Well, it’s poetry isn’t it?
Posted by: Stephen Addison
It’s not the first time lyrics of popular songwriters have gone under the academic microscope.
Bob Dylan’s verses virtually spawned a faculty on their own in some colleges as students pondered what the great man meant by some of the more obscure gems like Einstein sniffing drainpipes or the kings of Tyrus with their convict list.
Dylan in turn called Smokey Robinson, author of “Ooh Baby Baby” one of America’s greatest poets.
But Cambridge University turning to Amy Winehouse’s “Love is a Losing Game” and asking students to compare the lyrics with verses from Elizabethan poet Sir Walter Raleigh has been criticised for dumbing down.
Do you agree? Are there are any song lyrics worthy of study by university students?
