Sing it Loud, Wear it Proud
Sing it loud, wear it proud.
I think the main reason I believe Bob Dylan to be the most over-rated artiste on the planet (please don't hate me, by the way) is because I'm not much of a lyrics man. I do appreciate a good line in a song (mostly in hip hop, mind), don't get me wrong - but my priority always seems to be tune and melody.
With this in mind, probably fair to say that I'm not the best person to be selecting a few choice lines from great Northern Irish tunes. Which is exactly what I've been asked to do.
Paul's had an idea for a new ATL T-shirt design. Four or five short lyrics from great Northern Irish bands. A couple of instantly recognizable gems, a couple from the newbies.
'Teenage Dreams so Hard to Beat...' is the most obvious one, I guess, but the Divine Comedy and Ash have a few sweet lyrics that might look well across your chest. Similarly, The Panama Kings also seem well capable of reeling out a potential slogan.
So...if you've any ideas, please let me know, either here or at atl@bbc.co.uk
If we use your lyric on the new tee, you get unlimited kudos and the unerring respect of the whole ATL team. Priceless!
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At 14:26 30th Apr 2009, thesesecretfireworks wrote:I hope we'll be able to buy said ATL tees! In terms of lyrics, that's a toughie. Pocket Billiards can once in a while come up with a lyrical gem or two (case in point "you're only thirteen, but you're already a da" in a song dedicated to spides) and the Lowly Knights are equally talented in that respect (especially You Can Tell A Man..).
If I had my way, I think the entire tee would be covered in Divine Comedy/Duke Special/Kowalski lyrics.
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At 22:51 30th Apr 2009, landertime wrote:in the end there will be nothing like it was in the beginning, looks like we're the middle men - lafaro
give me back my shirt, all of my cd's, i'll see you in hell - panda kopanda
i'm such a fool, i must agree - duke special
that was the last day of june, this is the first of july - foy vance
i'll think of more tommorow.
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At 18:57 1st May 2009, landertime wrote:is a little bit of clarity too much to be asking for? - panama kings
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At 15:51 5th May 2009, PabloATL wrote:all good folks, keep em coming
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At 15:27 28th May 2009, belacquashuah wrote:'I should listen to the broadcast' - Oppenheimer, what do you do if you see a space man?
'North stars met on the apogee' - The Frigates, keeping it local and universal.
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