Jul 8, 20231 min readMetaSparks Videos on YouTubeHi everyone, I've started a YouTube channel featuring my lyrical analysis of Ron and Russell Mael's songwriting for Sparks.. It's only a...
Nov 14, 20226 min readThe Secret Behind Sparks’ Terminal Jive. A concept album about having nothing to sayIn 1980, Sparks released an album that's unfairly considered to be a misstep, and as with anything by Ron & Russell Mael, it shouldn’t be...
Nov 1, 20224 min readSPARKS: The dark side of No.1 In HeavenThe Number One Song In Heaven, a two-part single by Sparks in collaboration with Georgio Moroder, was the first time that a rock band had...
Sep 19, 202214 min readA Meta Guide to Lil BeethovenSparks’ self-proclaimed “career-defining opus” is misunderstood, and I’d like you to consider another way of looking at it. Think of it...
Aug 6, 202214 min readSPARKS: A meta guide to ‘Balls’Sparks’ career can be neatly split into two halves. For the first half they’d switch genre, hop labels and seek out new audiences in...
May 29, 202211 min readSPARKS: a meta guide to ‘Gratuitous Sax and Senseless Violins’It’s my theory that Ron and Russell Mael make intricately-plotted concept albums in which the concept is a closely guarded secret. They...
Mar 28, 202112 min readFrom twilight time 'till dawn: What ‘Number 1 in Heaven’ by SPARKS is really about.'Number 1 in Heaven' is far more clever than people have realised. It's been praised for its innovation and for changing what a rock band...
