Song Contest Part XXII, Host: Raveneyes, Theme: NEW ARTIST/BAND, Votes Due: Wednesay 10pm AEDT

[Purple7x08_24]

I mean music doesn’t have to have deep lyrics, and a song which lyrically connects to someone may not connect to others.

Eg John Lennon’s Imagine. Incredible for some, banal to others.

As for Taylor Swift, I’m sure her lyrics inspire many, just not in some people’s demographic. I’m not sure Beyoncé is claiming that Texas Hold ‘Em is lyrically a masterpiece, isn’t she making her own point that music is universal and anyone can make music of any genre?

This is an example of a really good song but people will never like it because of Dylan's voice
He's perhaps one of the greatest story tellers

 

[myblueroan]

I mean music doesn’t have to have deep lyrics, and a song which lyrically connects to someone may not connect to others.

Eg John Lennon’s Imagine. Incredible for some, banal to others.

As for Taylor Swift, I’m sure her lyrics inspire many, just not in some people’s demographic. I’m not sure Beyoncé is claiming that Texas Hold ‘Em is lyrically a masterpiece, isn’t she making her own point that music is universal and anyone can make music of any genre?

Absolutely. I am interested in lyrics. I know plenty of musicians...( cough) guitarists...who tend to focus on guitar riffs and progressions because it's where their interest lies.
So you might have a song with equally good lyrics and music
2 people say, what a great song! ..and then you find out some time down the road that one has never 'heard' the lyric amd they are shocked when they find out what the song is about. But it didn't matter to them. They still 'heard' a great song. Sort of like ways of learning. Some are aural some kinetic some need to see images or read. Quite beautiful really. And I'm not judging. I'm just super aware of it.

 

[myblueroan]

This is an example of a really good song but people will never like it because of Dylan's voice
He's perhaps one of the greatest story tellers

So true. I'm guity of it, but more for the often bland backing. You can always just read his lyrics though.
I loved his album Time out of Mind.

 

[Purple7x08_24]

So true. I'm guity of it, but more for the often bland backing. You can always just read his lyrics though.
I loved his album Time out of Mind.

Read the complexity of this song and the varying emotions he is expressing

Idiot Wind

Someone's got it in for me
They're planting stories in the press
Whoever it is I wish they'd cut it out quick
But when they will I can only guess
They say I shot a man named Gray
And took his wife to Italy
She inherited a million bucks
And when she died it came to me
I can't help it if I'm lucky
People see me all the time
And they just can't remember how to act
Their minds are filled with big ideas
Images and distorted facts
Even you, yesterday
You had to ask me where it was at
I couldn't believe after all these years
You didn't know me better than that
Sweet lady
Idiot wind
Blowing every time you move your mouth
Blowing down the back roads headin' south
Idiot wind
Blowing every time you move your teeth
You're an idiot, babe
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe
I ran into the fortune-teller
Who said, "beware of lightning that might strike"
I haven't known peace and quiet
For so long I can't remember what it's like
There's a lone soldier on the cross
Smoke pourin' out of a boxcar door
You didn't know it, you didn't think it could be done
In the final end he won the wars
After losin' every battle
I woke up on the roadside
Daydreamin' 'bout the way things sometimes are
Visions of your chestnut mare
Shoot through my head and are makin' me see stars
You hurt the ones that I love best
And cover up the truth with lies
One day you'll be in the ditch
Flies buzzin' around your eyes
Blood on your saddle
Idiot wind
Blowing through the flowers on your tomb
Blowing through the curtains in your room
Idiot wind
Blowing every time you move your teeth
You're an idiot, babe
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe
It was gravity which pulled us down
And destiny which broke us apart
You tamed the lion in my cage
But it just wasn't enough to change my heart
Now everything's a little upside down
As a matter of fact the wheels have stopped
What's good is bad, what's bad is good
You'll find out when you reach the top
You're on the bottom
I noticed at the ceremony
Your corrupt ways had finally made you blind
I can't remember your face anymore
Your mouth has changed
Your eyes don't look into mine
The priest wore black on the seventh day
And sat stone-faced while the building burned
I waited for you on the running boards
Near the cypress trees, while the springtime turned
Slowly into autumn
Idiot wind
Blowing like a circle around my skull
From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Capitol
Idiot wind
Blowing every time you move your teeth
You're an idiot, babe
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe
I can't feel you anymore
I can't even touch the books you've read
Every time I crawl past your door
I been wishin' I was somebody else instead
Down the highway, down the tracks
Down the road to ecstasy
I followed you beneath the stars
Hounded by your memory
And all your ragin' glory
I been double-crossed now
For the very last time and now I'm finally free
I kissed goodbye the howling beast
On the borderline which separated you from me
You'll never know the hurt I suffered
Nor the pain I rise above
And I'll never know the same about you
Your holiness or your kind of love
And it makes me feel so sorry
Idiot wind
Blowing through the buttons of our coats
Blowing through the letters that we wrote
Idiot wind
Blowing through the dust upon our shelves
We're idiots, babe
It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves

 

[MP_]

Let’s all agree that dance music with no lyrics is the best music

 

[spudmaster]

Let’s all agree that dance music with no lyrics is the best music

Not even a couple of words?

