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- From: dhalgren@netcom.com (David Filippi)
- Subject: alt.music.lyrics Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
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- Archive-Name: music/lyrics-faq
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- Last-modified: Sat Apr 6 14:00:00 PST 1995
-
- Frequently Asked Questions for alt.music.lyrics
- by
- David Filippi <dhalgren@netcom.com>
-
- Last revised: 6 Apr 1995
-
- -----------------------------
-
- Subject: Table of Contents
-
- 1. WHERE CAN I GET SOME?
- 2. FREQUENTLY REQUESTED LYRICS
- 2.1. REM LYRICS ARE AVAILABLE AT:
- 2.2. BLINDED BY THE LIGHT...
- 2.3. HOTEL CALIFORNIA
- 2.4. STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN / OTHER LED ZEPPELIN LYRICS
- 2.5. AMERICAN PIE
- 3. HOW TO POST A REQUEST
- 3.1. HOW TO POST LYRICS
- 4. ABOUT alt.music.lyrics
- 4.1. IS a.m.l GATEWAY'D TO ANY MAILING LISTS OR FTP SITES?
- 5. LIST OF PUBLICALLY ACCESSIBLE MUSIC SITES
- 6. SEND COMMENTS, CONTRIBUTIONS, etc., TO:
-
- Subject: 1. WHERE CAN I GET SOME?
-
- * * * Please try ftp.uwp.edu or one of its mirrors for lyrics, in the
- * * * directory /pub/music/lyrics/[first letter of artist's name]/[artist].
- * * * If you know of any other sites, please e-mail me (reply to this article.)
-
- <a href="ftp://ftp.uwp.edu/pub/music/lyrics/">
- <a href="ftp://cs.uwp.edu/pub/music/lyrics/">
- The canonical lyrics archive, hereafter "uwp".
-
- <a href="ftp://ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de:/pub/rec/music/vocal/lyrics/uwp">
- A uwp mirror. It's in Germany -- North Americans should try uwp first.
-
- <a href="http://www.leo.org/archiv/music/music_e.html">
- Another German music site -- the above href is the English language
- home page. Contains a link to the following mirror of uwp:
- <a href="http://www.leo.org/cgi-bin/leo-dls/pub/rec/music/vocal/lyrics/uwp">
-
- <a href="ftp://www.wit.com/music/lyrics/">
- A mirror of uwp.
-
- ftp.sunet.se/pub/music/lyrics/
- *NO LONGER IN SERVICE.* A pointer directs inquiries to "uwp."
-
- <a href="ftp://cathouse.org/pub/cathouse/lyrics/">
- An alternative source for many popular lyrics.
-
- <a href="ftp://ftp.nau.edu/sca/ioseph/">
- Joe Bethancourt's SCA, Celtic, Filk, and Folk collection.
-
- Here's an example of how to get the lyrics for Beck's "Loser":
- (By the way, the Spanish -- "Soy un perdedor" -- means "I'm a loser.")
-
- ftp ftp.uwp.edu
- cd pub
- cd music
- cd lyrics
- cd b
- cd beck
- get loser
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: 2. FREQUENTLY REQUESTED LYRICS
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: 2.1. REM LYRICS ARE AVAILABLE AT:
-
- <a href="http://www.halcyon.com/rem/newsgroup.html#lyrics">
-
- Or, send mail to fables@lynchburg.edu with "send lyrics" in the
- body of the message. You will be mailed an entire lyrics archive.
- For lyrics to a specific song only, place "send lyrics.<songname>"
- in the message body.
-
- Michael Stipe can be difficult to understand. There are reports
- that he no longer recalls the original words to some of his songs and
- must sing "sound-alike" lyrics in concert. This is probably intentional,
- for some artistic reason or another; and it probably happens all the
- time (Phish reportedly follows the traffic in rec.music.phish and
- modifies what they sing to play head games with their audience.) So,
- it's not the end of the world as we know it. Post your misheard lyrics
- here in alt.music.lyrics. And relax.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: 2.2. BLINDED BY THE LIGHT...
-
- Wrapped up like a goose in the middle of the night
- Held up by a ...deuce... another ruler in the night
- ...douche...
- ..."dooshent"...
- Slapped up by a dude...
- Knocked up by...
-
- The lyrics according to the liner notes in Greetings From Asbury Pary,
- N.J., Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band:
-
- And she was blinded by the light
- Cut loose like a deuce another runner in the night
-
- Et cetera. Nobody seems to know for sure, and the song has been recorded
- (differently?) by various artists.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: 2.3. HOTEL CALIFORNIA
-
- The word in question is "colitas." It's something to eat.
