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Gog/Magog 
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 Posted: September 27 2007 at 09:58 |
 darqdean wrote:
Gog/Magog wrote:
From Genesis' Aisle of Plenty on Saving England..."Tess Co-operates..."
I hardly think they need your free advertising Pete! |
neither did Safeway nor Fine Fare at the time.  |
Ah yes forgot those!
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Some swear they see me weeping in the poppy fields of France 
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Greg W
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Posted: September 27 2007 at 20:29 |
Box of Crayons... forgot the song's name, but it was actually a poem. A pretty cool one except this line. "An empty glass of water'
no...it may have had water in it at one time, but now it is just "an empty glass."
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MonkeyphoneAlex
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Posted: September 27 2007 at 21:21 |
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I hate the part in "Pictures of a City" when it's like, "Spice, Ice, Dance, Chance". It just bugs me the way the line is delivered. By the way, wtf is that song supposed to be about anyway. Some of the lines seem to be talking about the superhero, Iron Man, but I can't tell for sure.
Concrete cold face cased in steel
Stark sharp glass-eyed crack and peel
Bright light scream beam brake and squeal
Red white green white neon wheel.
Dream flesh love chase perfumed skin
Greased hand teeth hide tinseled sin
Spice ice dance chance sickly grin
Pasteboard time slot sweat and spin.
Blind stick blind drunk cannot see
Mouth dry tongue tied cannot speak
Concrete dream flesh broken shell
Lost soul lost trace lost in hell.
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"Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is THE BEST."
-FZ
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Shakespeare
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Posted: September 27 2007 at 21:35 |
Greg W wrote:
Box of Crayons... forgot the song's name, but it was actually a poem. A pretty cool one except this line. "An empty glass of water'
no...it may have had water in it at one time, but now it is just "an empty glass." |
Sounds like the author was trying to be contradictory. Artistically. for example:
The bald man went to get a haircut. That sort of thing.
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Leningrad
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Posted: September 27 2007 at 21:41 |
DONT HAAAAATE ME
I'M NOT SPEEEECIAL LIKE YOU
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Shakespeare
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Posted: September 27 2007 at 21:48 |
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This is a hate song
When you hear this
I hope you want to sue
...Well, that's nice and...er....
I'm not going to lie, it's not that nice.
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andu
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Posted: September 27 2007 at 21:49 |
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From what I know, "knowledge" does not have a plural form. That's why it bugs me everytime I hear Lake screaming "Knowledges!...." on Epitaph.
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Easy Money
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Posted: September 28 2007 at 01:06 |
MonkeyphoneAlex wrote:
I hate the part in "Pictures of a City" when it's like, "Spice, Ice, Dance, Chance". It just bugs me the way the line is delivered. By the way, wtf is that song supposed to be about anyway. Some of the lines seem to be talking about the superhero, Iron Man, but I can't tell for sure.Concrete cold face cased in steelStark sharp glass-eyed crack and peelBright light scream beam brake and squealRed white green white neon wheel.Dream flesh love chase perfumed skinGreased hand teeth hide tinseled sinSpice ice dance chance sickly grinPasteboard time slot sweat and spin.Blind stick blind drunk cannot seeMouth dry tongue tied cannot speakConcrete dream flesh broken shellLost soul lost trace lost in hell.
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They are just tryin to paint an abstact picture of inner city life in a large metropolis. It is kind of pretentious, but if you have ever lived in a neighborhood like that it kind of makes since.
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Easy Money
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Posted: September 28 2007 at 01:09 |
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Easy Money
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Posted: September 28 2007 at 01:14 |
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A favorite annoying stage patter comes on a live Doors album when Jim finishes one of his epic Fruedian/Oedipal 20 minute rock operas in which everyone dies, while the crowd is cheering he says ... " Yeah ... really neat ... really neat."
Edited by Easy Money - September 29 2007 at 17:18
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cuncuna
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Posted: September 28 2007 at 01:26 |
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I wish you all knew some spanish to share the vomiting reaction that "Frontera" produce. Same with those Mars volta spanish lyrics. ¡They are supposed to be cuban!...
mm... and that Borneman person shouting numbers in track 4 of "Ocean".. ¿is he counting the money or what?...
