2564867, This is a good question Posted by Errol Walton Barrow, Sat Jun-25-11 03:27 PM
because I found Radiohead's "Ideoteque" to be a really well written song even though it's strips of lines. I always assumed that alot of 'dissociative' or stream of conciousness songs were complex like that song is, but then I got into the Brian ENo catelogue and realised it was just words that 'sounded' right.
Then I realised that is basically the first step of song writing (the paul mccartney 'scrambled eggs' stage), and that leaving the lyrics like that wasn't impressive.
I mean I think Brian ENo's "Julie With" is a wonderful song, I wouldn't call it complex, and I think most rock songwriters get over on the inscrutability of their lyrics.
That said, I believe the original poster is basically asking if Black music has ever been dissociative while still communicating meaning, y'know, if there's a black version of "the ghosts of electricity howl in the bones of her face", and is there even an incentive for that in black music.
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