
The Greg Brownderville Dimension
This channel celebrates and investigates the magic of language in folklore, mysticism, music, poetry, and everyday life. Greg Brownderville—the host—is the lead singer of Beekeeper Spaceman, the creator of Fire Bones, the author of three books of poetry, Editor-in-Chief of Southwest Review, and Professor of English at SMU in Dallas.
The Greg Brownderville Dimension
GBD29: Love in Vain
In this episode I introduce a new series called Let's Talk Lyrics, beginning with "Love in Vain," a great blues song by Robert Johnson. As a native of the Delta region, I have been listening to, and playing, blues songs all my life. This song by Robert Johnson has been a big inspiration to me.
In this new series, Let's Talk Lyrics, I discuss songs that have influenced me as a lyricist. I'll also introduce pieces of literature that relate to the songs and discuss the relationship between poetry and song lyrics. This should be helpful to those of you who are trying to improve as lyricists.
If you would like to listen to my work as a lyricist, here are some links:
My indie rock album on Spotify (Beekeeper Spaceman): https://open.spotify.com/album/4leBwI...
The deluxe vinyl edition, complete with fully illustrated lyrics booklet:
https://shop.bandwear.com/products/be...
"Ripple the Sky" (words by me, music by Jacob Cooper):
https://jacobcoopermusic.bandcamp.com...