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Soda · 03-24-2004, 05:04 AM

I won't go on about the role that powerful lyrics play in songs, the words radiate expression more smoothly into our brains then any poetry. I find lyrics to be more meaningful and more beautiful then poems.

Rage Against the Machine really grabs the power of the word by the balls and rocks some serious socks.

Pease feel free to post the artist/band and the name of one of your favorite songs along with the lyrics. I wouldn't suggest any incredibly long ones though, take it east on Cradle of Filfth, eh?

I'm just getting into a new band called Murder by Death. They have a female cello player who makes crazy body movements as she plays - so that's all it took to buy me. You should really listen to this song, it's not dark at all. It's actually sad and makes me think of western movies.

Murder by Death - Devil in Mexico

Well I'll take two shots said the devil to the man
and layed a little book on the bar
well lord knows the devil he only talks ****
and only drinks whiskey from the jar
and his hands were raw and his eyes were cold
and his breath was pure alcohol and the sound of his voice it never got old
and he talked and talked and talked through the night
kept sippin his shine till the mornin' light
tumbled in through the shades and as he started to go
i put three bullets in his back.

well the devils bleedin' crude oil from a hole in his chest
and its panging on the bedpan drippin through the bedsheets
and all the businessmen are putting pails beneath his wounds
and pawnin the oil at the market
well his heart ain't made of nothin but piss and vinegar
and his boots have trampled more than you would know
and his breath has split open the thermometer on the sill
its so ****ing cold in here since you brought in the snow

Black heart leaking oil in the pan,
dealin' insults with his free hand
in this hospital bed bleedin'
Black heart you shot the plan to hell and the apathy ate you up inside

Like slivers of lead inside your food
he's the poison inside you
and you eat until you're full
and you eat until youre full
he lit the fires inside your belly full of medicine and whiskey
the aspirin, valium, codiene pills and silver rum

someone say a hail mary for this house
bless the corners and burn the devil out.

beats · 03-25-2004, 12:40 AM

Metal-ish lyrics? Is that what your looking for? Fine :P

Look at And One lyrics, they are insane.

For other kinds?

Kris Kristofferson's lyrics I rather enjoy, due to the sad, beaten down cowboy feel.

And of course, the Grateful Dead's lyrics are outstanding.

I could go on, but I won't

MinnesotaMan · 03-25-2004, 01:40 AM

I like lyrics so much that all I listen to is rap. People like eminem and nas are rappers that talk about real **** too. A good rapper is a poet. Real geniuses are people that can think like eminem, not kids that get good grades and become doctors or whatever. The kids that get bad grades because school bores them becasue their brains are so active. They find deeper meanings in everything. Eminem questions every aspect of life and tells the world about it not giving a **** what the criticts have to say.

Soda · 03-25-2004, 03:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by beats

Metal-ish lyrics? Is that what your looking for? Fine :P

Look at And One lyrics, they are insane.

For other kinds?

Kris Kristofferson's lyrics I rather enjoy, due to the sad, beaten down cowboy feel.

And of course, the Grateful Dead's lyrics are outstanding.

I could go on, but I won't

I think you couldn't have gone on, I'm calling your bluff.

Post the most insane of the ones you know, you can't expect me to just google on command.

Metal-ish? No way, silly goose.

Quote:

I like lyrics so much that all I listen to is rap. People like eminem and nas are rappers that talk about real **** too. A good rapper is a poet. Real geniuses are people that can think like eminem, not kids that get good grades and become doctors or whatever. The kids that get bad grades because school bores them becasue their brains are so active. They find deeper meanings in everything. Eminem questions every aspect of life and tells the world about it not giving a **** what the criticts have to say.

I like rap too (I've been listening to some eminem, EL-P, non-prophets, cypress hill, etc), but I think that melodic chords and non-vocal harmony is like another layer of sophisticated expression - you can't possibly just listen to rap, you're missing out. There are musicians out there that will just go with their pain and become absorbed in it while they play, or become absorbed in whatever their message is - even if it is to rock hard and see some bouncing titties. Listen to some nirvana, it speaks.

