Tag: pop

Ode To Anna Marie Tendler: ‘A Constant Companion’ — #Lyrics To A Breakup Song

I know absolutely nothing about music, but I can write. Or, at least, I like to think I can. So, I saw this picture of Anna Marie Tendler and was inspired to write lyrics from it. Or, at least, a poem that’s meant to be sung to music. But I only wrote this in about five minutes, so someone who actually knows what they’re doing would have to do something with it. But it’s inspired by Damien Rice’s The Blower’s Daughter. That’s the vibe I’m looking for with it.

A Constant Companion
lyrics by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
Please give credit if you produce or perform

it was all an act
and that’s a fact
our love is gone
and will never come back
but for a while you were a
constant companion
constant companion
constant companion
constant companion
constant companion
constant companion

I used to adore you
now you’re gone with a roar
never to return as it is foretold
but what can I say that hasn’t been said
a thousand times in my head
you were

a constant companion
by my side
by my side
now the darkness has taken your place
I live in disgrace
with another
constant companion
constant companion
constant companion
constant companion
constant companion
constant companion

(bridge)
I’m alone with my fears
alone with my nightmares
I hold my hands late at night
thinking it’s you by my side
but my fingers I feel are my own

I can’t forget that you once were my
constant companion
constant companion
constant companion
constant companion
constant
companion
constant
companion

We Stan A Queen — We Have Got To Talk About Halsey’s Very Exposed, Very Dark Areola On The Cover Of Her New Album


by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

By Apple Music, Fair use.


I find myself becoming a Halsey fan because of what I’m hearing on her latest album. It’s not perfect — it seems all over the place thematically with the only the holding it together is Trent Reznor wants to remind us that he was in NIN. Ok, we get it Trent.

The first time I saw the album’s cover on Spotify, I did a double take — was it possible I was seeing what I was seeing? A reproduction of a very famous piece of art that involves a baby and a very exposed, very dark areola? I’m very pleased with this image because it’s interesting and it doesn’t treat us like children.

If nothing else, it will get her stans to look into some art history to find out why they’re seeing something so mildly provocative. Motherhood has only made Halsey more attractive. She’s a real babe in her more buxomly itineration.

But the album itself is really, really good. I just wish Reznor was a bit more adept in its production. The whole thing is a mess. It derivative production on individual songs occasionally takes away from how great the album is as a whole. A few of the songs are real bangers (bops?). Being new to Halsey the singer as opposed to a celebrity I barely know anything about, I continue to be taken aback by how beautiful and unique her singing voice is.

Not to sound TOO much like a dirty old man, but I continue to struggle with why someone like Dua Lipa has not “accidently on purpose” given us some T&A. She’s a real stunner and it’s weird that 30 years after Madonna ran around naked we’ve grown more puritanical. Maybe she’ll do it in the Hollywood movie she’s set to star in soon.

Trent Reznor, You Are So Derivative — Why Did You Have To Rip Off Tori Amos On Halsey’s New Album?


by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

In this instance, I don’t really anything untoward happened, but Trent Reznor was definitely thinking of straining a Tori Amos song through his NIN sensibilities.

Listen to this song by Halsey:

Then listen to this Tori Amos classic:

The only reason why this is even an issue for me for is when I hear the Halsey song, my mind finishes the song with the lyrics from Cornflake Girl and it causes some cognative dissidence.

Otherwise, lulz. I think it’s just a wink and a nod to Amos’ brillance.

But you would think that Reznor — who is no slouch himself — could be a little bit more creative.

‘Gawker’ — #Lyrics To A #Pop #Rock #Song

Just screwing around. This is meant to be the same vibe as Phoebe Bridgers.

Gawker
lyrics by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
Please give credit if you produce or perform

I’m just a gawker
that’s right don’t do much
in my own right
but sit back and gawk
as time walks on by
don’t do much but gawk

I’m just a gawker
I’m just a gawker
I’m just a gawker

when you’re a gawker like me
people don’t just stare they flee
don’t know what to do or say
with someone who stands and mopes
at the fate that life has wrote

I’m just a gawker
I’m just a gawker
I’m just a gawker

(bridge)
I wish action was my name
wish I was involved in the world
and yet that would be too much
for my poor old heart to take
so I just gawk

I’m just a gawker
I’m just a gawker
I’m just a gawker

‘Sucker’ — #lyrics To A #Pop #Rock #Song


I’m just screwing around with telling stories in the form of lyrics because I’m drunk enough not to care that these words will never, ever become a song anyone sings. I just need to vent. Enjoy.
Sucker
Lyrics by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
please give credit if you produce or perform

I’m so drunk
that I need another look
maybe I’m a sucker
but I know you’re a looker
you fill my sight
with dreams of delight.
you can just call me a sucker
sucker
sucker
sucker

I try to tell you I love you
but you won’t even hold me
I look around with despair
wondering if you’ll ever be near
but I’m just a sucker
the type that you think is a fool
but we all know I rule
I may be drunk
but I’m no
sucker
sucker
sucker
sucker

(bridge)
swallow what you can
cause you know I’m your man
just give me a op-or-tun-ity
to show you my style
it will drive you wild
just don’t call me a

sucker
sucker
sucker
sucker
sucker

The Vision Thing For ‘The Pretty Reckless’


by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner

The Pretty Reckless is one producer and one culture inflection point away from huge success. In fact, I would even go so far as to say if rock ever comes back in a sudden, big way that The Pretty Reckless are prime candidates to have an unexpected breakout hit.

