i decided to talk about my favorite rock lyricist
please notice i did not say frontman (which would entail a person's aura, style, etc) i said lyricist now, a lot of rock has garbage lyrics, some people would probably disagree with me but it is just the truth, oftentimes when i listen to rock i hear a song that could mean something significant or could mean nothing at all.. but that is the problem.. ONLY THE ACTUAL PERSON WHO WROTE IT KNOWS WHAT IT MEANS! in rock a lot of times they just say things that have no connection like (i'm gonna make something up) a fly on the wall my stomach is hurting i look to the sky everything is working if an artist explains something like this and explains the connection then i can accept it and respect it, but if u are just saying things like that and u never explain it then i write it off as what it sounds like.. mindless babble so who is my fave rock lyricist? steve harwell from smash mouth listen to any of their songs from any of their albums and each song actually has a clear lyrical point and direction.. and he is quite clever like on all-star for example he said this: its a cool place and they say it gets colder/ ur bundled up now, wait til u get older/ but the media men beg to differ/ judging by the hole in the satellite picture/ the ice we skate is gettin pretty thin/ the water's gettin warm so u might as well swim/ my world's on fire, how about yours?/ just the way i like it and i'll never get bored/ did u take all that in? what he said there carried a LOT of weight this sort of content is wrapped up in a happy poppy sounding song think about that. also he really matches the songs perfectly as far as vocal harmony, melody, versatility, etc. so that's my pick.. in my opinion he's way ahead of most of the pack in rock sooooo there ya go peeeeaCe
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JaimsThese are my blogs from 2009. I started them in May of that year when I couldn't work on music but still needed a way to express myself. Archives
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