I don't really like where rap is nowadays, it seems kind of commerial and shallow sometimes and the whole fidi cent phenomena is painful. Wu Tang Clan fo life, fool.

Some inspiration. Built to spill is great if you haven't heard them, I believe they've been broken up for a long time now.

Built To Spill - Big Dipper

"Once..."
When I was little someone pointed out to me
Some constellations but the big dipper's all I could see
That brontasaurus must have stood a thousand miles high
That brontasaurus laying on its side up in the sky
Bottoms up and this time
Won't you let me be?
Bottled up but this time
Won't you rescue me?
You should have been here last night and heard what the big dipper said to me
Jack thought it twice and thought that that fact made it true
Some brains just work that way that's what chemicals can do
He thought he'd have a beer thought he was alone
He thought an Albertson's stir fry dinner would make his apartment a home
Bottoms up and this time

I thought I bored me but I learned to think like you
Now nothing bores me that's that nothing is thought through
Bottoms up and this time
Won't you let me be?
Bottled up but this time
Won't you rescue me?
Thought it out and this time
It's all I can see
You should have been here last night and heard what the big dipper said to me

beats · 03-25-2004, 04:51 AM

How dare you. My bluff cannot be called at your whim and fancy. But I accept my bluff calling.

Well, no And One, hard to find that. But Naglfar. I think this one is about Worshipping Satan, quite literally

Quote:

Originally Posted by Naglfar

Oh, glorious morning-star, my pridefull light
Cast down in the abyss lord of fire, lord of night
Unveiled in a vision
Poison my heart and soul
Come forth and set your child free
Kill all once pure inside me

You call from shadows
You haunt me throughout my sleepless nights
The demons nightsky prophecy
My soul is thee…
Horn Crowned Majesty

Oh, beautiful nightshade, lightbearer so bright
Great father of death and sin, transform day to eternal night
Come forth through the shadows
Fill me with hate and pain
Infernal masterplan
Set free a soul insane

I call unto thee Thanatos
I rest in your embrace Hypnos

Blackhearted faceless
Thy name is might
Bringer of storms and plagues
Lucifer, angel of light
Darkest of sorcery
Complete my destiny
Fill my heart and soul

Horn crowned Majesty...

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Originally Posted by Grateful Dead - Lady With a Fan (of the famed Terrapin Suite)

Let my inspiration flow, in token rhyme suggesting rhythm
That will not forsake me, till my tale is told and done
While the fire lights aglow, strange shadows from the flames will grow
Till things we've never seen will seem familiar

Shadows of a sailor forming winds both foul and fair, all swarm
Down in Carlisle he loved a lady many years ago
Here beside him stands a man, a soldier by the looks of him
Who came through many fights, but lost at love

While the story teller speaks, a door within the fire creaks,
Suddenly flies open, and a girl is standing there
Eyes alight, with glowing hair, all that fancy paints as fair
She takes her fan and throws it in the lion's den

Which of you to gain me, tell, will risk uncertain pains of hell?
I will not forgive you if you will not take the chance
The sailor gave at least a try; the soldier, being much too wise,
Strategy was his strength, and not disaster

The sailor, coming out again, the lady fairly leapt at him
That's how it stands today. You decide if he was wise
The story teller makes no choice, soon you will not hear his voice
His job is to shed light, and not to master

Since the end is never told we paid the teller off in gold
In hopes he will come back, but he cannot be bought or sold

And oh yes, I can go on.

Edit: And I will

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bob Dylan - Desolation Row

They're selling postcards of the hanging
They're painting the passports brown
The beauty parlor's filled with sailors
The circus is in town
In walks the blind commissioner
They've got him in a trance
One hand is tied to the tight-rope walker
The other is in his pants
And the riot squad they're restless
They need somewhere to go
As Lady and I look out tonight
From Desolation Row

Now Cinderella, she seems so easy
"It takes one to know one," she smiles
And puts her hands in her back pockets
Bette Davis style
And in walks Romeo, he's moaning
"You belong to me I believe"
And someone says, "You're in the wrong place, my friend (note 1)
You better leave"
And the only sound that you can hear
After the ambulances go
Is Cinderella sweeping up
On Desolation Row

