Prog's Most Controversial Lyricist

^ I don't know the song so hard for me to tell. Will check it out though.

ArturdeLara wrote: Billy Pilgrim wrote: Censorship is a cancer to art. i say bring on the offense, and make me feel something, and make me think about something. The fact that you're so offended simply means that Wilson and Waters did there jobs as genuine artists.

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Dean wrote: Jonathan wrote: What are those lyrics about exactly? Are they about something taboo or I am misunderstanding the lyrics? How can you be offended by something you're not sure you even understand? The meaning of the lyrics is pretty straight forward to anyone who speaks British English, I would "translate" them but I'm going to take a wild guess and say you probably still would not get why they cannot be offensive.

If you "Translate" them I might understand what those lyrics mean. If it wasn't actually about anything offensive then I wouldn't be offended by it anymore.

Jonathan wrote: Dean wrote: Jonathan wrote: What are those lyrics about exactly? Are they about something taboo or I am misunderstanding the lyrics? How can you be offended by something you're not sure you even understand? The meaning of the lyrics is pretty straight forward to anyone who speaks British English, I would "translate" them but I'm going to take a wild guess and say you probably still would not get why they cannot be offensive. If you "Translate" them I might understand what those lyrics mean. If it wasn't actually about anything offensive then I wouldn't be offended by it anymore.

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Snow Dog wrote: Dean wrote: Jonathan wrote: Dean wrote: Jonathan wrote: What are those lyrics about exactly? Are they about something taboo or I am misunderstanding the lyrics? How can you be offended by something you're not sure you even understand? The meaning of the lyrics is pretty straight forward to anyone who speaks British English, I would "translate" them but I'm going to take a wild guess and say you probably still would not get why they cannot be offensive. If you "Translate" them I might understand what those lyrics mean. If it wasn't actually about anything offensive then I wouldn't be offended by it anymore. This.   The subject matter can be about something offensive without you being offended by it. The Who's "Fiddle About" is about a paedophile and is sung in the first person singular, an offensive subject but no one should be offended by it. Entwistle sings the song but he is not condoning paedophilia nor is he associating himself with the character of Uncle Ernie. Down with the bedclothes  Up with the night shirt....

Snow Dog wrote: I don't know about Dean, but I don't mind that you are offended.

I mind that people take offense too easily and too readily. There are many things in this world that are truely offensive and people should be offended by them, being offended should be reserved for those truely offensive things so they are not trivialised. And being offended by Mackie getting his jollies with a pair of Marigold gloves is trivialising those really offensive subjects.

Snow Dog wrote: I can't get my head around the latter part to answer you.

For me, Zappa, but now I like it
Then Peart, because I think he's a bad and mildly right-wing lyricist, he has one on the atomic bomb that deeply offends me
Peter Gabriel sometimes I think he is pulling things out of his a$, not when its impassioned, but stuff like the fountain of salamacis, etc. I can never tell if he's an intellect or a simpleton, he seems to be in a mixed state.

^probably Manhatten project but I am not sure

Jonathan wrote: Yep, "It's Mahattan Project". But I'm not offended by the lyrics though since I don't think Neil was trying to condone anything bad. But I respect people that are offended by the song though.