Group Lyricism
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Topic: Group Lyricism
Posted By: Sweetnighter
Subject: Group Lyricism
Date Posted: November 08 2004 at 20:37
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I'm a personal fan of Neil Peart's writing, but what does everybody else think?
------------- I bleed coffee. When I don't drink coffee, my veins run dry, and I shrivel up and die. "Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso? Is that like the bank of Italian soccer death or something?" -my girlfriend |
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Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: November 08 2004 at 20:57
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Out of the bands listed above.....Marillion without a doubt!! |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: November 08 2004 at 21:07
| Ian Anderson's lyrics on Thick and Aqualung have always been high on my fav lists. PF's are right up there as well. King Crimson went through so many phases, it would be hard to choose them overall. Now, if you break them down into eras.....? |
Posted By: jiggajake
Date Posted: November 08 2004 at 21:11
| pink floyd, did anyone have to guess that id chose this :-/ |
Posted By: Prog_Bassist
Date Posted: November 08 2004 at 21:18
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I like peter gabriel's songwriting. It's "the bomb". ------------- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY" rel="nofollow - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhuxaD8NzaY |
Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: November 08 2004 at 21:35
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I doubt I even have to say! ------------- THIS IS ELP 
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Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: November 09 2004 at 02:53
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Difficult to choose between (Fish) Marillion and Pink Floyd - the styles are both so different, and so utterly brilliant. I chose Marillion... |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: November 09 2004 at 04:02
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I voted Genesis. Peter Gabriel just about beats Peart for me, although Rush are my overall favourite band. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Sweetnighter wrote:Posted By: Man Overboard
Date Posted: November 09 2004 at 06:48
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The Flower Kings get my vote, for this passage: Say a prayer for the human race (chorus) Did someone pray for the long lost souls
...can ANYONE make sense of that? I LOVE it! |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: November 09 2004 at 06:51
NOPE  But then again " I'm just a clown in the eyes of the world "  ------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: Man Overboard
Date Posted: November 09 2004 at 06:53
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Seriously, I ADORE that passage. He sings it with such conviction that you just KNOW that it's got some deep, personal meaning to him... it's even better on the live DVD... I shed a tear when Daniel Gildenlow belted out "Even when you're far from home... like strangers in a waiting room!" I'm serious. |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: November 09 2004 at 06:55
Well I don´t understand half of what Roine writes, guess he´s got a Cosmic Mind  ------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: Man Overboard
Date Posted: November 09 2004 at 06:58
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He and Daniel show that prog can be manly.
...lucky Roine... |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: November 09 2004 at 07:00
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Well it doesn´t look like a Pain In The Butt ------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: Man Overboard
Date Posted: November 09 2004 at 07:01
Can we get a Caption Contest for that pic? 
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Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: November 09 2004 at 07:05
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Good Idea.......................hmmmmmmmmmm ------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: Man Overboard
Date Posted: November 09 2004 at 07:08
| By any chance, have you ever read the now-defunct Glitzy Cape prog site? |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: November 09 2004 at 07:09
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Neal Morse : Hey Mike we´ve gotta change our name from Transatlantic to Transvestite !!!!!!!!!!!!! ------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: November 09 2004 at 07:10
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Nope. ------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: Man Overboard
Date Posted: November 09 2004 at 07:11
Mike: " Do you think Roine really meant it when he said he'd never listened to Dream Theater prior to the Transatlantic project? And why do I talk so formally?"
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Posted By: Man Overboard
Date Posted: November 09 2004 at 07:13
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http://www.glitzycape.free-online.co.uk - http://www.glitzycape.free-online.co.uk
Ya might get a kick out of this. |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: November 09 2004 at 07:16
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Thanks !!!!!!!! Great Stuff ------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: Man Overboard
Date Posted: November 09 2004 at 07:19
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Glad ya like it.
Damn. |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: November 09 2004 at 09:40
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Ok go and get a tan on those buns !!!!!!!!
------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: Sweetnighter
Date Posted: November 09 2004 at 16:22
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I would've maybe voted Yes on second thought, merely because i think
Yes' lyrics simply create art through word of mouth, as it is that they
are usually pretty bankrupt of comprehendible meaning, but I'm still a
fan of Neil Peart and Rush.
------------- I bleed coffee. When I don't drink coffee, my veins run dry, and I shrivel up and die. "Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso? Is that like the bank of Italian soccer death or something?" -my girlfriend |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 09 2004 at 16:26
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I like abstract lyrics so it's a toss up between Genesis and IQ (....and just about any other prog band IQ- heads Genesis - tails Heads it is. |
Posted By: lobster41
Date Posted: November 12 2004 at 12:57
| I voted for Marillion, but Fish Marillion. I do not care for most of Steve Hogarth's lyrics. |
Posted By: Swinton MCR
Date Posted: November 12 2004 at 13:08
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Gabriel era Genesis for me. Just beating Yes. Battle of Epping forest - besy lyrics ever! ------------- Play me my song, here it comes again |
Posted By: Cancion del sur
Date Posted: November 12 2004 at 13:17
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jethro tull of course!! i love songs from the wood especially jack-in the green. "does the green still run deep in your heart? though songs from the wood is not the most progresive album of j tull, not like thick as a brick and a passion play at least, at the same form i think songs from the wood is a progressive album even for the most of people not consider like a prog album. |
Posted By: Philrod
Date Posted: May 23 2005 at 05:26
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Pink Floyd with Roger Waters! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Philrod/?chartstyle=Geldropdown-small"> 
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Posted By: the dragon
Date Posted: May 23 2005 at 07:01
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Difficult to choose between Genesis and Yes. And IQ as an unconfortable third! But I think that Supper's ready, Watcher of the sky and Battle of Epping Forest are the best lyrics ever! |
Posted By: Jeremy Bender
Date Posted: May 23 2005 at 16:39
| PINK FLOYD WITH ROGER WATERS! |
Posted By: Olympus
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 02:27
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um.... Yes then Pink Floyd. ------------- "Let's get the hell away from this Eerie-ass piece of work so we can get on with the rest of our eerie-ass day" |
Posted By: cobb
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 02:35
Much better- subtle but effective |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 03:38
| I'm also a big Peart fan, so I voted for Rush - with Waters' Floyd and Jethro Tull as very close seconds. |
Posted By: Pablo_P
Date Posted: August 27 2005 at 04:56
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Best lyrics? Yes, Jethro Tull, Rush, King Crimson in no particular order... ------------- Pablo P. |