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Was it you, KTDids, who included Get Over It, or another student? That's so cool
In my high school sophomore English class, the teacher taught us Don McLean's American Pie as a poem.
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/donmc...ericanpie.html
Maybe I'm just an old fogey, but I don't see poetry like this in any of today's popular songs.
I respect Taylor Swift for writing her own songs, I believe sometimes without a committee helping her, playing her instruments, and being willing to sing live even though she knows she doesn't have a very good voice. She seems to put in the work, so I give her that. The strange thing is that so many of the today's most successful pop songs are geared toward 8 year old girls, it's like nobody is writing for adults. I do like Bruno Mars' voice and his style of music. I also like Lorde's "Royals" as much as the next person, and I think it is because of its unique minimalist style - like ICTYW, "there's a lot of air in it" to quote TBS from HOTE.