Why is it that metal and hard rock in general don't lend themselves to the kind of lyrics I most like to listen to?
I've always admired people like Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Roger Waters and Sting, who put a lot of ideas and imagery into their words and are meticulous about the way they write them. It's difficult to imagine any of those guys singing about dragons and rainbows, charging across a battlefield at dawn to defend the honour of your clan or seducing a groupie backstage after a concert.
I'm not saying the genres have no clever lyricists at all. Neil Peart and Geezer Butler and Geoff Tate are always thought-provoking, Alice Cooper and Ian Gillan are both very good at tongue in cheek wordplay and our old friend Mr. Dickinson often has a foot in either camp.
Does anyone see the point I'm trying to make here or am I just rambling? It's Sunday afternoon and my brain's on autopilot .
W
I've always admired people like Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Roger Waters and Sting, who put a lot of ideas and imagery into their words and are meticulous about the way they write them. It's difficult to imagine any of those guys singing about dragons and rainbows, charging across a battlefield at dawn to defend the honour of your clan or seducing a groupie backstage after a concert.
I'm not saying the genres have no clever lyricists at all. Neil Peart and Geezer Butler and Geoff Tate are always thought-provoking, Alice Cooper and Ian Gillan are both very good at tongue in cheek wordplay and our old friend Mr. Dickinson often has a foot in either camp.
Does anyone see the point I'm trying to make here or am I just rambling? It's Sunday afternoon and my brain's on autopilot .
W