- Nov 24, 2002
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Suddenly this morning I was thinking about some really old rock'n'roll lyrics and thought that if you read them in a certain sense they have nothing to envy the hard metal lyrics of today, see some well known examples:
Not bad, maybe some epic song from Manowar or Judas Priest?
Cult. Probably black metal stuff.
Definitive anti-Christian, nice for some black or doom band.
Cheesy maybe, but I'm sure KISS, Motley Crue or similar would have like it. Even maybe a thrash band for a ballad
I know is silly, but I wonder how many people complaint today of metal lyrics without looking at their own youth :Smug:, or considering: you know old rock'n'roll wasn't about violence and "satanism" Tsk,tsk, nice to know we are so original
See the fire sweepin' out very street today,
Burns like a red coal carpet, mad bull lost its way.
War, children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away.
War, children, it's just a shot away, it's just a shot away.
Rape! Murder! It's just a shot away, it's just a shot away.
Rape! Murder! It's just a shot away, it's just a shot away.
Not bad, maybe some epic song from Manowar or Judas Priest?
Stolen many a man's soul and faith.
I was around when Jesus Christ had His moment of doubt and faith.
I made damn sure that Pilate washed his hands and sealed his fate.
Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name.
But what's puzzling you is the nature of my game.
I stuck around St. Petersburg when I saw it was time for a change.
I killed the Tzar and his ministers; Anastasia screamed in vain.
Cult. Probably black metal stuff.
Eleanor Rigby, died in the church
and was buried along with her name
Nobody came
Father McKenzie, wiping the dirt
from his hands as he walks from the grave
No one was saved
Definitive anti-Christian, nice for some black or doom band.
Happiness is a warm gun
Happiness is a warm gun
When I hold you in my arms
And I feel my finger on your trigger
Cheesy maybe, but I'm sure KISS, Motley Crue or similar would have like it. Even maybe a thrash band for a ballad
I know is silly, but I wonder how many people complaint today of metal lyrics without looking at their own youth :Smug:, or considering: you know old rock'n'roll wasn't about violence and "satanism" Tsk,tsk, nice to know we are so original