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Subject: "RE: I could. But why should I have to?"
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d-bwoyFLOW
Member since Nov 13th 2010
556 posts
Wed Jun-22-11 11:56 AM
6. "RE: I could. But why should I have to?"
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>And more importantly, why should THEY have to?
so u can't them. kool my dude. point proven.
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can we agree that in terms of complex lyric writing, rock>>>>soul
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Wed Jun-22-11 11:29 AM
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what does 'complex' mean? self-conscious? pretentious?
AFKAP_of_Darkness
Jun 22nd 2011
1
RE: what does 'complex' mean? self-conscious? pretentious?
d-bwoyFLOW
Jun 22nd 2011
3
I could. But why should I have to?
AFKAP_of_Darkness
Jun 22nd 2011
4
please go play on the tracks.
shockzilla
Jun 22nd 2011
7
nope, we probably won't agree.
MISTA MONOTONE
Jun 22nd 2011
2
jesus christ.
shockzilla
Jun 22nd 2011
5
Good Luck With This Post
makaveli
Jun 22nd 2011
8
Oh Dear !
Pete Burns
Jun 22nd 2011
9
i think the soul style of singing doesn't lend itself well to overly
Madvillain 626
Jun 22nd 2011
10
RE: i think the soul style of singing doesn't lend itself well to overly
d-bwoyFLOW
Jun 22nd 2011
11
I love how this dude just disqualifies Stevie & Marvin
OldPro
Jun 22nd 2011
12
RE: I love how this dude just disqualifies Stevie & Marvin
d-bwoyFLOW
Jun 22nd 2011
13
I got your "emotional ho" right here
OldPro
Jun 22nd 2011
14
thats the best you got son?
d-bwoyFLOW
Jun 22nd 2011
15
check the edit
OldPro
Jun 22nd 2011
17
how about this?
AFKAP_of_Darkness
Jun 22nd 2011
18
or this?
AFKAP_of_Darkness
Jun 22nd 2011
19
or this:
AFKAP_of_Darkness
Jun 22nd 2011
20
This:
AFKAP_of_Darkness
Jun 22nd 2011
22
dunno if this counts as 'soul'...
AFKAP_of_Darkness
Jun 22nd 2011
23
or this
__Spread__
Jun 23rd 2011
54
RE: ^^^^^Indeed.
Austin
Jun 22nd 2011
25
RE: ^^^^^Indeed.
murph71
Jun 23rd 2011
34
Why is C Mayfield acting like a dick?
denny
Jun 23rd 2011
35
RE: Curtis and GSH begat hip hop lyricism.
Austin
Jun 23rd 2011
37
such a classic
Ally Al 2003
Jun 25th 2011
79
Can of Worms.
Based Bart
Jun 22nd 2011
16
RE: can we agree that in terms of complex lyric writing, rock>>>>soul
Birdzeye
Jun 22nd 2011
21
GTFOHWTBShiggedy!
tapedeck
Jun 22nd 2011
24
"you think big emotions only come from big words"?
sweeneykovar
Jun 22nd 2011
26
lol @ this bullshit
Fast Food James
Jun 22nd 2011
27
Agreed.
denny
Jun 22nd 2011
28
I agree in the sense that there's not going to be a soul version of KID ...
Nodima
Jun 22nd 2011
29
does all this stuff = 'complex' though?
AFKAP_of_Darkness
Jun 22nd 2011
30
For me, complexity is something I can't immediately understand
Nodima
Jun 23rd 2011
36
This is a good question
Errol Walton Barrow
Jun 25th 2011
80
I think rock has more lyricists who could be called complex
TomWaitsInOkkervil
Jun 22nd 2011
31
another jive under 18 year old turkey who don't like Black artists
mistermaxxx08
Jun 23rd 2011
32
like you don't do the same thing
shockzilla
Jun 23rd 2011
44
everybody knows that Black artists make it do what it do
mistermaxxx08
Jun 23rd 2011
52
lol.
shockzilla
Jun 23rd 2011
58
not more complex, more varied subject matter though
shygurl
Jun 23rd 2011
33
yeah id probably agree with that^^^
GumDrops
Jun 23rd 2011
38
try some eugene mcdaniels. or sly.
