Read the paragraph of lyrics from the 2006 single by Fionn Regan before listening. Winding, odd, and deliciously twisted, the epic is full of run-away sentence structure. (Case in point: "Colour the swans / Through a telescope / I can't help from crying / I wish you were mine when I was seventeen / ... » read more

It's terribly hard to avoid using the horrid little anecdotes about Sean Lennon: "Like father like son", "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree", "chip off the old block", the list goes on. Yet it's hard not to because, well, Sean did sound a lot like pop. Bits of orchestral melodies, piano ... » read more