Pholas Dactylus

It's been a while since I've heard their album (from what I can remember, the vocals were entirely narration), but I have recentley been reading a lot of reviews and just came across another on the home page.  It is rare that a review doesn't say something about the lyrics and how terrible they are....so I'm curious:  just what are they about?  How can they be that bad?  I'd appreciate it if any of our Italian friends could enlighten me.

Well, maybe Raffaella could enlighten us, because i do understand / speak, but just a little bit Italian, so its not enough for me, i cannot tell you about the lyrics.

Hello everybody!  As I have already told some of you in private, I don't have the Pholas Dactylus album at home, but it will be available to me in three weeks, when I finally get to fly to the US to see Micky again after three and a half months.  I will always remember when I heard it for the first time - I even remember the situation, driving back from a national park in the Appalachians... I heard those lyrics, and I didn't know whether to laugh or to cry.

I'll be very happy to provide you with sample translations of the lyrics in question when they are available to me once again. For the time being, suffice it to say that the whole album - a concept, of course! - is based on some half-baked, science-fictionish tale conveyed in the most overwrought words I've heard in my language for some time. And obviously the vocal delivery matches the lyrical content.. This is one of those occasions in which you regret understanding the language, because the lyrics can spoil your enjoyment of some otherwise very good music.

Ghost Rider wrote: Hello everybody!  As I have already told some of you in private, I don't have the Pholas Dactylus album at home, but it will be available to me in three weeks, when I finally get to fly to the US to see Micky again after three and a half months.  I will always remember when I heard it for the first time - I even remember the situation, driving back from a national park in the Appalachians... I heard those lyrics, and I didn't know whether to laugh or to cry. I'll be very happy to provide you with sample translations of the lyrics in question when they are available to me once again. For the time being, suffice it to say that the whole album - a concept, of course! - is based on some half-baked, science-fictionish tale conveyed in the most overwrought words I've heard in my language for some time. And obviously the vocal delivery matches the lyrical content.. This is one of those occasions in which you regret understanding the language, because the lyrics can spoil your enjoyment of some otherwise very good music.

micky wrote: avestin wrote: Ghost Rider wrote: Hello everybody!  As I have already told some of you in private, I don't have the Pholas Dactylus album at home, but it will be available to me in three weeks, when I finally get to fly to the US to see Micky again after three and a half months.  I will always remember when I heard it for the first time - I even remember the situation, driving back from a national park in the Appalachians... I heard those lyrics, and I didn't know whether to laugh or to cry. I'll be very happy to provide you with sample translations of the lyrics in question when they are available to me once again. For the time being, suffice it to say that the whole album - a concept, of course! - is based on some half-baked, science-fictionish tale conveyed in the most overwrought words I've heard in my language for some time. And obviously the vocal delivery matches the lyrical content.. This is one of those occasions in which you regret understanding the language, because the lyrics can spoil your enjoyment of some otherwise very good music.   So, did you finally get the album? I am curious as well about the lyrics.   Good album, by the way     hahahha.. oh no.. she's waiting until we combine our album collections to become  the pride of PA's hahhahah.  She'll never buy it when I have my gold-plated ...bronzed ..cheerished copy of the album   I love that album.

micky wrote: avestin wrote: micky wrote: avestin wrote: Ghost Rider wrote: Hello everybody!  As I have already told some of you in private, I don't have the Pholas Dactylus album at home, but it will be available to me in three weeks, when I finally get to fly to the US to see Micky again after three and a half months.  I will always remember when I heard it for the first time - I even remember the situation, driving back from a national park in the Appalachians... I heard those lyrics, and I didn't know whether to laugh or to cry. I'll be very happy to provide you with sample translations of the lyrics in question when they are available to me once again. For the time being, suffice it to say that the whole album - a concept, of course! - is based on some half-baked, science-fictionish tale conveyed in the most overwrought words I've heard in my language for some time. And obviously the vocal delivery matches the lyrical content.. This is one of those occasions in which you regret understanding the language, because the lyrics can spoil your enjoyment of some otherwise very good music.   So, did you finally get the album? I am curious as well about the lyrics.   Good album, by the way     hahahha.. oh no.. she's waiting until we combine our album collections to become  the pride of PA's hahhahah.  She'll never buy it when I have my gold-plated ...bronzed ..cheerished copy of the album   I love that album.   Ok then, you translate it ...     good practice... I'll see what I can do.. .but I'm not promising anything.  Since we decided to move here and not there.. my Italian lessons have taken a back seat for awhile.