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Studying lyrics - Freedom of press / Hollywood Love

Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 8:50 am
by magicjuani
Hi everyone,

I'm looking for listening to some famous / hit songs to study / dissect their lyrics dealing with:

- falling in love in Hollywood / when you are famous
- defending the press / freedom of speech

Thanks for your help

Re: Studying lyrics

Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 9:43 am
by funsongs
This might be a bit obscure, but it's the first thing that popped into mind:
Joni Mitchell was among the stellar writers that came out of that SoCal scene of songwriters,
involved in the post-hippy, flower-power, free love & peace... the Hollywood Hills & canyons
of L.A. So, this song might not be a bad place to start: (dated as it is...)
A great songwriter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm39YkGrHp8

hth,
Peter R.

Re: Studying lyrics

Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 7:22 am
by magicjuani
funsongs wrote:This might be a bit obscure, but it's the first thing that popped into mind:
Joni Mitchell was among the stellar writers that came out of that SoCal scene of songwriters,
involved in the post-hippy, flower-power, free love & peace... the Hollywood Hills & canyons
of L.A. So, this song might not be a bad place to start: (dated as it is...)
A great songwriter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lm39YkGrHp8

hth,
Peter R.
Interesting...I'm not familiar with her songs and I can say that her catalogue is huge! I think I have a good list to start with!
Thank you for your help!