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mathman0806 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: June 06 2014 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 6848 |
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I often don't pay much attention to lyrics, but the good lyrics quoted for Rush do stand out. I like the lyrics from Between the Wheels:
You know how that rabbit feels Going under your speeding wheels Bright images flashing by Like windshields towards a fly Frozen in the fatal climb But the wheels of time Just pass you by Wheels can take you around Wheels can cut you down And I have a hard time with the lyrics in Dog Years: In the dog days People look to Sirius Dogs cry for the moon But those connections are mysterious It seems to me While it's true that every dog will have his day When all the bones are buried There is barely time to go outside and play Dog years, it's the season of the itch Dog years, with every scratch it reappears Dog years, for every sad son of a bitch Dog years, with his tail between his ears |
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Frets N Worries ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 30 2023 Location: Your Basement Status: Offline Points: 4261 |
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Pink Floyd:
Worst: I though I though of everything Best: just the entirety of 'Time' |
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The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow.
Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time... |
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AFlowerKingCrimson ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 02 2016 Location: Philly burbs Status: Offline Points: 19250 |
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The ELP ladder thing has some other deeper significance. I don't remember the details but if you google it it might pop up.
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AFlowerKingCrimson ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 02 2016 Location: Philly burbs Status: Offline Points: 19250 |
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Rush (both from the song territories with the last one from the Manhatten project):
Best: "A whole wide world an endless universe yet we keep looking through the eye glass in reverse. Don't feed the people but we feed the machines. Can't really say what international means. Worst (and from the same song): "Better people better food better beer." Also from same album: "All the brightest boys to play with the biggest toys."
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cstack3 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() VIP Member Joined: July 20 2009 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Status: Offline Points: 7493 |
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Yeah, that one always struck me as pretty damn bad!! ![]() He could have used "puff adder" (One of the most widespread venomous snakes, puff adders are native to Africa and parts of the Saudi Arabian peninsula), "bladder," "fatter" (certainly applied to Greg Lake) and so forth. Those all would have been better than "ladder."
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Psychedelic Paul ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 16 2019 Location: Nottingham, U.K Status: Offline Points: 45050 |
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The best and the worst lyrics all in one song....
ELP - Still You Turn Me On Every day a little sadder A little madder Someone get me a ladder
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Hrychu ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: November 03 2013 Location: poland? Status: Offline Points: 5906 |
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Comparing Neal Morse's friend to fairies and elves is like comparing homepathy to magic. :) Anyway, if you want some real prog fantasty shіt there's always Three Magicians Suite Part 1 by Banzai. Edited by Hrychu - September 17 2023 at 15:19 |
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Because nothing screams Prog as much as Blind Guardian. ![]() ![]() Prog, and I think Prog fans, have often been very associated with the fantasy genre generally by people. So you have things like Uriah Heep's Demons and Wizards, Hawkwind music, numerous references to Lord of The Rings (Camel with Nimrodel..., Rush with Rivendell...). I heard someone once ask something like, "As you like Prog, does that men you are also into Dungeons & Dragons?" I think it's broad fantasy stereotype associated with Prog, and with kinds of heavy rock and power metal.... And I think the cape and costumes add to that fantasy image. Edited by Logan - September 17 2023 at 11:38 |
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Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I observed before. It can be much like that with music for me; immersed in experiencing the moment.
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cstack3 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() VIP Member Joined: July 20 2009 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Status: Offline Points: 7493 |
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Why do so many prog-critics complain about lyrics regarding "Fairies," "Elves" etc.??
I'm hard-pressed to think of any prog music with those lyrics!
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![]() this one never gets old
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"Instrumental music is an expression that words can never capture." -- Peter Baumann
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Frets N Worries ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 30 2023 Location: Your Basement Status: Offline Points: 4261 |
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^Nothing Oasis did is worse than 'slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball, where were you while we were getting high?"
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The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow.
Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time... |
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Hrychu ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: November 03 2013 Location: poland? Status: Offline Points: 5906 |
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Oasis Best:
Worst:
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cstack3 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() VIP Member Joined: July 20 2009 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Status: Offline Points: 7493 |
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Thanks! I'd LOVE to put stuff online, but it is all on cassette tapes, and I have to have them digitized etc. I play bass with Squire's technique, play Fripp-like fuzz tone guitar leads, and have a whiny, nasal Eno-esque voice! It has made for hilarious music with my friends over the years! Watch this space....
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Cristi ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Crossover / Prog Metal Teams Joined: July 27 2006 Location: wonderland Status: Offline Points: 46493 |
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oh yeah, horrid, I hope the "taste of my love" does have the meaning many think it has.
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I'll start with these... ELP Best Cold and misty morning, I heard a warning borne in the air About an age of power where no one had an hour to spare, Where the seeds have withered, silent children shivered, in the cold Now their faces captured in the lenses of the jackals for gold. ![]() Beautifully poetic ELP Worst Go down gently With your face to the east The sun may be rising But we haven't finished the feast I'm gonna love you Like nobody ever loved you Climb on my rocket And we'll fly ![]() Ok, we get it Greg, you're getting laid. Edited by JD - September 16 2023 at 21:11 |
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Frets N Worries ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 30 2023 Location: Your Basement Status: Offline Points: 4261 |
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^Lyrics aren't that bad, better than something I'd write
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The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow.
Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time... |
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cstack3 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() VIP Member Joined: July 20 2009 Location: Tucson, AZ USA Status: Offline Points: 7493 |
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Worst? My own, hands down.
From my non-hit, "Romanian Fluids".... The Black Sea washes the broken shore And the barrier shapes all around.... I cast my eyes on a blackened moon That the shoreline police haven't found.... The air is so cold in the presence of these Uncountable fluids I see..... Their story relayed is retold in the waves And the burden is now placed on me..... (backstory - I visited Romania in 1979, when it was Communist and under the rule of Nicolae Ceaușescu.) The country was overrun with intimidating military police, carrying AK-47s. It was a very interesting trip. I did hear "Awaken" on Romania radio!
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