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lyrics important?
KharBevNor:
But I managed to get so many references to nazis as a symbol for the human capacity for evil in without using the words 'Nazis', 'Hitler', or 'Swastika' once! Side by side with numerology, the occult and greek orthodox theology!
AH NOOO! I can't believe I didn't use 'Gammadion' in there! That's the best alternate name for the Swastika ever.
I like wordplay and showing my own wanky knowledge of symbology. In that one anyway.
Praeserpium Machinarum:
I think it should be fifty-fifty with lyrics and music, both are equally important. We have a great lyricist in Denmark called CV(Carsten Valentin) Jørgensen, he writes fantastic lyrics but the music is really dull, which is such a shame considering. Fifty-fifty I say, well unless you are GY!BE or a a capella band, then you are forgiven ;)
heretic:
--- Quote from: KharBevNor ---But I managed to get so many references to nazis as a symbol for the human capacity for evil in without using the words 'Nazis', 'Hitler', or 'Swastika' once! Side by side with numerology, the occult and greek orthodox theology!
AH NOOO! I can't believe I didn't use 'Gammadion' in there! That's the best alternate name for the Swastika ever.
I like wordplay and showing my own wanky knowledge of symbology. In that one anyway.
--- End quote ---
see i know very little about any of that stuff and thought it was random dramatic-sounding shit. comments recinded
blindsuperhero:
--- Quote from: KharBevNor ---I like wordplay and showing my own wanky knowledge of symbology. In that one anyway.
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That's precisely what I got from those lyrics. A bit contrived, I thought.
As far as lyrics/music goes, as long as neither aspect is bad enough to detract from the experience, I don't mind having average lyrics with great music, or vice versa. Of course it's better when both are fantastic, and as for which one I value more, well it depends what I'm listening to. I think 'Kind of Blue' and 'Songs of Leonard Cohen' are albums of a similar quality, but clearly one values music, and the other puts a greater emphasis on lyrics. So I can't really say one is more important than another, they're just different.
kikanjuuneko:
After Khar posted his, I suddenly felt like posting some of mine (warning, clichéd metalcore lyrics ahead!):
'A Heart's Worth of Dead Dreams'
We stood as tall as the eagles
The burning sun, our constant guide
The open skies a waste-laid battlefield
Our proud banner on the highest peaks
(chorus/singalong/breakdown thingy)
We always stood proud, even though we had naught
Thought the world was ours, a simple we bought
Now the dream is dead, alone and without support
Estranged and ostracized, for others' profits we rot
Even the greatest of visions, give in to slavery
Even the greatest of heroes, must someday bury their dreams
And now the turning of time's wheels has made itself our worst enemy
Though we offered resistance, we still tasted bitter defeat
(chorus/singalong/breakdown thingy)
And now we scream for our vengeance, scream to those mountain peaks
We will not suffer idly, we will not live in misery
And now we scream for our vengeance, sworn in blood
No rest until we take it back, take back our own weary hearts
Man, that always feels more awkward when it's not accompanied by loud guitars and screaming.
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