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Old 10-07-2007, 10:11 PM   #221 (permalink)
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Musically I love them, but they're so lyrically incoherent.
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Old 10-07-2007, 10:12 PM   #222 (permalink)
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OH NO, COMPLICATED LYRICS

no, they aren't
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Old 10-07-2007, 10:13 PM   #223 (permalink)
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Musically I love them, but they're so lyrically incoherent.
That is a plus for me.
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Old 10-07-2007, 10:15 PM   #224 (permalink)
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OH NO, COMPLICATED LYRICS

no, they aren't
Excuse, but is there some sort of deep, meaningful point to the Widow that I'm missing?
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Old 10-07-2007, 10:18 PM   #225 (permalink)
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Excuse, but is there some sort of deep, meaningful point to the Widow that I'm missing?
The Widow is showing Fances' current relationship with Cygnus before they find out they are mother and son (and before he kills her in the title track). She buys drugs from him to drown out her guilt because she abandoned her child, and he sells drugs because he had a 'hard life' so-to-speak.
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Old 10-07-2007, 10:19 PM   #226 (permalink)
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Excuse, but is there some sort of deep, meaningful point to the Widow that I'm missing?
yeah, they probably is.

I haven't listened to The Mars Volta since forever, but if I recall (and correct me if I'm wrong), its from Frances the Mute? which is a concept album that tells some sort of story that obviously was profound enough to the band for them to write an album about it.

EDIT: dude above me cleared that up a bit better.
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Old 10-07-2007, 10:22 PM   #227 (permalink)
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The Widow is showing Fances' current relationship with Cygnus before they find out they are mother and son (and before he kills her in the title track). She buys drugs from him to drown out her guilt because she abandoned her child, and he sells drugs because he had a 'hard life' so-to-speak.
I wasn't saying the lyrics didnt have a point, just that by themselves they didn't make any sense. I used to be a big fan, but lately I've been listening to folk a bit more.
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Old 10-10-2007, 01:14 PM   #228 (permalink)
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This is what I have been listening to today (got a day off work for once):

Mike Oldfield
Prefab Sprout
Chikinki
Ian Brown
Surreal and The Sound Providers
The Strange Fruit Project
Radiohead
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Old 10-10-2007, 09:32 PM   #229 (permalink)
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These are my favorites:

Bjork
Regina Spektor
Antony and the Johnsons
Chris Garneau
Rasputina
Smashing Pumpkins
Tori Amos
The Beatles
Ali Helnwein
Sigur Ros
Gregory and the Hawk
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Old 10-11-2007, 09:22 AM   #230 (permalink)
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These are my favorites:

Bjork
Regina Spektor
Antony and the Johnsons
Chris Garneau
Rasputina
Smashing Pumpkins
Tori Amos
The Beatles
Ali Helnwein
Sigur Ros
Gregory and the Hawk
3/10. very bland.
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