What Does 'Is a Song Written by' Imply about Lyrics?
Hello, I'm a Korean student. I want to question about the sentence from Wikipedia:
"Knockin' on Heaven's Door" is a song written and sung by Bob Dylan, for the soundtrack of the 1973 film Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid.
This sentence exactly means that Bob Dylan composed "Knockin' on Heaven's Door." (right?)
Then, does this sentence implies that Bob Dylan wrote the lyrics of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door?"
Thank you!
Top answer
) Yes, though 'composed' has the same ambiguity that you ask about below. " Not necessarily. It's unclear whether when "a song is written" it includes only the words, only the music, or both.
- ) Yes, though 'composed' has the same ambiguity that you ask about below.
- " Not necessarily.
- It's unclear whether when "a song is written" it includes only the words, only the music, or both.
- When Mrs.
- ", she is supposed to have said that actually her husband had written the song and Rodgers had only written "La la la la la la la la la la la la la".
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wiany11This sentenceexactlymeans that Bob Dylan composed "Knockin' on Heaven's Door." (right?)
Yes, though 'composed' has the same ambiguity that you ask about below.
wiany11Then, does this sentenceimpliesimply that Bob Dylan wrote the lyrics of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door?"
Not necessarily
0Dylan wrote the lyrics of his songs. After all, he just won the Nobel Prize in literature for his song lyrics.
0A statement such as, "_______" is a song written and sung by _______ , for the soundtrack of the ______ film _________ ." would imply that the singer/songwriter wrote the words and the lyrics. If someone else wrote the lyrics, it wouldn't be stated like this. Lyricists are highly regarded (the lyrics can make or break a song) and they would not be overlooked like this if the songwriter didn
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