Now Ophelia, she's neath the window
For her I feel so afraid
On her twenty-second birthday
She already is an old maid
To her, death is quite romantic
She wears an iron vest
Her profession's her religion
Her sin is her lifelessness
And though her gaze is fixed upon
Noah's great rainbow
She spend her time peeking in
On Desolation Row

Einstein disguised as Robin Hood
With his memories in a trunk
Passed this way an hour ago
With his friend, a jealous monk
He looked so immaculately frightful
As he bummed a cigarette
Then he went off sniffing drainpipes
And reciting the alphabet
Now you would not think to look at him
But he was famous long ago
For playing the electric violin
On Desolation Row

Now the moon is almost hidden (note 2)
The stars are beginning to hide
The fortune telling lady
Has already taken all her things inside
All except for Cain and Abel
And the hunchback of Notre Dame
Everybody is making love
Or else expecting rain
And the Good Samaritan, he's dressing
He's getting ready for the show
He's going to the carnival tonight
On Desolation Row

Doctor Filth, he keeps his world
Inside of a leather cup
And all his sexless patients
They're all trying to blow it up
Now his nurse, some local loser
She's in charge of the cyanide hole
And she also keeps the cards that read
"Have mercy on his soul"
They all play on the penny whistle
You can hear them blow
If you lean your head out far enough
On Desolation Row

Across the street they've nailed the curtains
They're getting ready for the feast
The Phantom of the Opera
In the perfect image of a priest
They're spoonfeeding Casanova
To get him to feel more assured
Then they'll kill him with self-confidence
After poisoning him with words
And the Phantom's shouting to skinny girls
"Get out of here if you don't know"
Casanova is just being punished for going
To Desolation Row

Now at midnight all the agents
And the superhuman crew
They go and round up everyone
That knows more than they do
They take them to the facory
Where the heart attack machine
Is strapped across their shoulders
And then the kerosene
Is brought down from the castles
By insurance men who go
Make sure nobody is escaping
To Desolation Row

Praise be to Nero's Neptune
The Titanic sails at dawn
Everybody's shouting
"Which side are you on?"
And Ezra Pound and T.S.Eliot
They're fighting in the captain's tower
While calypso singers laugh at them
And fishermen throw flowers
Between the windows of the sea
Where lovely mermaids flow
And no one has to think too much
About Desolation Row

Yes I received your letter yesterday
About the time the doorknob broke
When you asked how I was doing
Was that some kind of joke?
All these people that you mentioned
Yes I know them they're quite lame
I had to rearrange their faces
And give them all another name
Right now I can't read so good
Don't send me no more letters, no
Not unless you mail them
From Desolation Row

Soda · 03-28-2004, 11:12 PM

That was fairly calliente, you bluffering bluffaced bluffer named Bluffy.

Rap or reggae anyone? Most lyrics are a google search away.

bongwater · 05-20-2004, 01:19 AM

I like lyrics so much that all I listen to is rap. People like eminem and nas are rappers that talk about real **** too. A good rapper is a poet. Real geniuses are people that can think like eminem, not kids that get good grades and become doctors or whatever. The kids that get bad grades because school bores them becasue their brains are so active. They find deeper meanings in everything. Eminem questions every aspect of life and tells the world about it not giving a **** what the criticts have to say.

I hope that was a joke.
RAP = retards attempting poetry. Rap has no meaning other than suck my dick or I'll kill you while I shoot up all my drugs. look at me, im so cool, im such a pimp I have no morals in life. me me me me me.
And yeah eminems lyrics are so meaningfull and deep. To quote something from one of his albums, forget which the one with the Im slim shadey crap song.

"so you can suck my dick if you dont like my ****" real deap, and powerfull. I'm really touched by that. I'm sure there is some rap out there with meaningfull lyrics and not just fake cheasy crap but I've yet to hear it, and quite frankly I don't want to hear it, in fact I don't want to hear any rap.

I only hope you were joking because if not..I fear for society...more than I already do.

portablefriend · 05-20-2004, 01:32 AM

Little touchy on that subject are you?

peace out man...

toke care,

`pf

bongwater · 05-20-2004, 01:55 AM

yeah sorry man, I'm a bit harsh when it comes to rap. No offence to anyone who likes rap, I'm sure lots of people can and do say the same stuff about my music..