 

[MP_]

Not even a couple of words?
View attachment 1967519

Maybe a couple of repetitive ones

 

[Stokey]

Read the complexity of this song and the varying emotions he is expressing

Idiot Wind

Someone's got it in for me
They're planting stories in the press
Whoever it is I wish they'd cut it out quick
But when they will I can only guess
They say I shot a man named Gray
And took his wife to Italy
She inherited a million bucks
And when she died it came to me
I can't help it if I'm lucky
People see me all the time
And they just can't remember how to act
Their minds are filled with big ideas
Images and distorted facts
Even you, yesterday
You had to ask me where it was at
I couldn't believe after all these years
You didn't know me better than that
Sweet lady
Idiot wind
Blowing every time you move your mouth
Blowing down the back roads headin' south
Idiot wind
Blowing every time you move your teeth
You're an idiot, babe
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe
I ran into the fortune-teller
Who said, "beware of lightning that might strike"
I haven't known peace and quiet
For so long I can't remember what it's like
There's a lone soldier on the cross
Smoke pourin' out of a boxcar door
You didn't know it, you didn't think it could be done
In the final end he won the wars
After losin' every battle
I woke up on the roadside
Daydreamin' 'bout the way things sometimes are
Visions of your chestnut mare
Shoot through my head and are makin' me see stars
You hurt the ones that I love best
And cover up the truth with lies
One day you'll be in the ditch
Flies buzzin' around your eyes
Blood on your saddle
Idiot wind
Blowing through the flowers on your tomb
Blowing through the curtains in your room
Idiot wind
Blowing every time you move your teeth
You're an idiot, babe
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe
It was gravity which pulled us down
And destiny which broke us apart
You tamed the lion in my cage
But it just wasn't enough to change my heart
Now everything's a little upside down
As a matter of fact the wheels have stopped
What's good is bad, what's bad is good
You'll find out when you reach the top
You're on the bottom
I noticed at the ceremony
Your corrupt ways had finally made you blind
I can't remember your face anymore
Your mouth has changed
Your eyes don't look into mine
The priest wore black on the seventh day
And sat stone-faced while the building burned
I waited for you on the running boards
Near the cypress trees, while the springtime turned
Slowly into autumn
Idiot wind
Blowing like a circle around my skull
From the Grand Coulee Dam to the Capitol
Idiot wind
Blowing every time you move your teeth
You're an idiot, babe
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe
I can't feel you anymore
I can't even touch the books you've read
Every time I crawl past your door
I been wishin' I was somebody else instead
Down the highway, down the tracks
Down the road to ecstasy
I followed you beneath the stars
Hounded by your memory
And all your ragin' glory
I been double-crossed now
For the very last time and now I'm finally free
I kissed goodbye the howling beast
On the borderline which separated you from me
You'll never know the hurt I suffered
Nor the pain I rise above
And I'll never know the same about you
Your holiness or your kind of love
And it makes me feel so sorry
Idiot wind
Blowing through the buttons of our coats
Blowing through the letters that we wrote
Idiot wind
Blowing through the dust upon our shelves
We're idiots, babe
It's a wonder we can even feed ourselves

 

[Stokey]

Maybe a couple of repetitive ones

Put your hands up in the air!!

 

[por_please_ya]

Still time to nom folks

the fly Rodney Dangerfield Plugger35 spudmaster Dinsdale

Lots of people have retired from this place now

 

[Dinsdale]

Still time to nom folks

the fly Rodney Dangerfield Plugger35 spudmaster Dinsdale

Lots of people have retired from this place now

Sorry I been fishing for 4 days.

 

[spudmaster]

Still time to nom folks

the fly Rodney Dangerfield Plugger35 spudmaster Dinsdale

Lots of people have retired from this place now

Did you not like my nom?

 

[MP_]

Did you not like my nom?

I will like it

 

[myblueroan]

Put your hands up in the air!!

 

[Stokey]

Did you not like my nom?

Everyone loves your noms mate.

 

[Stokey]

Are you a DJ?

Can I put in a request?

 

[por_please_ya]

Did you not like my nom?

Lol I don't have my spreadsheet on hand as I'm at the in laws atm can't remember who nommed lol sorry

 

[Dinsdale]

Crikey, had to do a lot of checking for my nomnom, sure to win though.

 

[Dinsdale]

Lol I don't have my spreadsheet on hand as I'm at the in laws atm can't remember who nommed lol sorry

Google docs. That's how I can access the Margin Mania from anywhere on Earth.

 

[spudmaster]

Lol I don't have my spreadsheet on hand as I'm at the in laws atm can't remember who nommed lol sorry

And to think I even accompanied it with an adorable eevee gif!
(you're forgiven)

 

[spudmaster]

Crikey, had to do a lot of checking for my nomnom, sure to win though.

you got the margin mania voting rules down pat this round chief Dins?

 

[spudmaster]

Everyone loves your noms mate.

you've written "because it protects the rest of us from the billy" in white font after that, haven't you?

 

[Dinsdale]

you got the margin mania voting rules down pat this round chief Dins?

Yes, I even know the unwritten rules

 

[Stokey]

you've written "because it protects the rest of us from the billy" in white font after that, haven't you?

Yes. But I use dark mode like all the other cool kids.

 

[myblueroan]

Lol I don't have my spreadsheet on hand as I'm at the in laws atm can't remember who nommed lol sorry

I try to avoid trigger words like Spreadsheet.