The Pretty Reckless — Potential Rock ‘n Roll Saviors

The only reason why I even suggest this is possible is as of the moment, there is something of a musical genre vacuum going on. Since about 2012 we’ve been living under the hegemony of adult contemporary. It makes sense that at some point, eventually, people are going to grow tired of this dreck and look for something different — possibly old fashion rock and roll, which is what The Pretty Reckless is.

Now, some context.

The thing about this band is they’re something of a diamond in the rough. I really like them — a lot — but they’re produced in a somewhat generic manner. They’re just a rock group. To take things to the next level, they need a producer with a definite vision — my go-to rock producer for such things is Butch Vig. He did Nirvana’s “In Utero” and is the brains behind one of my favorite groups — also female vocalist led — Garbage.

It’s easy to imagine a situation where out of the blue The Pretty Reckless have a huge hit, they get a new producer and ta-da, rock is back. Of course, some of this is just me daydreaming about good music coming back, but lulz.

As a side note, I would suggest The Pretty Reckless pander to rock fans and do a cover of an unexpected Beatles song. If they came out with a rocking version of The Beatles odd-ball song “You Know My Name (Look Up The Number)” I think a lot of rock fans would eat it up.

Anyway, like I said, I think we may be doomed to living in adult contemporary hell for the rest of my life. If not even a pandemic can shake up our culture expectations, then I don’t know what can.

‘Read Your Mind’ — Lyrics To A Pop Song


The idea of me successfully writing lyrics to a pop song is totally absurd at the moment– to do it right would require me learning how to play (at least) guitar and also a lot of hard work studying the marketplace and how to set words to music. But, lulz, I just want to vent some creative energy writing lyrics that will never, ever be turned into a song.
Read Your Mind
lyrics by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
Please give credit if you produce or perform

don’t know if you’ll hear
but here I am about to cry
waiting for your sigh from afar
I always used to say
I could read your mind

maybe you can read mind
maybe you can read mind
maybe you can read mind

you came and went like a ship
we crashed into each other
and that was it
that was it
now I’m alone like before
wish you could hear me roar

maybe you can read my mind
maybe you can read my mind
maybe you can read my mind

(bridge)
if you were talking still
you could lay your head
on my chest
we could talk about anything
I guess

Or maybe you could read my mind
maybe you could read my mind
maybe you could read my mind

‘Shadow Banned’ — #Lyrics To A Pop-Rock Song


Phoebe Bridgers in “Kyoto” is sooooo close to what I think of as “Rona Rock.” In fact, all that would need to happen is Miley Cyrus and Phoebe Bridgers mix and match whatever it is they’re doing right now and you would have “Rona Rock.” You would have pop rock. You would have music with a beat that you can dance to. Sadly, this will never happen. Fuck. But, anyway, here’s a quick big of doggerel from me.

by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
Please give credit if you produce or perform

no one wants to read my shit anyway
but here I am cooling my heels
seeking cheap thrills
waning days are afoot
for my relvanance
’cause I’ve been

shadow banned
shadow banned
shadow banned

if you’re not careful
you’ll be taken off the platform
with no where to squeal
people don’t believe it’s true
but it is
one day they’ll see
when they’re

shadow banned
shadow banned
shadow banned

bridge
let the sun in
make things bright
we’ll scale the hights
to something out of sight
we’re done in
’cause of our sin

shadow banned
shadow banned
shadow banned


Lyrics To ‘Arni’s Resistance:’ ‘Nothing Is Real’


I have no idea what I’m doing. But it’s a challenge to at least try to fit lyrics to music. Techno is good it’s easier to find instrumentals of it on Soundcloud.

Nothing Is Real (But The Way You Make Me Feel)
Music from Arni
lyrics by Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
please give credit if you produce or perform

nothing is real
nothing is real
nothing is real
nothing is real

but the way you make me feel
but the way you make me feel
but the way you make me feel

Bridge
your look is hard as ice
making me strive more
to warm you in the night
to end this blight of hate
because nothing is real

but the way you make me feel
but the way you make me feel
but the way you make me feel

Toplining Lyrics To Destructo’s ‘Techno:’ ‘Listening To Me’


Apparently, a lot of songs are actually “toplined,” which is when a lyricist is given music then told to write lyrics to it. I don’t know anything about music, but I can write and like to tell stories via music. So, I’m going to experiment with “toplining” a little bit.

Listen To Me
using the music from Destructo
Lyrics By Shelt Garner
@sheltgarner
Please give credit if you produce or perform

I can hear your voice in my head
wanting to get me into bed
your body languge has been read
nobody listens to techno
but you’re listening to me

listening to me
listening to me
listenting to me

perfect in your glow
nobody but me can hear you now
we’re as close as can be
soon we’ll be inside

listening to me
listening to me
listenting to me

bridge
sounds come and go
just like a bump of blow
I can hear you in my skin
that’s when we begin again
with the two of us in sin