tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355108483588914160.post6110944930398198825..comments2023-10-24T00:24:11.707-07:00Comments on Poetry of Subculture: MurdererHelmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584102280299430293noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355108483588914160.post-68800454033484659812012-07-16T00:54:21.762-07:002012-07-16T00:54:21.762-07:00The first lyric stanza feels abruptly entered. Les...The first lyric stanza feels abruptly entered. Less deep purple but blackened blue.knifetoothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02626123032500629329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355108483588914160.post-76393645116318092812012-07-14T22:09:56.162-07:002012-07-14T22:09:56.162-07:00Erenan, great catch on the song ending.Erenan, great catch on the song ending.knifetoothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02626123032500629329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355108483588914160.post-46344373333986527612012-07-13T00:32:29.769-07:002012-07-13T00:32:29.769-07:00That's fine, didn't mean to put you on the...That's fine, didn't mean to put you on the spot or anything. I'm not sure it's an issue of practicality but that parents sometimes would rather their children do not bother 'the family' with their various existential concerns and it's only real when the children are, as you were, completely firm and stick to their choice. Then it becomes clear to the parents that they will have to aknowledge and accept what they're being told. They can't just stubbornly stick their heads in the sand until it goes away.Helmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00584102280299430293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355108483588914160.post-38990560011716767102012-07-12T12:59:29.290-07:002012-07-12T12:59:29.290-07:00Thanks for your advice. I'll consider it... Ho...Thanks for your advice. I'll consider it... However, it's a little unclear to me what owning up to such a choice would actually mean in practical terms. I don't see myself as having been anything but firm about it, and I don't think I've made any apologies for it, either. I may be misunderstanding what you mean. In any case, I stopped myself a couple times while I was writing out the long version of my personal history for you, but I'm not sure I really want to plaster this stuff all over your blog right now. I'm actually more interested in Helloween, to be completely honest.Erenanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15034272283005342671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355108483588914160.post-48537517911152767372012-07-12T10:13:51.086-07:002012-07-12T10:13:51.086-07:00I'm sorry to hear that, Erenan. You might have...I'm sorry to hear that, Erenan. You might have to baby your parents for a while if they're throwing a tantrum over your life choices. If they want you to be part of their lives, they'll have to accept you as you are. Give them time and space to do so but make it clear to them that the time is not infinite. Give them a year to come to terms with your falling out of faith but no more. You're an adult and you hold the power in this relationship because the only thing you owe to your parents as an adult is to listen to them and consider their point of view. That's it. No more. Once they realize that they have no other power over you, it'll be they that will bargain with you to have you in their lives.<br /><br />Your wife however is a whole different thing. It's very cruel to be without support from all sides in your evolution in your faith. But if you want my opinion, please consider that, although I completely understand your point of view about how your position now is a natural consequence, you should own up to it as your personal choice anyway. What you're describing is similar to how a lot of people who come out to their parents and friends as say, gay, haven't chosen to be gay. But by telling everyone that they are, they've chosen to be out as gay. Similarily, you could have kept your loss of faith private and remained a social christian to appease your family and wife, but you chose not to. So own up to your choice and make no further apologies for it. If there's going to be any healing in your social life, the people being childish about it need to see you at least be firm about your choices.Helmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00584102280299430293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355108483588914160.post-17481686023294597012012-07-12T09:09:41.660-07:002012-07-12T09:09:41.660-07:00I've never killed anyone, but I suppose I can ...I've never killed anyone, but I suppose I can relate a little to the alienation aspect of this. Some time ago, I moved on from Christianity to... I dunno... explicit weak atheism? My family was not pleased about it, and while they haven't exactly disowned me, it's pretty clear that they'll always see me a little differently now. My wife is especially unhappy about it, as she has decided that her faith is the primary thing keeping her life from being miserable, and now she feels like she's going through things without me. Anyway, what I really wanted to get at was the fact that no one in my family seems capable or willing to accept that my new set of beliefs isn't something that I chose, but rather the natural consequence of a series of events that influenced my thinking. I didn't choose it, but I feel a slight sense of alienation from my family as a result of it.<br /><br />On an unrelated note, I find it interesting that the final chord of this song is not the tonic. That lingering unresolved harmonic tension is important. The harmony never resolves to where your ear wants it to go, and the murderer in the song can never again feel at home.Erenanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15034272283005342671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355108483588914160.post-63051966844235902332012-07-10T12:51:30.416-07:002012-07-10T12:51:30.416-07:00As a side note whilst sorting out some old drawers...As a side note whilst sorting out some old drawers I recently found some lyrics to an imaginary Power Metal song that I wrote as a twelve/eleven year old. It was titled 'Age of Fight' and was a complete rip off the bands I listened to at the time, mixed with those 'cool' english words that are the ones kids know (Fire, blood and indeed fight).Mechabarbarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12188362750510531794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355108483588914160.post-82941092182661535542012-07-09T01:04:31.711-07:002012-07-09T01:04:31.711-07:00I remember hearing Helloween in 1986. I didn't...I remember hearing Helloween in 1986. I didn't pay them attention. Fast picking and something like guitar harmony. German metal. Pale pumpkins. Now I'm giving them a fresh listen. I feel guilty for spending hours trying to figure out what these songs are doing. What these sounds are doing. What these texts are doing. <br /><br />There's nothing more crippling than the business of explaining when you should be in the business of doing.knifetoothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02626123032500629329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355108483588914160.post-63162236767830276552012-07-07T07:36:13.003-07:002012-07-07T07:36:13.003-07:00Now if I had (and still have) some problems with t...Now if I had (and still have) some problems with the lyrics of Starlight - these totally resonate with me. And it's not so much because of the darker theme (one of the first things when coming fresh to heavy metal is the guilty fascination/attraction for taboos and stuff that society don't discuss about in the same passionate manner HM often express) of the song but the sense of isolation and being estranged with the society. Classic track.Nekromantishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03439391978636334926noreply@blogger.com