BY JOHN FEEHERY
Reprinted from TheFeeheryTheory.com

Song of the Year
The song of the year came from a sixteen year-old Kiwi who calls herself Lorde. But as she points out in the song, she is not exactly from the Royal family.

“I’ve never seen a diamond in the flesh/I cut my teeth on wedding rings in the movies/And I’m not proud of my address/In a torn-up town, no postcode envy.”

The frustration for Lorde, whose actual name is Ella Maria Lani Yelich-O’Connor, is that the music that she and her friends listen to is simply unrealistic, given their station in life. Continue reading →