[kj] OT: worst lyrics awards

[Brendan]

Discussing / arguing / disagreeing about music, and taking it so
seriously, is quite funny when you look at it. My old man is a Buddy Holly
fan and my Mum prefers Elvis. The old man is always going on about how
much better BH was, especially considering he died at 22 or whatever it
was...

I wonder if the bands we're talking about will be viewed like that one
day? Old black and white boring run of the mill crap for fossils...

Suppose when you consider that Hendrix was around 40 years ago...(from
memory he 'hit the big time' around 67) maybe some of these bands will
achieve some sort of longevity...

PS: Where are Whitesnake from, they aren't LA 'metal' by any chance? I
gather they used to have some decent rock cred in the early days, when
they were kind of bluesy? The stuff I got into, 'Here I go again' era
stuff, really grew boring quickly. There's actually one song on Coverdale
/ Page I can listen to, Over Now, otherwise I thought it sucked. I grew
out of Whitesnake when I was 15. Far prefer Gillam era Deep Purple too. To
me Coverdale is another one with the raw vocal talent around the level of
Tyler / Plant / Cornell / Mercury, whose songwriting didn't live up to the
talent.


> Give me Billy Idol and Whitesnake over Pearl Jam and Nirvana *EVERY*

> day of the week.

>

> Alex in NYC

>

>

>

> On Oct 10, 2007, at 3:27 PM, Brendan wrote:

>

>> Legendary year in music, if you were into 'grunge' or 'alternative'

>> at all.

>>

>> Soundgarden Badmotorfinger

>> Nirvana Nevermind

>> Pearl Jam 10

>>

>> Just 1 year earlier people were still taking bands like Warrant and

>> Whitesnake, and Billy Idol seriously.

>>

>>> Well it was 1991 after all, jeez.

>>>

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>>> hmm i guess, i could have probably overlooked the lyrics if it

>>> wasn't for

>>> the horrible slap bass and

>>> the bits that sound like the demo function on a cheap child keyboard!

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>> On 09/10/2007, Brendan <bq at soundgardener.co.nz> wrote:

>>> That's all part of Mr Bungle's schtick though, surely that's

>>> obvious...

>>>

>>>> worst lyrics i've heard  recently are the first mr bungle album:

>>>> squeeze

>>>> me

>>>> macaroni

>>>> a 12 year old with a lavatorial obsession could have written them

>>>>

>>>> also special mention for hilariously bad lyrics : suck by

>>>> pigface , what

>>>> a

>>>> pretentious tosspot trent is

>>>>

>>>>

>>>> On 09/10/2007, Brendan <bq at soundgardener.co.nz> wrote:

>>>>>

>>>>>

>>>>> http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1501119/story.cfm?

>>>>> c_id=1501119&objectid=10468816

>>>>>

>>>>> Was enjoying that until they derided Robert Plant. Fair call

>>>>> though. I

>>>>> think they miss the point with some lyrics which are perhaps a bit

>>>>> tongue

>>>>> in cheek or playful, childish, fanciful, CREATIVE...whatever.

>>>>>

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