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The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Adam Boult

Open thread: What's the worst song lyric ever?

Noel Gallagher in 2011
Who is Sally? And why is she walking on by? … Noel Gallagher. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Here's your weekly preview of what's coming up on guardian.co.uk/music.

Live music

There's an abundance of high-profile music events in the offing – this weekend our writers will be heading to Womad and Camp Bestival, and will be blogging their fingers to the bone. It's also, in case you've not been informed, the opening ceremony of the Olympics later this week, which our critics will be watching like hawks, and on top of all that we'll also be reviewing gigs by artists including Angie Stone, Arthur Beatrice, Micachu and the Shapes, We Are Scientists and Savages. You can see all the gigs our reviewers will be attending by keeping an eye on our Songkick page, and if you'd like to find or tell us about any forthcoming gigs in your area, take a look at our live music map.

Regulars

Each Wednesday we feature a playlist from a reader – take a look at the series to discover some new music and see if you'd be interested in contributing. Every Monday and Thursday we invite bloggers to tell us about what they do in Blog jam, and towards the end of the week we'll be unveiling the latest topic for the venerable institution that is Readers Recommend.

Other stuff

Two Door Cinema Club will be popping into the Guardian studios for a How We Wrote session – excitingly, a worldwide exclusive from their new album. This weekend we'll be featuring interviews with Lee "Scratch" Perry and Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips.

Talking point

Last week we had an extremely entertaining discussion about misheard lyrics. This week, we'd like to hear you thoughts about bad lyrics. Are there any songwriters who are regular offenders? Let us know below.

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