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9 Sep 2020
"Avant Gardener was released in the Year 7 BC (Before COVID) but it plays like a ballad of pandemic distortion." @courtneymelba medium.com/a-longing-look/im…
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5 Jan 2025
A love letter to the lyrics of Travelling Not Running by @liveid6 and @EMFTheBand.
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10 Jan 2023
Only just noticed the words on the drum in @SELFESTEEM___'s video for I Do This All The Time. She is someone who sticks resolutely to a manifesto pledge.
ALT Photograph of a drum with the words, "Keep lyrics uncomfortable" written on the skin.
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A Longing Look retweeted
20 Dec 2022
This is a cracking read. Although Terry Hall isn’t mentioned, it’s still a great articulation of why he mattered to kids then as they became politically aware, and why he stayed important as everyone grew up.
20 Dec 2022
RIP Terry Hall. In 2020 I wrote this for @alonginglook, about the lyrics of You're Wondering Now, covered by The Specials.
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A Longing Look retweeted
20 Dec 2022
RIP Terry Hall. In 2020 I wrote this for @alonginglook, about the lyrics of You're Wondering Now, covered by The Specials.
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26 Aug 2022
25 Aug 2022
Happy 19th b’day, “Hey Ya!” — released today in 2003 and the first song in history to rack up one million downloads.
Andre 3000 was once asked where he got the line “Shake it like a Polaroid picture.” He said, “I have no idea.”
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A Longing Look retweeted
9 Mar 2022
Been too long. @Phil_Adams is devastating and uplifting here. The power of five words to soak up meaning and grief like a sponge. To stand for loyalty and love. Life. Accordingly, not a word is wasted. Every line is what it needs to be. Please do read. medium.com/a-longing-look/a-…
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A Longing Look retweeted
7 Mar 2022
A love letter to a particular lyric from All I Want Is You by @U2. @u2songs #U2
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A Longing Look retweeted
11 Jan 2022
I like lyrics. Here are some lyrics I like.
10 Jan 2022
.@LukeSitalSingh has always been a lyrics guy at heart, and with today’s playlist driven world where background music is king, Luke put together a collection of songs with sublime lyrics that tell amazing stories. #MixtapeMonday
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A Longing Look retweeted
10 Sep 2021
Still stunning. Not least for the emotional undertow, which is sad and fearful. Became so fascinated by that (and how little it’s noticed) that it led to the first fictional @alonginglook, a little short story I’m still quite proud of. medium.com/a-longing-look/ya…
18 years ago today we dropped your mama's, mamas', baby mamas', mama's favorite track Hey Ya. 🎙
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A Longing Look retweeted
4 Aug 2021
A new love letter up on @alonginglook. This one’s by @Phil_Adams and it’s about prejudice and humanity and how stories last longer when they leave a bit of room. Phil’s still pondering Mr Wendal, 30 years on.
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A Longing Look retweeted
3 Aug 2021
"Homelessness strips you of story. Without story you are deflated and two dimensional, visible but unseen."
New @alonginglook. The lyrics of Mr. Wendal by Arrested Development (@ADtheBand & @Speech__). With an unknowing assist from @JamieKelseyFry.
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3 Aug 2021
"He is worthy of our time, but would we be worthy of his?"
A love letter to the lyrics of Mr. Wendal by @ADtheBand/@Speech__ . #lyrics #HipHop
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5 Jul 2021
Dragon Warriors ride again, Ever Rest in the wilds, A Longing Look, A little horse - mailchi.mp/2c7b1c069e5e/drag… #DragonWarriors #rpg #lovereading #music @ALongingLook
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23 Jun 2021
"I am very happy with this opening line. I think it is the best I have written for some time. It lands us squarely in the centre of the song, emotionally, physically and poetically."
Nick cave writes a love letter to his own lyrics.
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A Longing Look retweeted
24 May 2021
Dylan was an early subject for @alonginglook, of course. Me five years ago on the weird, loose-brained fun of Tombstone Blues. medium.com/a-longing-look/yo…
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21 May 2021
"This limbo, this dream, is full of regret, fear, pain. We all carry these things, but mostly when our arms are empty of what we’d rather hold. It’s the weight of what’s absent." A love letter from @jamescaig to lyrics from 1968 whose time has come again.
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