Music with a meaning

[Shock and Awe]

Hell yes, music is almost better with a meaning.

 

[APPCRASH]

Fair enough, but I'd always be answering to someone.
That just isn't compatible with who I am.
God knows how I'm going to hold down a job.

I guess, Can I interest you with the thought of shooting guns and serving your country?
This is my final offer.

 

[APPCRASH]

Yes and no, respectively.
I've always wanted combat training.

Anyway, I already plan on making a career of writing fiction - not as exciting, perhaps, but it works.

..How did we get on this subject, anyway?
I don't remember.

I'm too lazy to read back. I guess it's time for me to find some hopeless smuck and try recruiting him. It's hard job when so many people hate their country or commitment.

 

[Zac_Dai]

So no one ever likes a song for a good beat?

I reckon people put too much stock in lyrics anyway, most of it is written to fit the music itself.

 

[Badger616]

Listen to Cradle of Filth. Their music is like heavy metal mixed with elements of black metal, but all the lyrics are basically literature. Concept albums are the way forward; their album Cruelty and the Beast is about a real serial killer from history, Elizabeth Bathory, and Damnation and a Day is a Musical re-imagining of John Milton's epic poem Paradise Lost

 

[mad benji89]

to be honest i would class rise against as a pop band just a rock pop band because there sing and when you say that you like songs when there about relationships thats what most of pop music is about. music should reflect where your from and the enveroment and there area around you if u want true soulfull music that show either hardship, and music that actually made a change to many lifes and how people think you want to check out genres like
blues, obviouly soul, bip bop, rock and roll, psychedelia, experimental, punk*

and some good artist that i think you should check out is

led belly
robert johnson
muddy waters
marvin gaye
stevie wonder
gladys knight
jimi hendrix
velvert underground
pink floyd
cammel

just some to look up. also try and listern to band or artist from where you live because thats what you should be able to be able to get more than anything because there from the same place and propperly gone through alot of the same stuff and there are alot good bands out there =] remember because its mainstream dosent mean its good lol







*but propper punk not green day or blink 182 not saying there bad bands but there not what am on about

 

[Arcyde]

I think this song has a lot of meaning.

 

[SmartIdiot]

To be fair, I do not listen to "real" punk.
I am willing to admit that most of the stuff I like is branded pop-punk or alternative.
I'm okay with that, because it's what I like, and fuck anyone who wants to make an issue of it.

And hey, someone's gotta hate them - it's not like they realize how stupid they are.

We try our best to ignore you. Anyway, It's not easy to find modern day punk. Sometimes you have to go back to the roots to find anything worth a damn. As long as pop-punk just keeps it's feet away from the emo cliff, I'll still listen to them.

That's because there is no such thing as modern 'true' punk. The punk movement is over, and now the problem for up-and-coming musicians such as myself is this; what is there left to do? We've already hit every corner of the musical world, and now it's just generally rehashing the same stuff. That's why you have so much shit saturating the market now. What I want to do is bring back a musical renaissance, if you will, in which the world will once again return to a day of punk, metal and classic rock, when guitar players were good, hair was big, and increasingly-anodyne pop bands were not churned out every five minutes. Basically, I'm screwed, but don't want to admit it.

Urg... I can't stand when people get so po-faced about music. What the fuck is 'true' punk? I didn't realise there were any rules to go by which defined what punk is and isn't. Oh yeah, that's because that was the whole point! As for having hit every corner of the musical world, that's what experimentation is for and if you think that going backwards to go forwards is a good idea well... it isn't, as we would end up 'rehashing the same stuff'. You're not screwed at all, you just need to look at things more positively. What can you do to contribute to music? Rather than 'it's all been done so there's no point trying'.

 

[Acenan]

Was it mye avatar that gave it away? jes i am a Cruehead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOFGMZr8QT8



Games/Music/Movies.. are about the same only movies/games are sound given picture/function so on...

 

[SLy AsymMetrY]

I don't like rap/hip hop. I don't criticise others for liking it but I just DON'T like it myself.

Recently my sister criticised me for not liking that kind of music. When she asked me why I didn't like it, I simply said: It doesn't make me feel anything. She just went, oh, and hasn't said anything since.

My musical tastes are pretty varied (red hot chilli peppers/andrea bocelli) and i'm fairly open-minded about music. Provided it makes me feel SOMETHING. Some emotional response. With hip hop music. Theres just nothing there for me.

My only musical motivation is emotion. A good song is just like a good book. It makes you feel what someone else is feeling. It creates a connection between you as a listener and the musician/author. Thats my impression anyway.

 

[Lexodus]

Urg... I can't stand when people get so po-faced about music. What the fuck is 'true' punk?

Alright, let me stop you right there. Punk was a movement of rebellion against society at the time, not just a musical genre. The reason you can't find true punk anymore is because that movement is OVER. Until we have another social revolution (although we really don't have that much to complain about now), true punk cannot be revived.

As for having hit every corner of the musical world, that's what experimentation is for and if you think that going backwards to go forwards is a good idea

I say that, because if we look at what we've done in the past we can see what they did well and adapt it to suit our current situations, i.e advancements in technology, ideals etc.

well... it isn't, as we would end up 'rehashing the same stuff'.

but rehashing the same stuff from a few decades ago would at least be a breath of fresh air from rehashing the same stuff from five minutes ago.

You're not screwed at all, you just need to look at things more positively.

I was making a funny.

What can you do to contribute to music?

I can perform Bat Out Of Hell in interpretive dance whilst entirely nekkid (of course, this would mean I'd have to be rather smashed)

Rather than 'it's all been done so there's no point trying'.

I never said there was no point trying; in fact, quite the opposite. I said that I was screwed, but I didn't want to admit it (which generally means, 'I'm not going down without a fight in which I take a sizeable chunk outta your leg'.

 

[skywalkerlion]

I love David Bowie, I like his deep and confusing lyrics.

 

[SmartIdiot]

Alright, let me stop you right there. Punk was a movement of rebellion against society at the time, not just a musical genre. The reason you can't find true punk anymore is because that movement is OVER.

It was a rhetorical question. I know what punk was and still is. Yes, the first wave was over back in the early 80s, but since then there have been more waves, not to mention hardcore.

Until we have another social revolution (although we really don't have that much to complain about now), true punk cannot be revived.

Are you having a laugh? I might suggest 'Grey Britain' by Gallows, a fantastic punk album that also accurately points out everything that is wrong (with Britain at least) at the moment. There is a LOT to get riled up about these days and there always will be. You are correct though, true punk cannot be revived because it isn't dead.

I say that, because if we look at what we've done in the past we can see what they did well and adapt it to suit our current situations, i.e advancements in technology, ideals etc.

Fair enough.

but rehashing the same stuff from a few decades ago would at least be a breath of fresh air from rehashing the same stuff from five minutes ago.

Not necessarily. Often people will seek out the roots of current music and find their way back to the dinosaur bands. I see where you're coming from here and I agree that too many bands at the moment just seem to be ripping each other off. However people will notice if bands start ripping off music from a few decades ago. Just look at Oasis, everyone knows they just go through their Beatles back catalogue and decide which song they're going to steal next.

I was making a funny.

I suspected as much, but I risked it anyway.

I can perform Bat Out Of Hell in interpretive dance whilst entirely nekkid (of course, this would mean I'd have to be rather smashed)

Really?

I never said there was no point trying; in fact, quite the opposite. I said that I was screwed, but I didn't want to admit it (which generally means, 'I'm not going down without a fight in which I take a sizeable chunk outta your leg'.

I guess it was just the way you came across in your post. However you did admit it in the end so... feel better.

Punk isn't dead.