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Song Lyrics affecting you

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by Jeff, Feb 10, 2001.

  1. Jeff

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    If I had a dollar for every lyric that made me cry, scream, get angry, get happy, etc, I'd be a VERY rich man. For me, the music and the lyrics are inseparable. I've read beautiful poetry but it never moves me like words and music put together.

    I'm a musician - go figure. [​IMG]

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  2. Francis3422

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    Im a big metal fan, but i was listening to this really slow, kinda davemathews type song by COldplay called yellow, that is a really emotional type song.

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  3. fadeaway

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    I'm moved by good poetry. I'm moved by well-scripted prose. I'm often moved by powerful movies or interesting novels.

    For some reason though, I have never been moved by song lyrics.

    Maybe that's why I prefer music with no words. *shrug*

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    The end of '3 Libras' (A Perfect Circle) always gets to me.

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  5. RunninRaven

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    For some reason, The Rain Song by Led Zeppelin always gets me very depressed. It's hard to narrow it down to the lyrics, though, because the music plays just as big a role in your mood as what the singer is saying.

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  6. Behad

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    I grew up listening to 80's music and most of that was Nu Wave, Techno, type stuff, and a lot of gangsta rap. But for some oddball reason I love Don Henley's music and he's one of the few artists whose lyrics I even bother listening to. I also loved Toby Keith's "How Do You Like Me Now" (for personal reasons... muhahaha), and yes, ugh... it's country.

    I also love the lyrics to about 3 of Randy Travis' songs : Forever and Ever Amen, Deeper than the Holler, and Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart. I don't even listen to country music, but I love those songs for the lyrics.

    I also love the lyrics to the song "Living Years" by Mike & the Mechanics. If you've got dads you care about, listen to that song... that song is about the only song that can make me flat-out cry.

    I listen to gangsta rap for the beats, the thump and usually nothing more, but for some reason I always find myself listening to Tupac's songs and really taking in some of the lyrics.

    I'll add to my list as I think of them..

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  8. TheFreak

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    These lyrics always did move me:

    Touch my gun
    But don't pull my trigger
    Let's make history
    In the elevator

    Lock the door
    Shine my pistol some more
    Here I come
    Your Ten Second Lover


    -Motley Crue, "Ten Seconds to Love"
     
  9. Jeff

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    I've had that damn song stuck in my head for about a week now!

    RunninRaven: Don't be surprised about The Rain Song. Jimmy Page was a master of production and if he wanted the song to sound sad, it sounded SAD.

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  10. rockit

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    Man, there are so many songs that affect you in one way or the other. The ones that bring out the emotions ... wow, there are a few Janet songs out there that will make you go through all range of emotions. There are a few Bette Midler songs, Tupac for sure, and ENIGMA, I love their stuff!

    If I had to pick one song though, I'd say 'You' by Janet ... very powerful song.

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    I agree. The lyrics sung with the music is what it is meant to be. The two together is what gets me sweating on the dance floor. Examining the lyrics without the music is not really the writer's intent.

    Unless, of course, you are a Frank Zappa fan trying to freak out.



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    heypartner sweating on the dance floor? LOL! I might pay to see that!
     
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    The first time I heard Pat Benetar's "Hell is For Children" I turned the radio off sat back and tried to relax. It sounded to me like she was relating to a personal experience. Abusing a child is as low as someone can go in my book.

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    On a lighter note, who here was affect by Joan Jett's video of the song "Do you wanna touch" ? [​IMG]

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    I totally know what you mean dude. I downloaded that mp3 back in november and every time i was using my computer i had it playing on repeat for a good week at least.

    Another song that always got to me was a Smashing Pumpkins song off of their Adore album. Not many pumpkins fans I know care for that cd too much but its my favorite by the pumpkins. The song that touched me the most was "For Martha"


    if you have to go don't say goodbye
    if you have to go don't you cry
    if you have to go I will get by
    I will follow you
    and see you on the other side


    IMO Billy Corgan is one of the best songwriters in the last 20 years.

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  16. Francis3422

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    Have any of you ever had a song, or song lyrics that affect you in some way. made you happy or sad.

    What song or lyric?

