Hi,
Guitarhacker
There are so many great lyric writers....
But the first one which came to mind was Ian Anderson.... Jethro Tull.... Thick as a Brick... the album.
A buddy of mine.... Mikey Brown and I used to sit around literally for hours listening to that album. Amazing stuff.
The lyrics in "Passion Play" are excellent ... but they are very tough and actually very pointed, and not exactly the kind of stuff that radio likes to play, which is mostly blahhh stuff, with an occasion song, that will survive in there, meaning a lot more than otherwise.
Apocalyptic Bore - Amon Duul 2 -
One day, when suddenly by fortune
We saw the U.F.O.'s fly
They brought us the so-called paradise
They were spooking from the sky
Desert became a blooming garden
Like a dainty recreation field
Everybody's keenest dreams came true
Even gigantomaniacs were thrilled
Frogmen lifted treasures
Everybody got their parts
It was a worldwide pleasure
We all landed in the charts
No horse that didn't win the race
They found their destination
As if they were shot through the space
It was a big sensation...
My neighbor lived in the middle ages
His castle was cheaply rented
Everybody now could explore the past
'Cause the time-continuum-robot was invented
And then as skywriters signalized
Their majesties the extraterrestians
And when they came down in sparkling haze
We called them the space-pedestrians
There seemed to be happiness for eternity
Mankind scored more and more
Until one day the young growing up generation
Called this age an apocalyptic bore
There was nothing to fight for – no love no hate –
Only a quivering in the air
Kids had taken all their skybikes
And were leaving for the Big Bear
Dark shadows burst through the universe
Mother earth was really shocked
All hopes all dreams had disappeared
All ways, all minds were locked
(And the song goes into an amazing guitar/violin duet ... which SCORPIONS copied with the title song to "Fly To The Rainbow" ... and Scorps' song was about having fun, though I can not remember the lyrics for it right now.)
(Sadly, this song by AD2, also stated that the band was over, in terms of quality and design. They could never create anything else as strong after that, and the rest of the album was what could be considered a bunch of singles. They still had good stuff, but none with the power and presence of the earlier material. Witness "Mozambique" ... )
Peter Hammill - A Way Out
Out of joint, out of true, out of love,
Out of the blue, out of order, out of orbit,
Out of control,
Out of touch, out of line, out of sync
And out of time, out of gas, out of tread,
Out of road.
Out of date, out of stock, out of use -
Out, out dammed spot!
You want out, you want out of it for good.
Out of the running, out of the game,
Out on your feet, clear out of range,
Out of context, out of contact,
Out of the woods.
Out, out, looking for a way out,
No straws are left to cling to;
Out, out, going for the fade-out...
but what do you fade into?
Out on the town, out for laughs,
Out of service, out to grass,
Out of mourning, our of purdah,
Out of bail,
Out of kilter, out grace,
Out to get out of this place,
Out of this world, out and out
Beyond the plae.
Right out of character, out of sympathy,
So far out upon a limb
you're out of your tree....
Out of breath, out of tune, out of your head
And out of view, down and out,
Out for the count, or is it just for revenge?
Out of sight, out of mind, leave it out,
Leave it behind out of reach
Of all family, all friends
Out, out, going for the bale-out,
No parachute above you.
Out, out, you'll not feel the fall-out
...I wish I'd said "I love you
SW came out later, but the "fad" of the space thing, that had started way earlier, was already coming to an end in 1972 and 1973, and it was even considered stupid ... by the time that the Bee Gees did their thing. But it was the same for me, with SW, when in the 2nd film, the spiritual side of things got removed and replaced with wires ... in other words, no longer human, and separating the inner thing from the outer person, for me!
Peter's song, sounds kinda crazy, and yet, it is a love ballad ... and the end line is an absolutely stunning end to the song ... and we all can always look back ... yep ... I did that! It's a tough thing to live with sometimes for many people, but I'm not sure that a "youthful mind" can think beyond the moment as much as the older mind can! So that makes the song even stronger.
post edited by Moshkito - 2016/03/15 00:33:08