Edited by cuncuna - September 28 2007 at 01:29
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¡Beware of the Bee!
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jimmy_row
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Posted: September 28 2007 at 09:33 |
andu wrote:
From what I know, "knowledge" does not have a plural form. That's why it bugs me everytime I hear Lake screaming "Knowledges!...." on Epitaph. |
I could be wrong, but I think it's "Knowledge IS a deadly friend if noone sets the rules."
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andu
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Posted: September 28 2007 at 09:41 |
^You're right, thanks! This thread now reliefs me from one lyrical trouble... 
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emdiar
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Posted: September 28 2007 at 10:25 |
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^^You've got the right idea though Andu. I didn't really want lyrics that are just bad, corny, pretentious, or whatever. That would have made Jon Anderson too much of an easy target. I was looking for lyrics which are clumsy, redundant, or contain actual mistakes, so you were on the right lines at least.
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Perception is truth, ergo opinion is fact.
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jimmy_row
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Posted: September 28 2007 at 14:42 |
^^ In other words, my first post was completely off-topic
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Zitro
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Posted: September 29 2007 at 13:46 |
got 2 new ones from the new Flower Kings album : "I've been circling like an orbit around that cosmic Christmas tree" - The Flower Kings "Not the end- but I Sense it's near I'm in limbo between Earth and Sky I can see all your houses from here But don't you tell me that this is dying - The Flower Kings
Not prog but: There were plants and birds and rocks and things - America "Horse with No Name" 
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jimmy_row
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Posted: September 29 2007 at 15:08 |
Zitro wrote:
There were plants and birds and rocks and things - America "Horse with No Name"
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that one kills me; wouldn't be so bad if it was supposed to be funny be he sings it with such....conviction; someone was running behind their deadline on those lyrics 
I hate to say it but many times when a band tries to sing in English when it's not their native language they usually end up tripping over the grammar at some point. Just listen to the first PFM Live album....they didn't even know English yet - sang it phonetically, and it shows...the version of Just Look Away can't come close to Dolcissima Maria (here's the opening line: "Scraping his bow, the old violinist is play out of tune...."). Sorry if I sound disrespectful, I know it's very hard to learn a new language after teenage years, so no offense.
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Zitro
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Posted: September 29 2007 at 15:45 |
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You need love, I need love, here it comes , the taste of my love.
I'm gonna love you like nobody ever loved you
climb on my rocket and we'll fly.
Over the moon past the sun till we find
the gates of heaven open wide for lovers
I'm gonna love you like nobody ever loved you
climb on my rocket and we'll fly.
ELP's Love Beach.
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Shakespeare
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Posted: September 29 2007 at 16:37 |
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"There's no time for contrition, the time for that's long passed."
Mildly redundant, just slightly annoying.
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Moogtron III
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Posted: September 29 2007 at 17:07 |
Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:
- Cha -Cha -Cha Cha -Cha....Cha -Cha -Cha Cha -Cha...Cha -Cha -Cha Cha -Cha (Yes - Relayer)
- I could not take it oh so seriously really
When you called and said you'd seen a UFO (Yes - Tormato - Arriving UFO)
- "Was that something beautiful, amazing, wonderful, extraordinary
beautiful?"
"Oh! It was OK!! But there were no clowns, no tigers, lions or bears,
cand-floss, toffee apples, no clowns." )Yes - Tormato - Circus of Heaven)
- And the Lamb...Lamb, Lamb, Lamb (Phil Collins butchering The Lamb Lies Down obn Broadway)
- Yesterday a morning came, a smile upon your face. Caesar's palace, morning glory, silly human race, )Yes, Yes Album - Starship Trooper)
It's obvious I totally dislike Yes lyrics.
Iván
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I totally agree on nr. 1, 2 and 4, but I do like nr. 3, and I love nr. 5, to be fairly honest.
Another thing: I don't like the opening lyrics of Alquin's New Guinea Sunrise:
"Wake me up, treat me cool,
you treat me like a fool.
Turn my head, slow me down,
you turn me round and round"
Those are some of the most un-proggish lyrics I ever heard in prog. Too bad, because the music and the vocals are very good.
Edited by Moogtron III - September 29 2007 at 17:07
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