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Joined: April 12 2008
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Posted: October 27 2013 at 04:14
I think the controversial thing about Ladies of the Road is how stupid it is.
"The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook
Joined: March 29 2013
Location: WA
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Points: 4596
Posted: August 24 2013 at 23:23
silverpot wrote:
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.
The other verses are almost as bad...translate them at your own risk
Joined: March 19 2008
Location: Sweden
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Points: 841
Posted: August 24 2013 at 10:36
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.
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Location: Denmark
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Posted: August 24 2013 at 03:32
I wonder how many Eastern European prog lyricists during the Soviet era got in trouble with the authorities for political reasons. Plastic People of the Universe is the only example I can think of, but there has to be more out there.
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Posted: August 23 2013 at 22:27
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
Joined: March 19 2008
Location: Sweden
Status: Offline
Points: 841
Posted: August 23 2013 at 18:12
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!
( Besides, I don't ever listen to those late abominations, my preferences are the first five albums, the only ones I own).
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.
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Location: WA
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Points: 4596
Posted: August 22 2013 at 18:14
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.
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Location: WA
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Points: 4596
Posted: August 21 2013 at 10:27
chopper wrote:
verslibre wrote:
The.Crimson.King wrote:
I concur...FZ could write a biting social commentary then follow it with juvenilia like "The Illinois Enema Bandit" thus offending "serious" fans everywhere. I think he was well aware of the controversy that swirled arouind his lyrics and had fun with it, hence the brilliantly titled box set "Shut Up n Play Yer Guitar"
The lyrics to "Broken Hearts Are For @$$holes" are superb (and hilarious).
The.Crimson.King wrote:
I've seen Greg Lake's name pop up in this thread and can't see anything "controversial"...now if the thread was progs worst lyricist, then that would be a different story...
That was the cost of giving us some of the best prog music: ELP also came packaged with gawdawful lyrics. Not all of the songs, but...perhaps most of them. Who ever listened to ELP for their lyrics, right?
Someone get me a ladder.
"Go down gently with your face to the East
The sun may be rising but we haven't finished the beast"
Someone get me a ladder? More like someone get me a barf bag
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Posted: August 21 2013 at 06:54
verslibre wrote:
The.Crimson.King wrote:
I concur...FZ could write a biting social commentary then follow it with juvenilia like "The Illinois Enema Bandit" thus offending "serious" fans everywhere. I think he was well aware of the controversy that swirled arouind his lyrics and had fun with it, hence the brilliantly titled box set "Shut Up n Play Yer Guitar"
The lyrics to "Broken Hearts Are For @$$holes" are superb (and hilarious).
The.Crimson.King wrote:
I've seen Greg Lake's name pop up in this thread and can't see anything "controversial"...now if the thread was progs worst lyricist, then that would be a different story...
That was the cost of giving us some of the best prog music: ELP also came packaged with gawdawful lyrics. Not all of the songs, but...perhaps most of them. Who ever listened to ELP for their lyrics, right?
Joined: July 01 2004
Location: CA
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Points: 18555
Posted: August 21 2013 at 00:16
The.Crimson.King wrote:
I concur...FZ could write a biting social commentary then follow it with juvenilia like "The Illinois Enema Bandit" thus offending "serious" fans everywhere. I think he was well aware of the controversy that swirled arouind his lyrics and had fun with it, hence the brilliantly titled box set "Shut Up n Play Yer Guitar"
The lyrics to "Broken Hearts Are For @$$holes" are superb (and hilarious).
The.Crimson.King wrote:
I've seen Greg Lake's name pop up in this thread and can't see anything "controversial"...now if the thread was progs worst lyricist, then that would be a different story...
That was the cost of giving us some of the best prog music: ELP also came packaged with gawdawful lyrics. Not all of the songs, but...perhaps most of them. Who ever listened to ELP for their lyrics, right?
Joined: November 06 2011
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Posted: August 21 2013 at 00:09
Gaza by Marillion caused a lot of stir recently. They took a lot of heat for that song but it is one of their best to date.
Let's make Prog a family again. Tired of Snobbery and trolling. We all have a right to love what and who we love so lets respect and appreciate all who care about the finest music in the world... prog
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Posted: August 05 2013 at 23:19
GorillaMunch wrote:
Frank Zappa for sure. His instrumentals came with parental advisery stickers
I concur...FZ could write a biting social commentary then follow it with juvenilia like "The Illinois Enema Bandit" thus offending "serious" fans everywhere. I think he was well aware of the controversy that swirled arouind his lyrics and had fun with it, hence the brilliantly titled box set "Shut Up n Play Yer Guitar"
I've seen Greg Lake's name pop up in this thread and can't see anything "controversial"...now if the thread was progs worst lyricist, then that would be a different story...
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