Came up recently in the context of AFP, as another noted composer and performer of satirical songs. Contributes an "On my iPod" list to EW.com.
Key quote:
Adrian Duke is in a similar mold to [Jon] Cleary, but he has a looser, friendlier style. "Live in New Orleans" is a blast. His singing is great but completely unintelligible, which is fine with me. It relieves me of the duty to listen to lyrics, which I do only because I know I should. Lyrics are better as musical sounds than bearers of meaning. Meaning is for novelists.
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Notice that he didn't say that meaning was for poets...
There's a complicated argument here, but I don't think that Laurie was being anything but charming. And on the level of charm, I can agree with the way he said it.
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