I won't dispute that Eminem isn't a genius, he is, just look at him, the guys a frickin cash machine, however when you say his lyrics are deep..that strikes a nerve. As much as it pains me..I used to be a rap fan, for a sort period of time. It's songs like Holiday Inn and Right Thurr that make me wonder how anyone can listen to such mindless drivel.
Some of Eminem's lyrics have a bit more meaning that the usual sex drugs and hos typical rap though.
Oh Tupac, forgot about him. Used tr listen to him a bit, he actually had some meaning in some of his songs so I will give credit where credit is due.

However, for the most part, rap is just mindless drivel.
And if anyone takes offence to that, Im not trying to start a flame war or anything

beats · 05-20-2004, 02:24 AM

(Just to get this out of the way: I'm not a "gangsta" or rap fool)

Rap is not just "mindless drivel". It's an expression of whatever the guy is feeling like then, just like all music is, but the persons mind is just more conditioned to that style of music, probaly due just to the fact they listen to it more than any other kind.

The "Sex drugs and ho's" part of rap music is all just an expression of power that alot of them didn't have before they became big stars.

But you have to admit Eminem is a genius at rhyming, and yes Tupac is a great artist.

And just so I don't feel awkward about defending rap music....

Allman Brothers Bob Dylan Neil Young CCR Willie Nelson Kris Kristofferson Jim Croce Harry Chapin Beatles...Grateful Dead. There we go..back to normal.

03-24-2004, 05:04 AM	#1
Soda Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 480 Grams: 3,018.30 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	The beauty and importance of lyrics I won't go on about the role that powerful lyrics play in songs, the words radiate expression more smoothly into our brains then any poetry. I find lyrics to be more meaningful and more beautiful then poems. Rage Against the Machine really grabs the power of the word by the balls and rocks some serious socks. Pease feel free to post the artist/band and the name of one of your favorite songs along with the lyrics. I wouldn't suggest any incredibly long ones though, take it east on Cradle of Filfth, eh? I'm just getting into a new band called Murder by Death. They have a female cello player who makes crazy body movements as she plays - so that's all it took to buy me. You should really listen to this song, it's not dark at all. It's actually sad and makes me think of western movies. Murder by Death - Devil in Mexico Well I'll take two shots said the devil to the man and layed a little book on the bar well lord knows the devil he only talks ** and only drinks whiskey from the jar and his hands were raw and his eyes were cold and his breath was pure alcohol and the sound of his voice it never got old and he talked and talked and talked through the night kept sippin his shine till the mornin' light tumbled in through the shades and as he started to go i put three bullets in his back. well the devils bleedin' crude oil from a hole in his chest and its panging on the bedpan drippin through the bedsheets and all the businessmen are putting pails beneath his wounds and pawnin the oil at the market well his heart ain't made of nothin but piss and vinegar and his boots have trampled more than you would know and his breath has split open the thermometer on the sill its so **ing cold in here since you brought in the snow Black heart leaking oil in the pan, dealin' insults with his free hand in this hospital bed bleedin' Black heart you shot the plan to hell and the apathy ate you up inside Like slivers of lead inside your food he's the poison inside you and you eat until you're full and you eat until youre full he lit the fires inside your belly full of medicine and whiskey the aspirin, valium, codiene pills and silver rum someone say a hail mary for this house bless the corners and burn the devil out. __________________ Alas! the forbidden fruits were eaten, And thereby the warm life of reason congealed. A grain of wheat eclipsed the sun of Adam, Like as the Dragon's tail dulls the brightness of the moon. — Rumi: Masnavi I Ma'navi

03-25-2004, 12:40 AM	#2
beats Drop-In Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,353 Grams: 3,176.95 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	Metal-ish lyrics? Is that what your looking for? Fine :P Look at And One lyrics, they are insane. For other kinds? Kris Kristofferson's lyrics I rather enjoy, due to the sad, beaten down cowboy feel. And of course, the Grateful Dead's lyrics are outstanding. I could go on, but I won't __________________ search