- Complete lyrics may be found at:
-
- <a href="ftp://ftp.uwp.edu/pub/music/lyrics/e/eagles/hotel.california">
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: 2.4. STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN / OTHER LED ZEPPELIN LYRICS
-
- You can find them on ftp.uwp.edu. So quit asking. Want more info?
- Send mail to listserv@cornell.edu with the phrase "INFO ZEPPELIN-L" in
- the message body. Follow the instructions of the reply.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: 2.5. AMERICAN PIE
-
- It's by Don MacLean; and it was reportedly inspired by the death of
- Buddy Holly. The lyrics are on uwp -- beginning to detect a theme here?
-
- <a href="ftp://ftp.uwp.edu/pub/music/lyrics/m/mclean.don/american_pie">
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: 3. HOW TO POST A REQUEST
-
- If you've tried the lyrics ftp sites above with no luck, you can ask the
- readers of the group for help.
-
- Make your subject line look something like this:
-
- REQUEST: Santana lyrics to "Oye Como Va"
-
- If you are feeling pedantic, add the word "request" to your Keywords line.
-
- Some people like to add an "Obligatory Lyrics" line to their posts:
-
- ObLyrics: "My red, is so confident he flashes trophies of war and ribbons
- Of euphoria. Orange is young full of daring but
- Very unsteady for the first go-round." -- jimi hendrix
-
- This gives folks who aren't able to answer your request some
- compensation for reading your post. But you don't have to if you don't
- want. Don't sweat it.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: 3.1. HOW TO POST LYRICS
-
- If you are responding to a request, please take the word "REQUEST" out
- of the subject line (and the rest of the header!)
-
- Make your subject line look something like this:
-
- LYRICS: to "Hall of Heads" by They Might Be Giants
-
- Please cite the source of your lyrics (i.e. best guess, FTP site, album
- insert, song-book, Usenet post) if you can remember it.
-
- If your newsreader allows it, check to see whether someone else has
- posted the lyrics in question, before you try. This saves on effort
- and bandwidth -- also the reason, incidentally, for this FAQ.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: 4. ABOUT alt.music.lyrics
-
- The original newgroup message can be found at:
-
- <a href="ftp://ftp2.netcom.com/pub/ftp/dh/dhalgren/lyrics/a.m.l-newgroup">
-
- Since most sites don't honor netcom control messages, you are probably
- reading the group courtesy of someone else's booster newgroup. Thanks,
- folks. (Can't get alt.music.lyrics? Contact your news admin!)
-
- FROM THE NEWGROUP MESSAGE:
-
- For your newsgroups file:
- alt.music.lyrics Discussion of song lyrics.
-
- Charter:
-
- This group is for posting of non-copyrighted/public domain song lyrics;
- for discussion of song lyrics, and for posting of original lyrics for
- comments and criticism. While excerpting copyrighted lyrics for the
- purpose of discussion ("fair use") is encouraged, posting of copyrighted
- lyrics in full is discouraged.
-
- END OF NEWGROUP MESSAGE
-
- Why all the skirting around the issue? Well, I don't want to encourage
- illegal activities. One poster to a.m.l accused me of wanting to
- create a forum for bad original lyrics and mutual back-patting,
- "sort of like alt.lesbian.feminist.poetry." Actually, I'm more worried
- about copyright issues. Usenet is largely a text-based medium (apart
- from occasional MIME files) and is well-suited for the posting of lyrics.
- I can't imagine that the record companies would object to our copyright
- violations either -- give up all that free publicity? If you disagree,
- I wouldn't mind hearing about it via e-mail, but don't expect me to argue
- with you.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: 4.1. IS a.m.l GATEWAY'D TO ANY MAILING LISTS OR FTP SITES?
-
- Beats me. Probably not; and it probably should be.
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: 5. LIST OF PUBLICALLY ACCESSIBLE MUSIC SITES
-
- The following two sites are "indices" to other sites -- far too many
- to include in this document. Lots of them have lyrics.
-
- The Ultimate Band List -- Main Page:
- <a href="http://american.recordings.com/wwwofmusic/ubl.html">
-
- Internet Underground Music Archive:
- <a href="http://sunsite.unc.edu/ianc/index.html">
-
- ------------------------------
-
- Subject: 6. SEND COMMENTS, CONTRIBUTIONS, etc., TO:
-
- David Filippi
- <dhalgren@netcom.com>
-
- This file is copyright 1995 by David S. Filippi. All rights, except those
- under the category of "fair use" and "personal use," are reserved.
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