King Diamond is the stage name of Kim Bendix Petersen, a Danish rock singer and songwriter born on June 14, 1956. In 1985 he formed, with guitarist Michael Denner and bassist Timi Hansen, a heavy metal band also called King Diamond. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Naughty Little Doggie, the eleventh studio album by Iggy Pop, was released in 1996. Its tenth and last track, “Look Away,” evokes his memories of Sable Starr and Johnny Thunders. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Hégésippe Moreau (Pierre-Jacques Roulliot) est un écrivain, poète et journaliste français. Né le 8 avril 1810 à Paris, il exerça plusieurs métiers, dont correcteur d’imprimerie, et se lança dans le journalisme et la poésie. Comme ses deux parents, il fut fauché par la tuberculose, et il mourut à Paris le 20 décembre 1838. Il reste un poète méconnu, mort trop jeune.
Dans ce poème, le maître tente de discipliner une jeune fille rétive aux études. Elle préfère user de séduction, par des sourires, un bras dénudé et des baisers, plutôt que de s’appliquer. Ici Lhomond est un pédagogue français du 18e siècle, auteur du célèbre manuel pour latinistes De viris illustribus urbis Romæ. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Joseph Aude (dit le Chevalier) est un poète et auteur dramatique français, né le 10 décembre 1755 à Apt et mort le 5 octobre 1841 à Paris. Familier de Buffon, il a écrit la biographie de celui-ci. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
The Swedish pop group ABBA encountered international success when it won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974, giving Sweden its first victory. Afterwards, they accumulated hit after hit, topping the charts worldwide from 1974 to 1983. The group’s name is an acronym of the first letters of the first names of its members: Agnetha Fältskog, Björn Ulvaeus, Benny Andersson, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Here is a poem celebrating the beauty and charm of four schoolgirls aged from 10 to 16. They are ready to seduce and ensnare future husbands. Again, Ashby-Sterry states his special fondness for the one aged 16. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
I have presented the song “Don’t Stand So Close To Me” by The Police, relating the temptation of a love affair between a schoolgirl and her teacher. Indeed, the band’s lead singer Sting had previously worked as an English teacher, and he had noticed 15-year-old girls fancying him.
In 2005, the Canadian band Dragonette released its first disc, an EP titled Dragonette EP, with six tracks. The sixth one, called “Teacher Teacher,” describes the same situation, but this time from the point of view of the girl. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
On June 9, 1978, the Rolling Stones released the album Some Girls, which reached number 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart. The band recorded the album songs, and many more, at EMI’s Pathé Marconi Studios in Paris. Some of these other songs were released later. Among them, the song “So Young” appeared in 1994 as the B-side of a Dutch single. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
Romances between teachers and their adolescent pupils must be frequent, and indeed they are the topic of many popular songs.
The British rock band The Police released in September 1980 the song “Don’t Stand So Close To Me,” written by their lead singer Sting, as the lead single from their third album Zenyatta Mondatta. It won the 1982 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. It is about the temptation of a love affair between a schoolgirl and her teacher, “This girl is half his age” and the song alludes to “That book by Nabakov” (I keep the bad spelling). Before joining The Police, Sting had previously worked as an English teacher, and he had noticed 15-year-old girls fancying him. CONTINUE READING / CONTINUER LA LECTURE…
