do people actually know what the songs are about? Or is it just melody and rhythym and words to everyone?
Originally posted by Strangelight
do people actually know what the songs are about? Or is it just melody and rhythym and words to everyone?
Originally posted by neph
If it was like that, then mankind would be even worse than anticipated.
No, lots of people try to get into the lyrics of a song, though there are also lots of people who don't care about what the lyricist wants to convey.
Though I guess that sometimes it's quite hard to relate to a song because you didn'T experience the same thing as the person who wrote the song, but you can relate to the overall feeling. And very often lyrics simply reflect what you experienced yourself, and it gives you comfort in a way because you know that without talking, there are people out there who just feel the same.
I consider lyrics a great gift, just like good books, because artists give so much of themselves away, they share great parts of themselves with you, they allow you to have an insight into their soul. To me that's something very precious.
Originally posted by neph
If it was like that, then mankind would be even worse than anticipated.
No, lots of people try to get into the lyrics of a song, though there are also lots of people who don't care about what the lyricist wants to convey.
Though I guess that sometimes it's quite hard to relate to a song because you didn'T experience the same thing as the person who wrote the song, but you can relate to the overall feeling. And very often lyrics simply reflect what you experienced yourself, and it gives you comfort in a way because you know that without talking, there are people out there who just feel the same.
I consider lyrics a great gift, just like good books, because artists give so much of themselves away, they share great parts of themselves with you, they allow you to have an insight into their soul. To me that's something very precious.
Originally posted by cedarbreed
I think if you don't always get the exact meaning of the lyrics you can always relate them to yourself one way or another.
If you ask anathema and antimatter fans, I'm sure any of them will say the lyrics remind them of their own life or their own vision of the world ... And I'm sure that's what makes Anathema and Antimatter so special to their fans. Special and unique .
True ?
Very true indeed.Originally posted by cedarbreed
...I'm sure any of them will say the lyrics remind them of their own life or their own vision of the world ... And I'm sure that's what makes Anathema and Antimatter so special to their fans. Special and unique .
True ?
Originally posted by Ivo
Very true indeed.
There's something else Dunc, it never happen before with other bands,
Originally posted by neph
Though I guess that sometimes it's quite hard to relate to a song because you didn'T experience the same thing as the person who wrote the song, but you can relate to the overall feeling.
most songs have my own interpretation. but this way i rather don't know what songwriter meant when he was writing a song. but i often think what is a song about. i bend its message and try to find connections with my life experiences. in a sense i identify with song's message. and it's more than 'just' listening. i feel it.Originally posted by Strangelight
do people actually know what the songs are about? Or is it just melody and rhythym and words to everyone?
Originally posted by Mariner
Hmmmm, well I have to say lyrics are not very important to me... the music counts! Of course I like some lyrics, but it's not that I listen to the lyrics from each song I hear... But I know the lyrics (or pieces) from my favourites anyway... You can write some bad lines on a asskicking song, and it still will be asskicking, No?!
Originally posted by Sopel
i bend its message and try to find connections with my life experiences.
yesOriginally posted by Sopel
most songs have my own interpretation. but this way i rather don't know what songwriter meant when he was writing a song. but i often think what is a song about. i bend its message and try to find connections with my life experiences. in a sense i identify with song's message. and it's more than 'just' listening. i feel it.