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In this episode, Seattle’s “The Soft Hills” share the story behind their song, “Molten Change.”
Molten Change consists of two parts: A and B. In part A there are several layers of experience juxtaposed together, happening all in the mind of a man named, Ashely. The story begins with Ashely peering into his psychic landscape of [...]

So the Turkey is eaten, the left-overs are in full swing, and America is shopping until it drops. Did you have a good holiday? Did you give thanks?

While thinking about Thanksgiving and music, the first and most demanding song to make the rounds of being stuck in our heads on a loop was “Thank You” [...]

The story that’s getting the most buzz online today after last night’s American Music Awards is Jennifer Lopez falling while attempting to leap off the back of a dancer during her big comeback performance. According to The Chicago Sun-Times:
During an athletic performance of her new song “Louboutins,” Lopez walked up the backs of five dancers, [...]

Did you hear the one about tween star Justin Bieber’s fans causing a near-riot that shut down a Long Island mall? According to the Associated Press:
Police on Long Island had to shut down a mall appearance by teen pop singer Justin Bieber after thousands of young girls showed up, and got a little too wild.
Girls [...]

American Idol stand-out Adam Lambert is releasing his first studio album, “For Your Entertainment,” on November 23rd, and the reviews are already coming in.

Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune says:
there was hope that “For Your Entertainment” would be the first post-“Idol” debut to break the mold of industry-manicured pap. Instead, it’s a series [...]

Lady GaGa’s Bad Romance is topping the MetroLyrics charts this week, and it got us thinking about famous “bad romances” from real life and the media. Here’s our top five list, and you can tell us where you think we missed one:
5. Bella and Edward, New Moon: If you’ve read the Twilight series you already [...]

There’s a moment in even the best road trip when sitting in a car starts lulling you to sleep. Especially when you’re driving in the winter months and it gets dark between 5 and 6pm. The night sky passing by the windows and the sound of the wheels on the road are so soothing that [...]

Day two of road trip playlist comes to you from Memphis, TN. After the nostalgia of being out on the open road passes, when the excitement of being out in open country grabs a hold of you, you just feel like singing– loud. Here’s what I have on the sing-along playlist:
- Alive by Pearl Jam
- [...]

November is a great time to hit the open road. It’s off-season most places, so the lines are short and the rates are low. The MetroLyrics blog is seeing America this week, and of course we’ve made several playlists to keep the mood up while the wheels are turning.
When you’re driving across America, it’s difficult [...]

Paramore’s song Ignorance is featured on the MetroLyrics home page this week on the Billboard chart, which is topped by Lady GaGa’s Paparazzi. After reading the lyrics to Ignorance, I wondered how difficult it would be to link the two in a lyrical game of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. Here we go:
Degree ONE- From [...]

In the most recent episode (review with spoilers here) of AMC’s hit show Mad Men, they re-created the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and it may be the most chilling and evocative dramatization of the event I’ve ever seen. It was definitely the first time I found myself realizing that for the people who lived [...]

Sometimes while I’m looking around on MetroLyrics.com, I notice a trend. Today I noticed how often the word “baby” appears in song lyrics, and I decided to search for baby and see how often it came up. Pages and pages of baby-themed songs and artists came up, but as I was scrolling through the first [...]

Jay-Z has made the news repeatedly in October, first by making his debut appearance at London’s Alexandra Palace, then feuding with Oasis’ Noel Gallagher, and most recently by moving into Broadway with Will Smith. Since he’s also at the top of our charts (well, he’s in the number 2 spot, but that’s pretty close) with [...]

The celebrities are gearing up for Halloween, and so are we! Nicole Richie has her kids’ costumes planned, and we’re thinking about our own. Zombie bridesmaid? Madonna? Hmm…
While planning Halloween parties, though, the music is a big deal. MetroLyrics has plenty of halloween songs to choose from, so I started scrolling through them, and I [...]

Perhaps you’ve heard of this movie coming out next month called “New Moon”? I think it’s an indie film about a hot, young werewolf who gets pestered by a pale girl and a bunch of emotional vampires. Or something like that… Just kidding!
New Moon, the latest in the Twilight saga, comes out November 20th, and [...]

While checking out the MetroLyrics site today, I cam across something kind of funny: The Carpenters have a new album out.

If you’re not familiar with The Carpenters, they’re a brother/sister soft-rock duo who mellowed our airwaves in the 1970s with hits like Close to You and Rainy Days and Mondays, and Karen Carpenter famously died [...]

The Decemberists are playing at Royce Hall at UCLA tonight, and they’re a great band for singing along. Some of my favorite songs by them are “Angel, Won’t You Call Me,” and “Here I Dreamt I Was An Architect.” To prepare for the concert tonight, I’m spending a little time with MetroLyrics to brush up [...]

So, you’re a huuuuuge music fan, and you love to know when to look for some good red carpet footage and live performances with your favorite bands. But there are so many awards shows! Where can you look for a comprehensive list of awards shows and major events? Who has the resource you need to [...]

If you look at the MetroLyrics home page today, you might notice Barry Manilow’s new Christmas Album listed in the upcoming albums on the right-hand side of the screen. Is it already that time of year? With Halloween decorations everywhere, and the temperature dropping, it’s definitely getting to be the holiday season, so we thought [...]

Reuters reported yesterday that Michael Jackson’s posthumously released single, This Is It, sounds an awful lot like an 18-year-old song. The song, called “A Gift” by many, may actually be a rip-off of an old Paul Anka song.

Lyrics | Michael Jackson Lyrics | This Is It Lyrics
The Michael Jackson concert film, also called This Is [...]