GumDrops
Jun 23rd 2011
39
badu is a great more recent example if you want opaqueness
GumDrops
Jun 23rd 2011
40
or even
GumDrops
Jun 23rd 2011
41
That's because she's influenced by 1990s hip-hop.
AFKAP_of_Darkness
Jun 23rd 2011
42
badu is terrible
d-bwoyFLOW
Jun 23rd 2011
43
badu is terrible at what?
MISTA MONOTONE
Jun 23rd 2011
45
RE: badu is terrible at what?
d-bwoyFLOW
Jun 23rd 2011
53
i think you are after something like the first funkadelic album
GumDrops
Jun 23rd 2011
49
It's a poorly worded post but I can see what he's saying
kwez
Jun 23rd 2011
46
country lyrics are generally not abstract, though.
AFKAP_of_Darkness
Jun 23rd 2011
47
Fair enough, but they're typically well written and atmospheric
kwez
Jun 23rd 2011
48
country is mostly narrative based
GumDrops
Jun 23rd 2011
50
The narrative strain is still there
AFKAP_of_Darkness
Jun 23rd 2011
51
has the lesson ever talked about soul singers going country?
GumDrops
Jun 24th 2011
60
I remember talking about it before
AFKAP_of_Darkness
Jun 24th 2011
61
RE: has the lesson ever talked about soul singers going country?
kwez
Jun 24th 2011
62
but see, i hear crazy in love as a tribute to god
GumDrops
Jun 24th 2011
63
if by complex you mean "boring" i'm with you
__Spread__
Jun 23rd 2011
55
^^^^^^^^^^BROKE IT DOWN^^^^^^^^^^^^
Ashley Ayers
Jun 24th 2011
71
i think you sound racist as fuck
truekolor
Jun 23rd 2011
56
Sure is racist rock critic mentality in here...
bluevelvet
Jun 23rd 2011
57
you touchy little bitches
d-bwoyFLOW
Jun 24th 2011
59
U Mad?
bluevelvet
Jun 24th 2011
64
ay...eat the cake anna mae
truekolor
Jun 24th 2011
65
For the record: I don't see anything racist about this post.
AFKAP_of_Darkness
Jun 24th 2011
66
RE: "Rockist' as hell, though.
Austin
Jun 24th 2011
67
yep.
AFKAP_of_Darkness
Jun 24th 2011
69
thats great bro, but it sounds racist as fuck
truekolor
Jun 24th 2011
68
but he also says hip-hop has the most complex lyrics
AFKAP_of_Darkness
Jun 24th 2011
70
and if he considers hiphop to be a greater genre
truekolor
Jun 24th 2011
72
Yeah but he's probably talking about El-P types
Luke Cage
Jun 25th 2011
74
ugh, I work with a couple of these guys
Nodima
Jun 25th 2011
75
RE: Yeah but he's probably talking about El-P types
d-bwoyFLOW
Jun 25th 2011
76
Rock is a more interesting genre to you than Soul
Luke Cage
Jun 25th 2011
77
Underlying racism is all over the whole Rockist attitude
Luke Cage
Jun 25th 2011
73
RE: Underlying racism is all over the whole Rockist attitude
d-bwoyFLOW
Jun 28th 2011
81
Funkadelic - Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts
Madvillain 626
Jun 25th 2011
78
RE: Funkadelic - Good Thoughts, Bad Thoughts
d-bwoyFLOW
Jun 28th 2011
82
to be fair, a lot of classic dylan is heroin'd out his mind
Nodima
Jun 29th 2011
84
hahah good pick i just saw McCabe and Mrs. Miller
Madvillain 626
Jun 29th 2011
85
One of them...
bluevelvet
Jun 29th 2011
86
This post really should've been an abstract vs. direct
Soulbrotha
Jun 29th 2011
83
Bingo
Luke Cage
Jun 29th 2011
88
Where is mistermaxxx?
bluevelvet
Jun 29th 2011
87
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