You can't pick the lyrics out of pop | Stephen Graham

Mocking a song by looking at its lyrics without the music is like judging a painting on a section you've cut outIn a piece published on this website last Friday, Johnny Sharp diagnosed a phenomenon he calls DAMPE, or, the "Deep and Meaningless Pop Epic". To support his theory, Sharp picks out a selection of "vaguely triumphant, vaguely uplifting" lyrics from (some hard targets coming up) bands such as Boyzone, Westlife, Duran Duran and Take That.But Sharp's sights are a little off, and his conce...

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