poetic album titles? - Progressive Rock Music Forum

I bought "The Oblivion Particle" by Spocks Beard on the strength of its title. Short but strong. I also liked the title for Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep. The cover for "Brief Nocturnes..." is also very evocative to me.

For some reason I seem to be drawn to album and song titles with "dream" in them.

Edited by Hugh Manatee - December 13 2021 at 17:20

I should have been a pair of ragged claws
Scuttling across the floors of uncertain seas

Van der Graaf Generator (UK) - H to He Who Am the Only One (1970)

We've talked about this title pretty much already, but nevertherless, I'd like to tell some more even I've already told it in another thread, and it's not about the title itself but about how I've experienced the music in relation to the lyrics:

The first times I heard this album, it didn't tell me very much, almost boring. But I got the idea to look at the lyrics, which appeared very suprisingly to be, in my subjective opinion, the best lyrics I've ever seen - very poetic and emotional, and yet, easy to understand and thus very informative and profound.

And then, the whole album became a very otherwise experience, as I found the music fit so well with the lyrics, and after some more listnings, this album simply became a "mind blowing" and so great experience.

It was something so wonderful new for me because it never happened to me before - at least not so intense at all.

Edited by David_D - November 21 2021 at 12:20

quality above quantity, and PopcoRn almost beyond

moshkito wrote:

Hi,

"You ... are no longer a vision, or a poem."

My own written some 30 years ago.

Can you relate it to some music?

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Judas Priest (UK) - Sad Wings of Destiny (1976)

I find this album title very poetic, and most of the song titles tell already what kind of sad destiny it's about:

Tyrant, Genocide, Island of Domination, Victim of Changes, Ripper

while lyrics of Genocide doesn't leave one with any doubt:

Mercenary battalions
Are poised to strike us down
Terminations conquest
Upon us now full grown

Save me, my heart's open wide
Help me, no question of pride
Save me, my people have died
Total genocide

quality above quantity, and PopcoRn almost beyond

Caravan - If I Cold Do It All Over Again I'd Do It All Over You - not only poetic but witty too.

"A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools."
- Douglas Adams, Mostly Harmless

Thank you very much for your explanation, siLLy puPPy. With this anatomic picture, I can see now what you mean.

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David_D wrote:

JD wrote:

Ok, I see what you mean. Honestly, I didn't see the floating scale as testicles, but I can accept your interpretation.

Well, I don't see that, either.

Seriuosliy? That's the first think i noticed when i first encountered this album but then again i did spend a great deal of time in anatomy and biology classes Big smile

What i love about many of these older prog albums is that they crafted surreal cover art that has multiple meanings or at least can be perceived as having multiple meanings.

Van Der Graaf Generator H To He, Who Am The Only One album cover

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siLLy puPPy wrote:

JD wrote:

This part is a little Wacko

if you ask me. I'm not sure I'm totally on board with it.

Where the hell did the testosterone and the rest of this come from? A lyric in the songs? It certainly can't be ascertained from the album title.

(Quote @siLLy puPPy)

and that a man who is filled with testosterone and damaged psychologically can usurp power and go on to do nasty things by placing himself as the center of the universe and therefore making it possible to justify ruthless actions no matter how brutal or cruel.

Dude, the frickin album cover displays a pair of testicles! Where the hell do you think the testosterone comes from LOL

???

My analysis came from the cover art symbology primarily, but the song titles and lyrics do follow the overarching theme.

Ok, I see what you mean. Honestly, I didn't see the floating scale as testicles, but I can accept your interpretation.

Thank you for supporting independently produced music

^ ah, thanks for that! I wasn't sure who copied who since they basically appeared on the music scene roughly about the same time in the late 60s

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JD wrote:

This part is a little Wacko

if you ask me. I'm not sure I'm totally on board with it.

Where the hell did the testosterone and the rest of this come from? A lyric in the songs? It certainly can't be ascertained from the album title.

(Quote @siLLy puPPy)

and that a man who is filled with testosterone and damaged psychologically can usurp power and go on to do nasty things by placing himself as the center of the universe and therefore making it possible to justify ruthless actions no matter how brutal or cruel.

Dude, the frickin album cover displays a pair of testicles! Where the hell do you think the testosterone comes from LOL

???

My analysis came from the cover art symbology primarily, but the song titles and lyrics do follow the overarching theme.

https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy

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