Favourite line from a song? - Page 2

a morbid curiosity · 09-17-2008, 11:40 AM

I'd like to agree, but I have a crush on Max Bemis...
So, y'know, I can't really judge.

JCC · 09-17-2008, 03:08 PM

Disaffected Shoelaces totally wants to fuck me, she therefore has excellent taste.

Ms.Moth · 09-17-2008, 03:14 PM

and you can tell
from the state of my room
that they let me out too soon
and the pills that i ate
came a couple years too late
and ive got some issues to work through
there i go again
pretending to be you
make-believing
that i have a soul beneath the surface
trying to convince you
it was accidentally on purpose

dresden dolls

Mir · 09-17-2008, 03:51 PM

Standing in line,
believing the lies,
You're bowing down to the flag,
You've got a bullet in your head.

Disaffected Shoelaces · 09-18-2008, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by JCC

Disaffected Shoelaces totally wants to fuck me, she therefore has excellent taste.

Let's look at my crushes:

Shane MacGowan
Mark E. Smith
You

I have pretty good taste in most things, but men apparently isn't one of them.

xParadigmx · 09-18-2008, 03:26 PM

do you serve a purpose, or purposely serve? - spoken by Stone Sour

take a minute to think what's right
you'll be up until the end of the night
let's forget that people's problems are there
turn on the tv, sit there an stare.
-fiction plane "Everything will never be OK."

Fatbaby · 09-18-2008, 06:41 PM

One of these days I'm going to cut you into little pieces.
Pink Floyd

Deadmanwalking_05 · 09-18-2008, 08:16 PM

Megadeth-"I'll Get Even" two parts of the song that really stick out,and I have found myself thinking the same thing more than a few times.

You better look behind you
'Cause there I'm gonna be
I'll be standing in the shadows
With who I used to be

He's slightly schizophrenic
Me and me and me and me agree
That you are gonna pay
For what you did to me

Apathy's_Child · 09-20-2008, 06:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Disaffected Shoelaces

Let's look at my crushes:

Shane MacGowan
Mark E. Smith
You

I have pretty good taste in most things, but men apparently isn't one of them.

Leaving aside for a moment the complete absurdity and inherent deceitfulness in your character shown by the fact that I'm not on that list - Shane MacGowan?

SHANE MACGOWAN?

Draconysius · 09-20-2008, 07:29 AM

The Chameleons - Caution
"we have no future
we have no past
we're just drifting ghosts of glass"

The Chameleons always write thought-provoking lyrics.

Disaffected Shoelaces · 09-20-2008, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Apathy's_Child

Leaving aside for a moment the complete absurdity and inherent deceitfulness in your character shown by the fact that I'm not on that list - Shane MacGowan?

SHANE MACGOWAN?

Yep, I want to sex him bad and I am not ashamed of it. Anyone that talented MUST be a great lay.

I've missed you, ya grumpy fuck! Where've you been?

Wynneth · 09-20-2008, 01:05 PM

"...I'll forget all the diamonds you ate, lost in a coma and covered in cake."
Artist: My Chemical Romance
Song: To the End
Album: Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

Regardless of the naysayers, I love lots (and lots) of lyrics by Gerard Way. He has a very distinct talent for imagery and evoking a certain ambiance with his lyrics. The one mentioned above, to me, seems a beautifully succinct depiction of wanton self-indulgence.

Bete Noire · 09-20-2008, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Disaffected Shoelaces

Anyone that talented MUST be a great lay.

I think you could find out easily enough. He was never exactly restrained.

Disaffected Shoelaces · 09-20-2008, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Bete Noire

I think you could find out easily enough. He was never exactly restrained.

I would be honoured... but last I heard, he was trying to get some bit to marry him.

a morbid curiosity · 09-20-2008, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Wynneth

"...I'll forget all the diamonds you ate, lost in a coma and covered in cake."
Artist: My Chemical Romance
Song: To the End
Album: Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge

Regardless of the naysayers, I love lots (and lots) of lyrics by Gerard Way. He has a very distinct talent for imagery and evoking a certain ambiance with his lyrics. The one mentioned above, to me, seems a beautifully succinct depiction of wanton self-indulgence.

