Neal Morse's lyrics
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Topic: Neal Morse's lyrics
Posted By: Ytse_Jam
Subject: Neal Morse's lyrics
Date Posted: July 16 2012 at 19:13
| I was reading some days ago in the Neal Morse forum a thread about his religious lyrics, the christian themes and the reaction they arouse on the listener. Some non-believers find them even disturbing in some cases, when others simply don't care too much. The question is simple: do you find Neal's religion-inspired lyrics annoying to the point of influencing your listening experience with all those biblical and almost doctrinal references or you just enjoy the beautiful music? I'm agnostic, but I personally don't care about that, since english is not my first language and the effect those lyrics have on me is quite different.. |
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: July 16 2012 at 19:13
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I find him pretty annoying. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: ScorchedFirth
Date Posted: July 16 2012 at 19:42
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The only thing he's done which I've listened to a lot of would be transatlantic. The first two albums I was fine with, really liked them as a matter of fact, but Whirlwind they became bad enough in places that it was difficult to ignore. Normally I like to pay attention to lyrics, It's an aspect of some of my favourite music that really enhances it in my opinion. If the lyrics are just pretty words to go with a song then fine (a chance missed in my opinion, unless you are specifically prioritising the sound words make for musical purposes), but when a song is specifically written around lyrics I find poor, then it can kind of sour things for me. Annoying is fair, but certainly not anger inducing, and he clearly is a very talented musician, I'm not trying to pour hate on anyone here. If People like it then good for them.
------------- breathing, eating, defecating, screwing, drinking, spewing, sleeping... 
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: July 16 2012 at 19:45
| Almost as bad as his music and singing |
Posted By: Lota
Date Posted: July 16 2012 at 19:55
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Pretty Good Lyrics ------------- And In The End, The Love You Take, Is Equal To The Love You Make |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: July 16 2012 at 20:03
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I don't care too much and simply enjoy the music.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm 
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: July 16 2012 at 20:15
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In between. Most of the time they personally resonate with me. Other times, they are horrifically clumsy.
------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: July 16 2012 at 20:27
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#1 and #2 for me.......I don't understand #3. -------------   
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Posted By: Gallifrey
Date Posted: July 16 2012 at 22:44
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They're annoying as hell, but I love the music. ------------- http://thedarkthird.bandcamp.com/ |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: July 16 2012 at 22:56
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#2 ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: July 17 2012 at 02:15
| I don't care too much and simply enjoy the music. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: July 17 2012 at 02:32
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I like them; most of them are well written - and a bit preachy now and then. ------------- 
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Posted By: Lynx33
Date Posted: July 17 2012 at 12:51
------------- Mindez elmúlt. Ma már tudom köszönteni a szépséget. |
Triceratopsoil wrote:Posted By: Morsenator
Date Posted: July 17 2012 at 14:27
Almost as good as his music and singing 
------------- You love the music, the music loves you! http://moonsofjupiter.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - http://moonsofjupiter.bandcamp.com/ |
Posted By: AlexDOM
Date Posted: July 17 2012 at 14:37
| Love his lyrics as they resonate with me. How come we don't have polls that ask what we think about band like Opeth, Cynic, and Pain of Salvations lyrics? (love those bands anyway) Just curious... |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 17 2012 at 14:37
| option B |
Posted By: TrickedTail
Date Posted: July 17 2012 at 18:07
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I'm usually not bothered by the lyrics but there is the odd occasion (especially live) where he goes a bit over the top and it gets a bit embarrassing to listen to. Ultimately, the lyrics are irrelevant, though. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/NurseryCryminal/?chartstyle=basic10" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Mr. Maestro
Date Posted: July 17 2012 at 18:38
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I actually rather like the religious themes in his lyrics, but I think a lot of the time they're pretty badly written. Option #2 for me, though - even when they're bad, I don't find them annoying in the slightest. The music's just too good. ------------- "I am the one who crossed through space...or stayed where I was...or didn't exist in the first place...." |