    For me the Deftones song Change-"I watched a change in you; like you never had wings, I watched you change

    This song, and lyric remind me of how beatiful things can become in the blink of an eye.

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  17. RunninRaven

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    November Rain by GNR is also a very emotional song that gets to me in the end:

    Don't you think that you need somebody
    Don't you think that you need someone
    Everybody needs somebody
    I'm not the only one
    I'm not the only one


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    So many songs have affected me that I couldn't even begin to list them.

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    some moving lyrics include"

    "Crash into Me" -Dave
    "Satellite" -Dave
    "Shimmer" -Fuel
    "We are the Champions" -Queen
    and of course...
    "The Eyes of Texas"

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    Whoever we are
    Wherever we're from
    We shoulda noticed by now
    Our behavior is dumb
    And if our chances
    Expect to improve
    It's gonna take a lot more
    Than tryin' to remove
    The other race
    Or the other whatever
    From the face
    Of the planet altogether

    They call it THE EARTH
    Which is a dumb kinda name
    But they named it right
    'Cause we behave the same...
    *We are dumb all over*
    Dumb all over,
    Yes we are
    Dumb all over,
    Near 'n far
    Dumb all over,
    Black 'n white
    People, we is not wrapped tight

    Nurds on the left
    Nurds on the right
    Religous fanatics
    On the air every night
    Sayin' the Bible
    Tells the story
    Makes the details
    Sound real gory
    'Bout what to do
    If the geeks over there
    Don't believe in the book
    We got over here

    You can't run a race
    Without no feet
    'N pretty soon
    There won't be no street
    For dummies to jog on
    Or doggies to dog on
    Religous fanatics
    Can make it be all gone
    (I mean it won't blow up 'N disappear
    It'll just look ugly
    For a thousand years...)

    You can't run a country
    By a book of religion
    Not by a heap
    Or a lump or a smidgeon
    Of foolish rules
    Of ancient date
    Designed to make
    You all feel great
    While you fold, spindle
    And mutilate
    Those unbelievers
    From a neighboring state


    TO ARMS! TO ARMS!
    Hooray! That's great
    Two legs ain't bad
    Unless there's a crate
    They ship the parts
    To mama in
    For souvenirs: two ears *(Get Down!)*
    Not his, not hers, *(but what the hey?)*
    The Good Book says:
    *("It gotta be that way!")*
    But their book says:
    *"REVENGE THE CRUSADES...
    With whips 'n chains
    'N hand grenades..."*
    TWO ARMS? TWO ARMS?
    Have another and another
    Our God says:
    *"There ain't no other!"*
    Our God says
    *"It's all okay!"*
    Our God says
    *"This is the way!"*

    It says in the book:
    *"Burn 'n destroy...*
    *'N repent, 'n redeem*
    *'N revenge, 'n deploy*
    *'N rumble thee forth*
    *To the land of the unbelieving scum on
    the other side*
    *'Cause they don't go for what's in the
    book*
    *'N that makes 'em BAD*
    *So verily we must choppeth them up*
    *And stompeth them down*
    *Or rent a nice French bomb*
    *To poof them out of existance
    *While leaving their real estate just where
    we need it*
    *To use again*
    *For temples in which to praise
    OUR GOD*
    *("Cause he can really take care of
    business!")*

    And when his humble TV servant
    With humble white hair
    And humble glasses
    And a nice brown suit
    And maybe a blond wife who takes
    phone calls
    Tells us our God says
    It's okay to do this stuff
    Then we gotta do it,
    'Cause if we don't do it,
    We ain't gwine up to *hebbin!*
    (Depending on which book you're using
    at the time...Can't use theirs... it don't work
    ...it's all lies...Gotta use mine...)
    Ain't that right?
    That's what they say
    Every night...
    Every day...
    Hey, we can't really be dumb
    If we're just following *God's Orders*
    Hey, let's get serious...
    God knows what he's doin'
    He wrote this book here
    An' the book says:
    *He made us all to be just like Him," so...
    If we're dumb...
    Then God is dumb...
    *(An' maybe even a little ugly on the side)*


    Mr Frank Zappa

    To those that have seen this before...sorry


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