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ginnie
Sorry, ginnie, I can't help you. To me, music is background noise. Ell keeps telling me who or what is playing and when the band broke up and which one committed suicide.
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johnmacnab
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January 20, 2008
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Some song lyrics are so descriptive of your own life they catch you
by the heart and won't let go.
posted by
Pat_B
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January 12, 2008
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the music first always
posted by
Kabu
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January 11, 2008
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posted by
afzal50
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January 11, 2008
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Loving it is what matters sam444!
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ginnieb
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January 11, 2008
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I am musical inept! But, I love all genres. sam
posted by
sam444
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January 11, 2008
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Hi Azur!
Totally!! Leonard Cohen is awesome! Canadian too!
I like your other mentions too! True that the lyrics need the music but what a fabulous pairing when it happens!
posted by
ginnieb
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January 11, 2008
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Good music is one thing, but add in brilliant lyrics
and that will transport me. For me it is the lyrics that will determine how often I come back
to a song. Some of the best writing you can see will be in the form of lyrics. I would like to
get the books released recently by Leonard Cohen and Nick Cave. They know how to write lyrics. And Tori Amos, and James, a British band, and this week I listened again to Kate Bush.
Of course look at the lyrics alone and they may not make much sense.
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Azur
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January 11, 2008
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Another one eh Taps?
My new theory is a non-starter that's for sure!
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ginnieb
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January 11, 2008
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ginnieb
I do believe I've always been drawn more to the music than to the lyrics. I've often been surprised what the lyrics are long after I'm humming the tune.
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TAPS.
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January 11, 2008
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Ha! That's really interesting Nautikos!
And that quickly blows my theory that writers are more likely to be drawn to the lyrics than the melody! You and Steve would get along well! And ya..no rap or heavy metal..and not so much with the country music either!
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ginnieb
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January 11, 2008
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ginnie
Well, I certainly see myself more as a writer than a musician. I can't really play any instruments, though I dabble a bit at clarinet and guitar. But I love music, 'classical' from Bach to Brahms, Jazz, and opera, especially the Italian repertoire. Sopranos give me goose bumps. I like some rock, but no Heavy Metal, and please, no rap...
And the words? I never, ever pay attention to the lyrics! In fact, if I sometimes catch them by accident, they're in one ear out the other. I'm not even particularly interested in the libretto of an opera. They could be singing of shoes and ships and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings for all I care...
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Nautikos
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January 11, 2008
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