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The Stories Behind The Songs |
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| Location: | UNIONVILLE, Connecticut |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jun 23, 2008 (110 days back) |
About Me |
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| There 's a story behind every song. Did you know that Sweet Home Alabama was the first Lynyrd Skynyrd song to use female backup singers? Perhaps you did. But did you know the band members never even met these women? Their parts were recorded separately. This is just one of many, many facts for one of many, many songs on the Songfacts database. Carl 'founder' Wiser was working for a Rock station in Hartford, Connecticut and did a show called "Breakfast with the Beatles." He looked up books, magazine articles and press releases to gather some information about the songs and this information was stored on a computer. Over time more and more songs were added . This was also about the time the Internet was making its presence felt. Some HTML lessons later, a "web site" was established for the radio station... a website that went online in 1999 under the name of Songfacts . It started off as just an elite little site visited mostly by DJs and anyone who happened to stumble upon it. In 2002 Songfacts was featured as a Yahoo Pick! and that was enough to crash the server. Over one weekend the number of registered users nearly doubled from 800 to 1400. What followed were writeups in several newspapers, magazines and the buzz over the internet. Songfacts' claim to fame is the fact that anyone is allowed to contribute to its fact database. What's more, these facts are then cross checked by a panel of experts and researchers before they are put up on the site. The Songfacts Forum is buzzing with music enthusiasts with the incredible ability to identify and provide information about songs given minimal detail. A monthly newsletter chronicles the ever expanding list of new songs added. Apart from facts about songs, a subsidiary of the site is Artistfacts which helps people learn about and contribute information for their favourite bands and artists. The staff at Songfacts has also interviewed a number of songwriters who shared the stories behind their songs. These interviews are up on the site as well. SF also features two great games - Song Fallacies and Lyrical Pursuit |
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Music:Member Since: 11/4/2006Band Website: songfacts.com Band Members:A bowl full of very unique fish! Each one with their own special qualities. So dip your toes in... The water's nice and warm. Join our last.fm group - journal updates, playlists and more! Influences: "Hazard" - Richard Marx This song is set in the small town of Hazard, Nebraska. It tells the story of a man who grows up there and is accused of murder when his girlfriend is found dead by the river. For more fun trivia about this song, click HERE Dave Wakeling (The English Beat) Dave Wakeling is a founding member of The English Beat, known outside of America as The Beat. Any legit Ska playlist will include their songs: "Mirror In The Bathroom" and "I Confess. You will never listen to "Save It For Later" the same way after reading this in the official Songfacts interview with Dave Wakeling "Save It For Later" is funny, because it's not really about anything - I wrote it when I was a teenager. I wrote it before The Beat started. And it was about turning from a teenager to someone in their 20s, and realizing that the effortless promise for your teenage years was not necessarily going to show that life was so simple as you started to grow up. So it was about being lost, about not really knowing your role in the world, trying to find your place in the world. The actual hook line itself was just a dirty joke, I just thought it was hilarious that you could get in a song: "save it – comma – for later – F-E-double L-A-T-O-R."... read the rest and much more in the official Songfacts interview with Dave Wakeling Sounds Like: Spread the word about your favourite fish, and post a banner on your own site! Let us know about it and the Songfish will send you a special thank you on your page! Just copy all the text in the box below, paste on your page and *voila!* you're swimming with the fishies! Record Label: unsigned Type of Label: None |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Funk) |
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American Idol - what should they sing? |
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| What songs should the contestants on American Idol be singing? Songwriters and karaoke experts help pick the tunes that will make you the next winner. From avoiding to overdone to avoiding Whitne... Posted by Songfacts on Thu, 01 May 2008 05:11:00 PST |
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Music of Choice - List 41 |
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| The lucky winners for this month's MoC are: Let It Bleed ~ The Rollng Stones Are You Ready For The Big Show? ~ Radney Foster Transformer ~ Lou Reed American Beauty ~ The Grateful Dead Weezer (The Blu... Posted by Songfacts on Sat, 13 Oct 2007 06:04:00 PST |
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Music of Choice - List 40 |
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| List 40 is now waiting for your nominations!
This month we've got a special challenge for you: Only artists whose albums have never made the list before can be nominated! Click here for a compl... Posted by Songfacts on Wed, 25 Jul 2007 07:42:00 PST |
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Music of (your) Choice |
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| If there is an album you love, or a band/artist that you feel deserves attention, head over to Songfacts! The Music of Choice list on the front page is updated every few weeks and YOU have the opportu... Posted by Songfacts on Thu, 03 May 2007 09:39:00 PST |
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