I think if you can explain why they are an idiot as well as tie it into why it pertains to the argument at hand then it isn't an ad hominem.

Most American rural areas are seeing a rise in heroin/opiate use.

I guess it's too late for Trump to run on a platform of a dopeman on every corner.

Welp, I spent all day reading the annotated lyrics for To Pimp a Butterfly on Rap Genius. I feel like a new person, really.

I spent all day reading 4Chan posts. I feel subhuman.

From Rap Genius? I have to do that with a lot of Lupe Fiasco songs.

Yeah I listened to the album and cross referenced all the different opinions on the lyrics. I loved the album before, but damn I have a new appreciation for it now that I understand the underlying story. Makes you wonder why goddamn prog musicians never explain the lyrics that they so meticulously crafted.

I know a lot of artists that won't explain them like to keep them vague so people can pull their own meanings from them despite the initial meaning.

I prefer this. It's why I like Tool's, Slipknot's, and Nirvana's lyrics. I prefer something that's beautifully worded and leaves ambiguity to find your own meaning. I try to do the same with my lyrics.

Yeah, I definitely understand and agree with that, but with like, concept albums, if they don't tell you what the concept is and how it develops, it's entire meaning is lost among the cryptic lyrics that prog groups make.

House Of Gold & Bones

I'm aware this is a Stone Sour record but beyond that you've lost me.

It tells a story. But if you don't have the inner booklet you would never know that there is a story being told do to the ambiguity of the lyrics.

I was under the impression that a lot of prog lyrics were just hey-nonny-nonsense strung together for the sake of having weird lyrics.

Slipknot and those ultra deep lyrics that need explaining. Crazy bastards.

That's part of what I like about prog is the sheer nonsensical lyrics. I mean, just look at Yes:



And don't even get me started on Jon Anderson.

You...you know he's in Yes, right?

That's what they want you to think I guess. But looking at the lyrics for something like De-Loused in the Comatorium just confuse you more, despite them trying to actually convey some sort of message through the album you ain't gonna get it unless you read the short story he wrote, and good luck with that.

Meh. I probably don't care that much about what a musician has to say anyway. They aren't required to have the same skillset as an author or poet so they probably aren't as skilled in general.

That was the point, dummy. I was expanding my point.

Oh ok. The don't get me started part was confusing because you started on him before even saying that.

Nah, I was just implying that his solo work is just as cheesy as the Yes work.

Yay got an interview for a cashier position at a electronics store tomorrow. That college degree is paying off.

Wow, fan-ceeey.

Well, at least you didn't waste your time majoring in English.

Whoops, meant to say A's Electronics.

Seriously though, I hate people so much already, I wonder what retail at Christmastime is going to do to me.

Ladies and gentlemen, Janszoon. He'll be here all night.

From my experience working in Wal-Mart's electronic department, you'll end up hating people even more. There is nothing quite like dealing with a cranky old white bitch while Michael Buble's Christmas album plays over the speakers.

As in Best Buy or Radioshack kinda electronics store?

Those speakers are bumping John Zorn's Christmas album at least once (it's actually quite nice).

I guess TheRichest never got back to you.

Or me :(

They did. I need to sign the agreement then I'll be in touch with whatever editor they assign me.

On another note, I just got a free bean burrito by getting a quarter on he prize thing at Taco Bell.

I'm still considering whether the effort required to fill out the application is worth it.

I wrote one about danger music, one about live broadcasted deaths, and one about conspiracy theories that are true. That part kinda writes itself.

All my examples would be from this site. Maybe they'd be interested in my reviews of Britney Spears' entire discography. :laughing:

15 times people repeated themselves repeated themselves 15 times

15 Times Frownland Proved You Shouldn't Hire Him

15 times frownland proved he should own your company

I'll start it off
15: you want your company to fail

Also

God among men, right?