiring to possess a cache of hand-drafted lyrics to “Hotel California” and other Eagles hits. Assistant Manhattan District Attorney Aaron Ginandes informed the judge at 10 a.m. that prosecutors would no longer proceed […]
Israel’s public broadcaster has requested changes to the lyrics of a song submitted for this year’s Eurovision contest. Organisers barred it last week for breaking rules on political neutrality. Israeli broadcaster Kan had pledged not to alter the lyrics of October Rain – an apparent reference to the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October. […]
Israel has agreed to revise the lyrics of its potential submission to the Eurovision Song Contest after organisers took issue with verses that appeared to reference Hamas’ October 7th attack, Israel’s national broadcaster Kan said on Sunday. Eurovision, which this year will take place on May 7th-11th in the Swedish city of Malmo, bills itself […]
NEW YORK (AP) — The lyrics to “Hotel California” and other classic Eagles songs should never have ended up at auction, Don Henley told a court Wednesday. “I always knew those lyrics were my property. I never gifted them or gave them to anybody to keep or sell,” the Eagles co-founder said on the last […]
Don Henley said on Monday that he never gave away handwritten pages of draft lyrics to Hotel California and other Eagles hits. He called them “very personal” in testimony that also delved into an ugly but unrelated episode: his 1980 arrest. Henley, the Grammy-winning co-founder of one of the most successful bands in rock history, […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Don Henley took the stand Monday at the criminal trial surrounding what he says were stolen, handwritten draft lyrics to “Hotel California” and other Eagles hits. The Eagles co-founder was expected to tell his version of how handwritten pages from the development of the band’s blockbuster 1976 album made their way […]
A criminal case involving handwritten lyrics to the classic rock song Hotel California and other Eagles favourites has gone to trial in New York. Three men are accused of scheming to thwart band co-founder Don Henley’s efforts to reclaim the allegedly ill-gotten documents. The trial concerns about 100 pages of drafts of the words to […]
NEW YORK (AP) — In the mid-1970s, the Eagles were working on a spooky, cryptic new song. On a lined yellow pad, Don Henley, with input from band co-founder Glenn Frey, jotted thoughts about “a dark desert highway” and “a lovely place” with a luxurious surface and ominous undertones. And something on ice, perhaps caviar […]
Late in January, Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan went online to post a death wish aimed at San Francisco politicians. “F— Chan Peskin Preston Walton Melgar Ronen Safai Chan as a label and motherf—ing crew,” Tan tweeted in the early-morning hours of Jan. 27, naming members of the city’s Board of Supervisors. “And if you […]