OFF: RIP UWP lyrics archive

[Stephen Swann]

Paul Mather writes:
>
> I read recently on alt.fan.frank-zappa that the huge UWP lyrics archive
> has now closed its doors thanks to pressure from the music industry.  I
> guess we can bury it next to OLGA (On-Line Guitar Archive) in the "Great
> Services Cut Down In Their Prime" plot of the Internet Hall of Fame
> cemetary.  I've reproduced the UWP announcement below.  Now how does that
> Hawkwind song go again, "...all we do is get screwed up on other people's
> floors."  Hey, where's there a decent lyric archive when ya need one?...  :-)
>
> Mourning the loss of a damn fine resource,

I always knew this would happen if the Internet 'went popular'.  On
one hand, there are a number of resources online that are truly
remarkable (anyone taken the Louvre virtual tour?), but a number of
things like the lyrics database have been shut down by legal vultures,
and others like the Ultimate band list (which was once a very fine
page) have turned crappy and commercial.

We gained a lot, we lost a lot...  I'm not at all sure whether we made
out in the bargain.

Steve
swann at panix.com