Words British Music Critics Use That Americans Wouldn't

“The ‘I Felt Like Smashing My Face in a Clear Glass Window’ songbird and John Lennon widow, a longtime NYC resident,...”

I've never done that, but come to think of it putting in the age can be a titbit for the gleefuls and hitching song title to flesh tag can be helpful when there is such a right haggis of titles and names all in the streamin' an' 'at.

This is a separate issue, but I’ve never understood why reporters print people’s ages as relentlessly as they do. Sometimes the context is meaningful to the article, but often it’s not. I’m not mad at it, I just don’t get the rationale.

sometimes it's like an attempted burn (too old for this crap/too young to take seriously) or a compliment (still going strong/wise beyond years) if it's not some kind of journalism style guide thing

"trout farm"

Ok, I cry uncle on this thing...

Levy’s company and wife asked for “their rightful share” of the sale with Universal Music Group on Dec. 14 or 15 but the “Blowin’ in the Wind” singer and his companies have refused to fork over the money, the court documents claim.

And this is in addition to a pattern of “The Times They Are a-Changin’” musician not giving Levy songwriting credit throughout the years — including in the 2019 film “Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese”, the court papers allege.

(why the fuuuuuuxk do they do that, it’s so stoopid, lol)

Haha yeah this always makes me laugh. Read a recent thing about the Beatles where John Lennon was referred to as "the Imagine singer"

Things American critics say that British ones don't: "I cry uncle on this one"

morrisp, the Cry Uncle ILXor

"Hitmaker" is favoured by UK tabloids

Cliff Richard looked delighted as he announced his newest album, Music... The Air That I Breathe, which will be released next month in honour of his 80th birthday. The Lord's Prayer hitmaker, 79, turns 80 on October 14, with the new album due to be released two weeks later on October 30.

Always an issue to know which song to reference with that one, although "The Lord's Prayer hitmaker" caused me to smile in a manner best described as 'wry'. As did the redundant mention of his age next to the bit about how old he'll be on his next birthday.

Yeah that’s a paragraph for the ages!

i love how they have to explain that 79 comes before 80