I was having this conversation just yesterday with friends, about the lack
of good lyrics in house and techno. We were discussing 'Black Water' ("Don't
let them tell you that war is the answer" etc. Pretty cool) and a few things
came up, among them -Elements of Life - MAW Feat. Blaze (MAW) Excellent lyrics concerning our depletion of natural resources. In fact, a lot of Blaze stuff has really well thought out lyrics.... Acting Crazy - Round Three (Main St.) Weird ass lyrics about someone's smacked up [girl]friend.... :-) Dajae - Day by Day (Cajual) Just great lyrics about coping with daily life..... Mmmm....have work to do.....can't think.... Later, Andrew ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mann, Ravinder [CCS]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Phonopsia'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "313" <313@hyperreal.org> Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 12:07 PM Subject: RE: (313) WE WANT LYRICS! > Good Lyrics in House/Techno...not many...like I say...non of that I love you honey child cr^p > > Let me start... > > Arnold Jarvis - Take Some Time Out > 4 Hero - Black Gold of the sun > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Phonopsia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 30 April 2003 12:02 > To: 313 > Subject: (313) WE WANT LYRICS! > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Odeluga, Ken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Phonopsia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Alex Bates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "313" <313@hyperreal.org> > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 11:51 AM > Subject: RE: (313) More Dirty House > > > > I'm not sure if I particularly g.a.f. abt the lyrical content! If we > > deconstructed all the lyrics of most of the tracks we are interested > > in here, we really wouldn't be left with much that is literary, noble > > or even coherent most of the time! The vibe is everything, for better > > or worse. Plus, I can make my own mistakes and learn from them myself, > > thanks, > without > > need of the wisdom of an R'n'B singer to teach me, albeit in beautiful > > dulcet tones! > > > Maybe it's time we started to expect more though? That 'glad today' record I mentioned earlier has excellent romantic lyrics, and the Brooks album is packed with them straight through (even if they're largely nonsensical, they are great: see - dripping in gold). Dani Sicialano springs to mind too. I'll be the first to admit that I'll let lyrics slide in house, but I don't know exactly when we lowered our expectations. Lyrics used to be a big draw for me before I got into house/techno, and they still are when I shop outside of this. There have always been good political lyrics, and still are, like Blackman, etc, but I'd like to see more insightful probings of emotions. It's not like there's ever been a time when there wasn't some good lyrical tracks in house, I just think people have more room to write crap if it kicks. > > Tristan > ======= > Text/Mixes: http://www.phonopsia.co.uk > Music: http://www.mp313.com > Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