But why when there are lyrics like:
"This portrait of karma, crafted in accident
text book seduction, minus the text in the language of ghosts
and so we ran, like the wolves were biting,
the inhibitions of their prey kept them from screaming
'Scratch my back and I will stab you in yours'"
-Circle Takes The Square

Wynneth · 09-20-2008, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by a morbid curiosity

But why when there are lyrics like:
"This portrait of karma, crafted in accident
text book seduction, minus the text in the language of ghosts
and so we ran, like the wolves were biting,
the inhibitions of their prey kept them from screaming
'Scratch my back and I will stab you in yours'"
-Circle Takes The Square

Hmm. Personal tastes, I guess. Nothing bad about those lyrics, but they don't especially strike me. Except, I do enjoy the last bit.

a morbid curiosity · 09-20-2008, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Wynneth

Hmm. Personal tastes, I guess. Nothing bad about those lyrics, but they don't especially strike me. Except, I do enjoy the last bit.

The song is called Non-Objective Portrait of Karma and it is brilliant.

Gerard Way's lyrics are very simple, which is all right for some people, but they lack something for me. His metaphors are all very transparent and there's just the occasional sickening cliché. I know you MCR fans are all-out infatuated with them because of their emotional "intensity" but really, emotionally intense does not equal good, and in any case there are many other, far more emotionally intense bands with something deeply interesting to say...
Meh, that's just what I think.

Wynneth · 09-20-2008, 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by a morbid curiosity

Gerard Way's lyrics are very simple[...]

Sometimes, that's all that's needed.

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Originally Posted by a morbid curiosity

His metaphors are all very transparent and there's just the occasional sickening cliché.

It really depends on the song, I think.

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Originally Posted by a morbid curiosity

I know you MCR fans are all-out infatuated with them because of their emotional "intensity" but really, emotionally intense does not equal good, and in any case there are many other, far more emotionally intense bands with something deeply interesting to say...

I feel that the messages of the band, over all, are more important than individual songs. But, I can see where you might get that impression.

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Originally Posted by a morbid curiosity

Meh, that's just what I think.

And, you're welcome to it. Personally, I don't care for needlessly obtuse, florid lyrics. There's poetic and there's waxing poetic.

Disaffected Shoelaces · 09-20-2008, 02:24 PM

The boys and me are drunk and looking for you
We'll eat your friggin' entrails, and we won't give a damn
My daddy was a blue-shirt and my mother a madam
My brother earned his medals at My Lai in Vitenam
And it's lend me ten pounds, I'll buy you a drink
And mother wake me early in the morning.
The Pogues, Boys From the County Hell

A man's ambition must indeed be small
To write his name upon a shit-house wall
But before I die, I'll add my regal scrawl
To show the world I'm left with sweet fuck-all.
Sea Shanty, The Pogues

May the ghosts that howl round the house at night never keep you from your sleep;
May they all sleep tight down in Hell tonight, or wherever they may be.
Lullaby of London, The Pogues

Well, John the Baptist after torturing a thief
Looks up at his hero the Commander-in-Chief
Saying, "Tell me great hero, but please make it brief
Is there a hole for me to get sick in ?"
The Commander-in-Chief answers him while chasing a fly
Saying, "Death to all those who would whimper and cry"
And dropping a bar bell he points to the sky
Saying, "The sun's not yellow it's chicken."
Bob Dylan, Tombstone Blues

Bete Noire · 09-20-2008, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Wynneth

I feel that the messages of the band, over all, are more important than individual songs.

MCR's message seems to be that you can still claim to be punk whilst straying almost as far as is possible from actual punk.

Or there was that stuff about "wanting to help people through difficult times" or some bullshit to the same effect.

And for emotional intensity - Nick Cave cannot be beaten I feel.

Wynneth · 09-20-2008, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Bete Noire

MCR's message seems to be that you can still claim to be punk whilst straying almost as far as is possible from actual punk.

I don't think you'll find that they claim to be punk. Not to my knowledge. Insofar as I know, they don't really claim a genre.

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Or there was that stuff about "wanting to help people through difficult times" or some bullshit to the same effect.

That's more along the lines of what I meant.

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And for emotional intensity - Nick Cave cannot be beaten I feel.

My husband loves Nick Cave.

Bete Noire · 09-20-2008, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Wynneth

I don't think you'll find that they claim to be punk.

I have to say I can't find the source I got that from. I thought they had. I may have been mistaken.

Wynneth · 09-20-2008, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Bete Noire

I have to say I can't find the source I got that from. I thought they had. I may have been mistaken.

If you do find it, please let me know where to look?

Mir · 09-20-2008, 03:05 PM

It doesn't matter what they claim to be.

What matters is;

a) What do you perceive them to be.
b) Whether you like them or not.

Wynneth · 09-20-2008, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Mir

It doesn't matter what they claim to be.

What matters is;

a) What do you perceive them to be.
b) Whether you like them or not.

Are you interested in my answers or are you illustrating your point? Either is fine--I'm just asking for clarification's sake.