2012 Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence Award Ceremony

2012 Song Lyrics of Literary Excellence Award Ceremony - webcast Feb 16 2012

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[oenthusiast]

Shawn Colvin must have been mortified to realize that she'd muffed a line in front of Leonard Cohen himself. But how cool is it that she chose one of his newest songs?

[philcobros]

Elvis Costello is here because his first few albums are as good as any rock and roll albums ever made

[Gary B]

because he's a lyricist for one and second,he was influenced by Dylan and Chuck Berry..doesn't matter what style of music EC plays,he's a wordsmith..

[PAULLONDEN]

What's bug bore 'elvis'Costello doin' here ? Jeesh....he should better go on pretending to be Johnny Cash....Talk about 'delusion'....this strange affair is precisely the reason why The Stones should've called it a day,30 years ago.

[john atco]

fine words .

[The Cracks Tracks]

Last post:

In my song called "Rock and Raw" (on my Youtube page), I write about the masters of Rock and Roll:

"I just love when the story's told

"Of Memphis and of Liverpool

"How Keith Richards learned his riffs

"Nicking Berry's golden licks..."

[The Cracks Tracks]

"He never learned to read or write so well

"But he could play that guitar like a ringing bell..."

Perhaps the best lyrics explaining the power of Rock and Roll ever written.

[The Cracks Tracks]

Um...why wasn't this for Chuck Berry and Bob Dylan?

[The Cracks Tracks]

"Happy" playing at the JFK Museum while Keith Richards and Co. enter the room - fantastic.

[scotty]

It was beautiful to hear Simon just reading the words. The words alone do the trick, magnificent!