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Wed Dec-08-04 12:04 AM
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My vote goes to She's Electric by Oasis. The song itself is EXCELLENT and it fits the title perfectly. Has a great chord progression that is Beatles-esque without ripping the Fabs off, great vox from Liam and overall a very happy bouncie feel to the song. There are certain people that when you meet them that the song describes perfectly. That's the only way to describe them. There are flashes of brilliance lyrically however for the good lines Noel writes there are absolutely horrid ones like (She's got a sistah/God only knows how I missed her/And on the palm of her hand is a blister/And I need more time) WTF IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?!
Noel has written some great lyrics. Headshrinker is one of the most viscious songs ever written so when he actually tries he writes some great stuff but I swear to god he has written more crap than Dylan. I love Dylan he's probably my favorite lyricist but for every Talking John Birch Paranoid Blues there is a Lay Lady Lay.
What else is a great tune with crappy lyrics?
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:06 AM
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1. For some reason Bernie Taupin popped into my mind. |
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Edited on Wed Dec-08-04 12:08 AM by mac56
I'm prepared to get flamed for this..but he is really only an average lyricist, working with a tunesmith who makes the best of what he's given. Examples: "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting", "Bennie And The Jets", "The Bitch Is Back".
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:10 AM
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3. I'll agree with that one |
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Taupin has some great IDEAS for lyrics (Tiny Dancer and Your Song come to my mind) but his execution is horrible. I'm the same way. I have good ideas for words in song and I have good phrases but I people collaborate with me and cut out the cheese. However, Elton John in his prime though could take damn near anything and make it sound relevant just because he was so damn good. Too bad he started to suck too.
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Wed Dec-08-04 10:02 AM
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Maybe you have to be a piano player to loathe that 3 tone dullard as much as i do. Pedantic, 3rd grade piano playing is ALWAYS going to turn me off.
20+ albums, 5 good songs. A reason to loathe, i would say. The Professor
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Wed Dec-08-04 10:07 AM
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He had some good tunes. Not a lot but enough to raise him above the level of suck
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Wed Dec-08-04 10:24 AM
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Wed Dec-08-04 09:57 AM
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37. OH MY GOD! I was going to pick "Take Me To The Pilot". |
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Edited on Wed Dec-08-04 09:57 AM by janesez
It's a GREAT song (an homage to Leon Russell) but the lyrics are soooooo stupid. Here they are! And what the fuck do they mean? Even Elton doesn't know, as he explains in the liner notes to the remastered album.
Elton John - Take Me To The Pilot Lyrics If you feel that it's real I'm on trial And I'm here in your prison Like a coin in your mint I am dented and I'm spent with high treason
Through a glass eye your throne Is the one danger zone Take me to the pilot for control Take me to the pilot of your soul
Take me to the pilot Lead me through the chamber Take me to the pilot I am but a stranger
Take me to the pilot Lead me through the chamber Take me to the pilot I am but a stranger
Well I know he's not old And I'm told he's a virgin For he may be she But what I'm told is never for certain
Take me to the pilot Lead me through the chamber Take me to the pilot I am but a stranger
NA NA NA! NA NA NA! NA NA NA NA NUH NA NA NA!
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Wed Dec-08-04 10:23 AM
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43. "And Jesus wants to go to Venus" |
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Leaving Levon far behind...
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:09 AM
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:11 AM
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Everybody knows Don Henley sucks. Its one of the most concerte axioms of music theory.
I can't remember where I originally saw that but its the troof!
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:12 AM
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5. The Eagles are rock music for people who don't like rock music. |
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Although I admit a sentimental affection for "The Heart Of The Matter" by Henley.
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:15 AM
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:16 AM
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I like the title track of "The End Of The Innocence" from his solo career. "We're beating plowshares into swords to please a tired old man we re-elected King last year". Makes several body blows to Iran-Contra and North ("poisoned by these fairy tales...")... it was as far removed from typical Henley material. Also must point out that "Dirty Laundry" has great lyrics, also solo material.
