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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.englishforums.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Song Writing &amp; Lyrics</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/SongWritingLyrics/Forum18.htm</link><description>R&amp;B, Pop, Hip-Hop, Rock and some roll.</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>XMOD (Build: 3715.30106)</generator><item><title>Re:  Rhyming problems/What do you think?/Suggestions...</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/RhymingProblemsSuggestions/wzpkl/post.htm#698266</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:32:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:698266</guid><dc:creator>PTsniper</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/RhymingProblemsSuggestions/wzpkl/post.htm#698266</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments18-698266.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Basketball is not really my sport, but I&amp;#39;ll try.
  
 You make them whoop 
 when you shoot a hoop 
  
 reads a little bit better. 
  
 The last verse &amp;#39;with a pair of jeans&amp;#39; doesn&amp;#39;t really hit the spot, in my opinion, but I&amp;#39;m no song writer. 
  
 Perhaps, you could focus more on describing the girl and a little less on the basketball, using just a few lyrics using sports terms to remind the listener, occassionally, that she is a player. 
  
 Don&amp;#39;t give up, keep trying. I&amp;#39;m sure none of the greats managed to master the art immediately.     Alright, thank you so much for the answer, finally someone told me something I wanted to hear, and you managed to give advices and still be nice to me :D. I&amp;#39;ll...</description></item><item><title>Re: Rhyming problems/What do you think?/Suggestions...</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/RhymingProblemsSuggestions/wzpkl/post.htm#698170</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:32:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:698170</guid><dc:creator>Adrenochrome</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/RhymingProblemsSuggestions/wzpkl/post.htm#698170</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments18-698170.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Basketball is not really my sport, but I&amp;#39;ll try. 
  
 You make them whoop 
 when you shoot a hoop 
  
 reads a little bit better. 
  
 The last verse &amp;#39;with a pair of jeans&amp;#39; doesn&amp;#39;t really hit the spot, in my opinion, but I&amp;#39;m no song writer. 
  
 Perhaps, you could focus more on describing the girl and a little less on the basketball, using just a few lyrics using sports terms to remind the listener, occassionally, that she is a player. 
  
 Don&amp;#39;t give up, keep trying. I&amp;#39;m sure none of the greats managed to master the art immediately.</description></item><item><title>Re:  Rhyming problems/What do you think?/Suggestions...</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/RhymingProblemsSuggestions/wzpkl/post.htm#697477</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:32:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:697477</guid><dc:creator>MrPedantic</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/RhymingProblemsSuggestions/wzpkl/post.htm#697477</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments18-697477.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>I would be wary of basketball metaphors. The sport seems to lend itself to inadvertent innuendo. 
  
 MrP</description></item><item><title>Re:  Rhyming problems/What do you think?/Suggestions...</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/RhymingProblemsSuggestions/wzpkl/post.htm#697437</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:32:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:697437</guid><dc:creator>PTsniper</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/RhymingProblemsSuggestions/wzpkl/post.htm#697437</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments18-697437.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Lol   Believe me, I wouldn&amp;#39;t quit if I had one...</description></item><item><title>Re: Rhyming problems/What do you think?/Suggestions...</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/RhymingProblemsSuggestions/wzpkl/post.htm#697287</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:32:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:697287</guid><dc:creator>Mister Micawber</dc:creator><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/RhymingProblemsSuggestions/wzpkl/post.htm#697287</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments18-697287.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>.  My honest opinion: lame. Don&amp;#39;t quit your day job.  .</description></item><item><title>Rhyming problems/What do you think?/Suggestions...</title><link>http://www.englishforums.com/English/RhymingProblemsSuggestions/wzpkl/post.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:32:31 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:697249</guid><dc:creator>PTsniper</dc:creator><slash:comments>5</slash:comments><comments>http://www.englishforums.com/English/RhymingProblemsSuggestions/wzpkl/post.htm</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments18-697249.xml</wfw:commentRss><description>Hi there.   Ok, here&amp;#39;s the deal: I like writing lyrics (only lyrics, because I can&amp;#39;t match my lyrics to my guitar playing...), and I decided to write one just for fun. The theme is about a girl (like a perfect girl) and basketball. So, the girl is not only beautiful but is a great player as well. I have written a few lines and rhymes alredy, but it turns out to be more difficult than I expected to be because I have to make a connection between the basketball movements (such as: fade away, lay up, tripple, crossover, you see wthat I mean..) and the reactions that the boys (audience) have. Notice that everytime I say them/their/they, I&amp;#39;m talking about the &amp;quot;boys&amp;quot;.   Just to give you an example of what I&amp;#39;ve been...</description></item></channel></rss>