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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

^^In the PA forum rules it states personal insults are not allowed. Or does that apply to only certain members?
This is nothing personal ;)

BTW the voice who says "The Rednex, Shockin'!" at 2:24 mark is none other than Nad fricking Sylvan. :D

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Robert Wyatt is normally not a bad lyricist, but when he sings the alphabet?

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Originally posted by Grumpyprogfan Grumpyprogfan wrote:

Robert Wyatt is normally not a bad lyricist, but when he sings the alphabet?

Not just the alphabet. The British Alphabet, m'lud!
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Lyricists in prog often just stick in a bunch of interesting words that scan well with the music. I have no problem with that at all. Peter Nicholls of IQ is a good example of that and I'm sure you could put a whole bunch of his stuff on this thread. Greg Lake has often been criticised as well. The silly lyrics of Karn Evil 9 Part One might not go down well for many. For me though the music itself is much more important.
BTW In general I'm against negative threads. They are divisive and hopefully this will be shut down.

I don't know who wrote Greg or ELP's lyrics before Pete Sinfield arrived, but in general, him, Keith Reid (Procol), Pete Brown (Cream, and J Bruce) or Palmer James (Crimson, Supertramp & Emergency) had obscure poetry talents, which I won't condemn on the account that it doesn't make sense to me.

 
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