At 6/9/09 10:06 PM, Idiosyncratic wrote:
I think Clutch's lyrics have been consistently well written and terrifically witty.
You know I checked them out on Youtube one time and since then I've been fiercely addicted to the song Profits of Doom. I've yet to listen to an entire album of theirs though.
However, most bands take it over the top or just find words that rhyme every other line which is terrible.
Yeah that can be annoying sometimes. It's like they're writing for an 8th grade english assignment.
At 6/9/09 10:06 PM, D3NTATUS wrote:
Do you mean in metal or in general? For both I'd say that I agree, though.
I was thinking in general though in all fairness most of what I listen to is metal with only a few exceptions.
I can't really understand lyrics, even when the vocalist sings very clearly, so lyrics have never been a huge problem for me.
There's very few cases where I'll actually hear something the first time listening to it that pisses me off. The only one I can really think of is Be My Druidess by Type O Negative which really pisses me off with it's "I'll do anything to make you come."-break out of nowhere. It really fucks with what was an otherwise a great song.
I don't have any problems enjoying music for musics sake but looking at it from an artistic standpoint if I read your lyrics and they're shitty it kind of kills the mood. If you're singing about, let's say depression ... at least use some literary devices instead of letting the thesaurus explain everything for you. I hate that "sad" stuff generally has this problem with the overuse of words like "sad, despair, sorrow" of course these words have the potential to work if you know what you're doing but if there isn't any greater meaning behind them they come off as hollow and insincere.
I can't think of any metal bands with really great lyrics (though i do love Electric Wizard and Sleep's lyrics.)
Off the top of my head I've got Agalloch, Arcturus, Atheist, Death, Solefald, Warning and Yearning. I could probably make a longer one if I sat down and tried.
At 6/9/09 10:31 PM, Nev wrote:
TNP, Dystopia's lyrics are generally good. Mainly about abused and politics. I don't know if you read my post the other day but they're like Warning with the depression replaced by anger.
I'm going to look into them sometime soon.