But I could take or leave the rest of 'em.
My vote for this thread is almost anything by Cream. "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" comes to mind. It's not easy being psychedelic AND pretentious.
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:18 AM
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Tooooo true. That's what they get for getting a fucking cheeseball poet to write their lyrics.
Same goes for Tim Buckley. I don't see how he could have sang some of that shit with a straight face.
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:14 AM
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Some stuff is pretty cool, but then you have songs like "Beat on the Brat."
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:15 AM
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but a few Van Morrison tunes spring to mind. Songs I LOVE, but have some cringe-worthy moments. Cleaning Windows, Vanlose Stairway, and gasp! Brown Eyed Girl... :cry:
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:16 AM
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with great lyrical ideas with horrible execution.
Sweet Thing makes up for all of his lyrical sins though
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:18 AM
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He nailed it both musically and lyrically all over the "Moondance" album.
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:18 AM
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:19 AM
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:20 AM
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18. My favorite song by VM |
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:21 AM
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20. That's And It Stoned Me |
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:22 AM
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that's the link I was responding to.
Carry on..
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:24 AM
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I'm Scots/Irish so you have to bear with me I'm not too quick on the uptake
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:25 AM
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:22 AM
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21. ...stoned me just like Jelly Roll:) |
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That song is what got me into Jelly Roll Morton!
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:18 AM
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:43 AM
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32. You mean such depth as |
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"When that shark bites, with its teeth dear...."
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:19 AM
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my favorite all time song but the lyrics are bad. He needed to just release that song as an instrumental.
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:50 AM
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Clapton is not exactly the best lyricist around. With Layla though you feel every little bit of what he's going through. Heroin addiction, musical dissallussionment and being in love with your best buds wife. All pretty heavy shit
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:19 AM
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16. I always thought "Hey Jude" |
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should've been about a bologna sammich travelling the mediterranean on holiday.
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:20 AM
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For some reason that had me lauging for a good minute
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:22 AM
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23. Ok... what the fuck does McCartney's "Jet" mean??? |
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:24 AM
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24. Cool phrases that are fun to sing. |
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Sergeant majors and lady suffragettes.
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:25 AM
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27. That whole fucking album |
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is like that
Although Helen Wheels is a clever pun. Cheesey as hell but clever
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:25 AM
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28. "Let Me Roll It" carries the day. |
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Most of the rest is pure pap.
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:26 AM
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I actually CAN make sense of most of it... but I think rhyming 'jet' and 'suffragette' just meant Paul was smoking some powerful African weed.
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:29 AM
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Some of the tracks on that album are better than some of his Beatles work. Mmmmmm powerful african weed *drools*
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Wed Dec-08-04 12:40 AM
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31. Or "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey"??? |
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Wed Dec-08-04 08:59 AM
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Okay, Macca was just phoning it in at that point.
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Wed Dec-08-04 09:06 AM
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35. THE DOORS, except whenever Jim Morrison was plagiarizing |
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God knows his 'poetry' was retarded on its own
Every morn and every night Some are born to sweet delight. Some are born to sweet delight, Some are born to endless night.
Realms of bliss, realms of light Some are born to sweet delight Some are born to sweet delight Some are born to the endless night
WHO WROTE WHICH?
Can U guess?
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Wed Dec-08-04 09:54 AM
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He wrote some great lyrics...wait no he didn't. Most of it was pretentious bullshit. Yep you're right. I love the doors but you're right.
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Wed Dec-08-04 10:00 AM
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38. or when Robbie Krieger was writing the lyrics |
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Wed Dec-08-04 10:02 AM
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Yeah except he wrote Touch Me which is an unforgivable sin.
Nice Love avatar btw
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Wed Dec-08-04 10:10 AM
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come and squeeze me like you do, I'm so in love with you Pete must have been twelve when he wrote it. Actually, a number of other who songs could qualify.
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Wed Dec-08-04 10:29 AM
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I don't like the band at all-but "why can't this be love" has more cliches than any song I know of
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