tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355108483588914160.post764429673031877133..comments2023-10-24T00:24:11.707-07:00Comments on Poetry of Subculture: English as a Second Language, Heavy Metal as the First Helmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00584102280299430293noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355108483588914160.post-22520428121984105582013-10-04T12:04:47.991-07:002013-10-04T12:04:47.991-07:00Yes! This is something that a lot of people don...Yes! This is something that a lot of people don't seem to get. It saddens me to witness heavy metal apologists trying to defend their beloved genre either by pointing out supposedly good heavy metal lyric - the faux-poetic ones you talk about - or embracing the "stupid" ones but treating them basicly as meaningless fun, not to be taken seriously even for a second.<br /><br />The truly bad heavy metal lyrics for me are those that make endless references to the genre or to band itself. Like modern Darkthrone and 80% of Manowar discography. So meta-metal...Nekromantishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03439391978636334926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355108483588914160.post-81088704359836732892013-10-03T22:59:32.638-07:002013-10-03T22:59:32.638-07:00I've always found it a little weird to present...I've always found it a little weird to present lyrics divorced from their musical context as though they were an example of poetry. Poet and lyricist are related but nonidentical roles, so there is no real need for lyrics to be good poetry. Obviously, it is possible to write lyrics that function well as a poem, and also it is possible to write lyrics that function well both as a poem and as the lyrics to a musical piece. But it is completely possible to write lyrics that are great as lyrics but which make for piss poor poetry, and it is definitely an error to view this as a failure on the part of the lyricist. I agree very strongly with this post.Erenanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17727748726607756131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-355108483588914160.post-25361600854776576942013-09-28T21:37:28.853-07:002013-09-28T21:37:28.853-07:00persuasive defence for Urm the Mad and HM as first...persuasive defence for Urm the Mad and HM as first language.knifetoothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02626123032500629329noreply@blogger.com