Prog's Most Controversial Lyricist

The.Crimson.King wrote: silverpot wrote: I listen to ELP for Greg Lake's singing. I don't understand English, so the lyrics don't disturb me at all.  If we have to suffer with ELP lyrics what makes you think you don't?  Now, you can join us in the misery that is Gregory Stuart Lake's poetic masterpiece, the 4th verse of "Taste of My Love"  Ta allt du behöver från smaken av min kärlek Jag vill älska dig som ingen någonsin älskat dig Få på min hingst och vi ska rida. Jag vill hålla dig och omsluta dig bortom förnuftet Jag vill dynamit ditt sinne med kärlek ikväll. Gå ner försiktigt med ansiktet mot öster Solen kan stiga, men vi har inte avslutat odjuret.

Haha. Sounds great.

silverpot wrote: The.Crimson.King wrote: silverpot wrote: I listen to ELP for Greg Lake's singing. I don't understand English, so the lyrics don't disturb me at all.  If we have to suffer with ELP lyrics what makes you think you don't?  Now, you can join us in the misery that is Gregory Stuart Lake's poetic masterpiece, the 4th verse of "Taste of My Love"  Ta allt du behöver från smaken av min kärlek Jag vill älska dig som ingen någonsin älskat dig Få på min hingst och vi ska rida. Jag vill hålla dig och omsluta dig bortom förnuftet Jag vill dynamit ditt sinne med kärlek ikväll. Gå ner försiktigt med ansiktet mot öster Solen kan stiga, men vi har inte avslutat odjuret.     That Google translation is absolutely hilarious! Can't stop laughing!

The.Crimson.King wrote: silverpot wrote: The.Crimson.King wrote: silverpot wrote: I listen to ELP for Greg Lake's singing. I don't understand English, so the lyrics don't disturb me at all.  If we have to suffer with ELP lyrics what makes you think you don't?  Now, you can join us in the misery that is Gregory Stuart Lake's poetic masterpiece, the 4th verse of "Taste of My Love"  Ta allt du behöver från smaken av min kärlek Jag vill älska dig som ingen någonsin älskat dig Få på min hingst och vi ska rida. Jag vill hålla dig och omsluta dig bortom förnuftet Jag vill dynamit ditt sinne med kärlek ikväll. Gå ner försiktigt med ansiktet mot öster Solen kan stiga, men vi har inte avslutat odjuret.     That Google translation is absolutely hilarious! Can't stop laughing! The effect of the original English is much the same

Yeah, I know, it's awful. It actually makes me cringe.

Jon Anderson, Greg Lake, and Pete Sinfield mainly 

Edited by Xonty - August 30 2013 at 04:58

I think the controversial thing about Ladies of the Road is how stupid it is.

One of my favorite folk artists ...always 'controversial' in the things he said about all of us.

Pete Sinfield

Not true Prog but since they have a page here Throbbing Gristle's lyrics are extreme.

That doesn't make the lyrics any less shocking or disturbing.

Plus that isn't entirely true as Genesis and the various other members of TG has done plenty of work with other Industrial/Noise/Power Electronic bands such as Merzbow, Z'ev, and Etant Donnes.

Sheavy wrote: That doesn't make the lyrics any less shocking or disturbing.

I guess that's up to the individual listener, then... I find satirically disturbing lyrics like Zappa's or TG's less so than straight-faced treatments of the same material.

Plus that isn't entirely true as Genesis and the various other members of TG has done plenty of work with other Industrial/Noise/Power Electronic bands such as Merzbow, Z'ev, and Etant Donnes.

Seems like it's less Power Electronics in general they had a beef with than just Whitehouse in specific, then. Those folks certainly had a knack for getting even oldschool industrial noiseniks morally indignated. Oh, and apparently it was Monte Cazzaza not any of the TG members who sent death threats to WH. Sorry for getting them mixed up.

That reminds me, I'm still flabbergasted that Sickness of Snakes ever got off the ground considering Peter Christopherson and Boyd Rice's political views couldn't be further apart. (Genesis is to this day still friends with Boyd, though)