03-25-2004, 01:40 AM	#3
MinnesotaMan Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 252 Grams: 2,136.95 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	I like lyrics so much that all I listen to is rap. People like eminem and nas are rappers that talk about real ** too. A good rapper is a poet. Real geniuses are people that can think like eminem, not kids that get good grades and become doctors or whatever. The kids that get bad grades because school bores them becasue their brains are so active. They find deeper meanings in everything. Eminem questions every aspect of life and tells the world about it not giving a ** what the criticts have to say. __________________ "Prohibition... goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes a crime out of things that are not crimes. A prohibition law strikes a blow at the very principles upon which our government was founded." -- Abraham Lincoln

05-20-2004, 01:19 AM	#7
bongwater Member Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 1,043 Grams: 2,169.57 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	I like lyrics so much that all I listen to is rap. People like eminem and nas are rappers that talk about real ** too. A good rapper is a poet. Real geniuses are people that can think like eminem, not kids that get good grades and become doctors or whatever. The kids that get bad grades because school bores them becasue their brains are so active. They find deeper meanings in everything. Eminem questions every aspect of life and tells the world about it not giving a what the criticts have to say. I hope that was a joke. RAP = retards attempting poetry. Rap has no meaning other than suck my dick or I'll kill you while I shoot up all my drugs. look at me, im so cool, im such a pimp I have no morals in life. me me me me me. And yeah eminems lyrics are so meaningfull and deep. To quote something from one of his albums, forget which the one with the Im slim shadey crap song. "so you can suck my dick if you dont like my **" real deap, and powerfull. I'm really touched by that. I'm sure there is some rap out there with meaningfull lyrics and not just fake cheasy crap but I've yet to hear it, and quite frankly I don't want to hear it, in fact I don't want to hear any rap. I only hope you were joking because if not..I fear for society...more than I already do. __________________ Eccentrica Gallumbits (the triple-breasted whore of Eroticon Six) and did we tell ya the name of the game boy, we call it riding the gravy train..

05-20-2004, 01:32 AM	#8
portablefriend Jr. Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 447 Grams: 1,138.20 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	humff Little touchy on that subject are you? peace out man... toke care, `pf

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03-28-2004, 11:12 PM	#6
Soda Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 480 Grams: 3,018.30 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	That was fairly calliente, you bluffering bluffaced bluffer named Bluffy. Rap or reggae anyone? Most lyrics are a google search away.

05-20-2004, 01:55 AM	#9
bongwater Member Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 1,043 Grams: 2,169.57 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	yeah sorry man, I'm a bit harsh when it comes to rap. No offence to anyone who likes rap, I'm sure lots of people can and do say the same stuff about my music.. I won't dispute that Eminem isn't a genius, he is, just look at him, the guys a frickin cash machine, however when you say his lyrics are deep..that strikes a nerve. As much as it pains me..I used to be a rap fan, for a sort period of time. It's songs like Holiday Inn and Right Thurr that make me wonder how anyone can listen to such mindless drivel. Some of Eminem's lyrics have a bit more meaning that the usual sex drugs and hos typical rap though. Oh Tupac, forgot about him. Used tr listen to him a bit, he actually had some meaning in some of his songs so I will give credit where credit is due. However, for the most part, rap is just mindless drivel. And if anyone takes offence to that, Im not trying to start a flame war or anything

05-20-2004, 02:24 AM	#10
beats Drop-In Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,353 Grams: 3,176.95 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Stock Portfolio Total Value: 0.000 Gain/Loss: 0.000%	(Just to get this out of the way: I'm not a "gangsta" or rap fool) Rap is not just "mindless drivel". It's an expression of whatever the guy is feeling like then, just like all music is, but the persons mind is just more conditioned to that style of music, probaly due just to the fact they listen to it more than any other kind. The "Sex drugs and ho's" part of rap music is all just an expression of power that alot of them didn't have before they became big stars. But you have to admit Eminem is a genius at rhyming, and yes Tupac is a great artist. And just so I don't feel awkward about defending rap music.... Allman Brothers Bob Dylan Neil Young CCR Willie Nelson Kris Kristofferson Jim Croce Harry Chapin Beatles...Grateful Dead. There we go..back to normal.

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