[Stoat]

My apologies for the heavy, forced editing of the article.  Please click on the link to read the full text.

In addition to inaccuracies, I've noticed that some current lyric sites are overly intrusive, activating my firewall with various alerts. It will be great if this will in fact be an honest and "clean" site...let's hope that it will actually be all that it is purported to be.

[Stoat]

FR Rock and Roll Ping :-)

[Stoat]

Bob Dylan Ping :-)

[Stoat]

Rockin’ 80’s Ping :-)

[jdm]

Here's one for you:

da-da-da-da-da-da
hey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
da-da-da-da-da-da
hey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Any guesses?




























Yep, Gary Glitter!

[Stoat]

Classical Music Ping :-)

(It remains to be seen how much in the way of classical music lyrics will be included, but it will be something worth watching for all music lovers)

[Stoat]

Gen-X ping :-)

[Stoat]

General Interest Ping :-)

[Stoat]

Yahoo Lyrics site:

Yahoo! Music - Lyrics

[Tainan]

“Louie, Louie”...?

[Artemis Webb]

“It will be great if this will in fact be an honest and “clean” site...let’s hope that it will actually be all that it is purported to be.”

As much as I hate Yahoo’s political bent they are usually pretty honest and responsible as far as privacy/security issues go.

I’m glad they are doing this frankly. I’ve done a 180 in recent years on the issue of creative and intellectual property so I’m happy to see them taking a more legal route.

[ZGuy]

I would just like to see a site where they have quality-control and the lyrics are accurate. For probably 30% or so of the songs I’ve needed lyrics to, I’ve found errors.

[supercat]

I wonder if the site will offer any translations for lyrics in languages other than English? Even when a song is available in multiple languages, the different versions are often substantially rewritten and can be missing much of the original meaning. For example, from Les Miserables, the Original French Concept Album has:

I had dreamed of another life,
but life has shot down my dreams,
as one stifles the last cries
of an animal that one slaughters.

I had dreamed of a heart so big
that mine could within it find a place
but my first "Prince Charming"
was the assassin of my childhood.

The English version has:

I dreamed a dream in time gone by,
when hope was high and life worth living.
I dreamed that love would never die;
I dreamed that God would be forgiving.

Then I was young and unafraid,
and dreams were made and used and wasted.
There was no ransom to be paid;
no song unsung, no wine untasted.

Nothing particularly wrong with the English text, but it's interesting to see the original which is quite different.

[stainlessbanner]

But does it include doug’s lyrics?