Does lyrical content worry you?

Tapfret wrote: Its all story telling, who cares? Choosing your reality by imitation of fiction is sociopathic in any context. And it certainly doesn't help to worry about what lyrics appeal to others. Feeding the hysteria is only beneficial to the sociopaths.

Its all story telling, who cares?
Choosing your reality by imitation of fiction is sociopathic in any context.
And it certainly doesn't help to worry about what lyrics appeal to others.
Feeding the hysteria is only beneficial to the sociopaths. 

DavetheSlave wrote: Hah - Rushfan - you're right. Is he on Progarchives??? If not maybe I got me a new banner!!!!!!

The lyrical content of a song is about the lyricist, not the listener. As a listener you are free to interpret a song how you wish, and to agree or disagree with the content as you see fit - I doubt anyone would take Black Widow's call to "Come, come, come to the Sabbath, Satan's here." as an excuse to dance naked around a fire.  ...  ... 

And King Crimson had a Talking Drum. 

Hi Vompatti - I've yet to hear an instrument talk LOL.

Hi Startibartfast - maybe that's a bit paranoid???? Rush singing about a red sports car or Trees (although that one is really about politics and Capitalism but it is not judgemental or offensive) is fine. I've no problem with the vast majority of bands out there. It's the few who want to do something like a prayer to Satan or to God musically - or who want to push their rage and the like.

By the way rage is a very powerful emotion - ask any lynch mob. That's essentially what I have against the extreme metal guys - no offense intended to them.

Hi Vompatti - Agreed - I have no problems with either of the two Tull albums - they question and religion is used without insulting it. Love Tull.

topofsm -Anderson is against religion but he doesn't use any opportunity to bash it musically - good musician, he cares about his art.

Sean Trane wrote: You oughta hear  Tull's Aqualung and TAAB, anti-religiouis and anti-sopcietal, yet among the most brilliant texts ever put to music

Both are awesome albums, but I don't consider either of them to be anti-religious. Anderson's criticism is not aimed at religion itself but people who use religion as a device to get power over others and who distort the image of God to fit their own goals. That said, I do think that the view of God on those albums is not exactly traditionally Christian (which I think is neither a good or a bad thing).

slaver wrote: To my mind their is world of things to sing about other than religion, politics, racism, violence.

Ha-ha! That's four extremely relevant and essential things to sing about, if you ask me. All these love songs (not so much in prog) are what's worrying me.

Really, I don't worry about lyrical content. I obviously wouldn't listen to a racist group, but to my knowledge that kind of crap doesn't exist in fairly advanced, intelligent music. Both satanist and christian lyrics are fine with me (occult and pagan lyrics are more than fine), although they both believe in stuff I don't.