Many people today are clueless about the lyrics in songs because no one ever sees them written down, a survey claims.
According to the Daily Star a generation of people are growing up believing that Whitney Houston is "shaving off her muff for you" and that Jimmy Hendrix is singing "excuse me while I kiss this guy" on Purple Haze
The survey, which was conducted by National Year of Reading, showed that more than half of IPod users did not know what they were singing. Or if they thought they did, they were probably wrong.
Honor Wilson-Fletcher of the NYR said that there had been a decline in lyrics appearing on CD booklets. She said that audiences want to be able to read and appreciate words.
Of course even if you know what the lyric are, sometimes they don't make sense. Who could forget Ultravox's We must behold the things we see or ABC's Can't complain mustn't grumble, help yourself to another piece of apple crumble.
Story source:
theinquirer.net.
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