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Chula Vista
05-20-2015 12:18 PM
Apropos at the moment.....
YorkeDaddy
05-20-2015 12:22 PM
you just reminded me of my main song from middle school
the good ol' days
Frownland
05-20-2015 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Black Francis
(Post 1591990)
A duet with Elvis costello.
I gotta question for you, do you see any artistic merit in lyrics? i think vocalist have alot of guts, i find it's way easier to play your guitar and focus on that than getting on a mic and singing something i wrote.
It feels alot more vulnerable because your voicing your view on life and exposing who you are through your words as opposed to relying solely on your instrument to do it for you.
I don't even know what I would call artistic merit since I'm not too concerned about it. But yes, I think that lyrics can be important or extremely beneficial to a song. Look at Beefheart, his lyrics make his already incredible music even better. I do agree that it does take a lot more guts to perform as a vocalist, but that doesn't mean much tbh. It takes more stamina to play the saxophone than the guitar, but I still prefer the sound of the guitar to sax.
FRED HALE SR.
05-20-2015 12:22 PM
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Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy
(Post 1591999)
you just reminded me of my main song from middle school
the good ol' days
Impressionable young minds. I take it you listened to this after bible school. :laughing:
YorkeDaddy
05-20-2015 12:25 PM
Well luckily for me my parents never forced me into anything and just let me figure out what I believed on my own, so I can at least give a no to the bible school part
FRED HALE SR.
05-20-2015 12:27 PM
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Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy
(Post 1592004)
Well luckily for me my parents never forced me into anything and just let me figure out what I believed on my own, so I can at least give a no to the bible school part
I just always felt a heavy religious slant to their music is all. Yeah bible school got a no from me also.
YorkeDaddy
05-20-2015 12:29 PM
hah, probably, but as a 12 year old kid all I cared about was that the song was catchy as hell :P
Chula Vista
05-20-2015 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by FRED HALE SR.
(Post 1592007)
I just always felt a heavy religious slant to their music is all. Yeah bible school got a no from me also.
Funny, King's X are (or at least were) a very religious band that did everything to try to hide it.
Black Francis
05-20-2015 01:03 PM
@Frown
For me it's not so much what you say it's how you say it.
The most vocal driven band i like is guided by voices but i don't really pay much attention to Robert Pollard's lyrics, i pay attention to the vocal harmonies he creates to contrast the band's simple guitar rhythms.
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Originally Posted by YorkeDaddy
(Post 1591999)
you just reminded me of my main song from middle school
the good ol' days
The vocals in that song are pretty good but the message is kinda funny. It is so aimed at highschool kids overwhelmed by puberty.
Moss
05-20-2015 01:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Chula Vista
(Post 1592032)
Funny, King's X are (or at least were) a very religious band that did everything to try to hide it.
Yeah, they always confused me with that. Clearly some strong pro-life lyrics and things like that but in concert they would make anti-christian cracks that left me scratching my head. Not being a religious person myself I'm glad they never went the full on christian music route.
