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MasterMoose 11:16 pm UTC 08/29/10 |
| In reply to: | re: analysing the lyrics.... - besty 05:11 pm UTC 08/26/10 |
> In my opinion "Man of Steel" is fairly shit. However > "Priscilla" and "Special Girl" easily out-shits it. I coudn't agree more. As Come to think of it. As much as I love me a good meatloaf song - it appears that he has recorded (in my opinion) a lot of shit. It is only the brilliance of the great ones (mostly Steinman) that redeem him. > > They are pretty bad, but no worse than a lot of the trite, > > cliched Diane Warren-type lyrics Meat has recorde in the > > past (along with countless other artists.) The thing > > about bad lyrics is, if they're sung well, and to good > > music, they don't seem so bad as when you just read them > > on the page. IMO, "Man of Steel" is a decent song. I'd > > give it a C+. > > > > As an occasional lyric writer, whenever I find myself > > leaning toward the easy line, the cheesy rhyme, or the > > obvious choice, I just try to scrap it and go in a > > different direction and throw in something that I think I > > haven't heard before. > > > > > Completely overlooked your question actually... > > > > > > I guess he is on about these lyrics: > > > "I built this prison that I thought was a home > > > And we both lived here > > > Guess you were living alone > > > I'd tear it down if you would only have asked > > > And I would build you a bridge > > > So you could come back" > > > > > > They are quite cheesy lyrics I guess. > > > > > > the "both lived here / guess you were living alone" > > > perhaps doesn't make much sense. However It could be > > > interpreted as a type of unrequited love, in saying the > > > guy physically lived there but was never there for the > > > girl to love her properly? Something like that. > > > The next three lines seem to be saying "well you should > > > have complained at the time bitch and now it's too late > > > because I am too weak" > > > I wouldn't say these are the worst lines Meat has sung. > > > Something from the 80s would seem to fit that bill better > > > I would have thought. > > > > > > > Anyone here who has knowledge of songwriting, what is > > > > wrong with the offending verse? Is it any worse than some > > > > of the lyrics on HCTB. | |
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