dem words dem words dem wild words heed the word of de cult...

[rich-l]

And a damned fine piss up it was too.

This morning feel somewhat shakey, have headache, dry mouth, and am
unshaven.  Fantastic.

Cheers,

Rich.

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>From: Andy Gilham <Andy.Gilham at BTINTERNET.COM>
>To: Multiple recipients of list BOC-L <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
>Subject: Re: dem words dem words dem wild words heed the word of de cult...
>Date: Thu, Sep 30, 1999, 11:05 pm
>

> I may be able to respond better in the a.m., but I jjst got back from
> pissing it up with Rich L...
>
> Anyway, the master of the incomprehensible-but-somehow-deeply-moving lyric
> is Roger Roky Kynard Erickson, with such great stuff as "Sputnik your
> theory/Alien I creator".  And "I walked with a zombie - last night..."
>
> More in the a.m.
>
>
> --Andy
>
> mailto:Andy.Gilham at btinternet.com; http://www.btinternet.com/~andy.gilham
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: BOC/Hawkwind Discussion List [mailto:BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU]On
>> Behalf Of Bolts of Ungodly Vision
>> Sent: 30 September 1999 21:06
>> To: Multiple recipients of list BOC-L
>> Subject: BOC: dem words dem words dem wild words heed the word of de
>> cult...
>>
>>
>> At 03:06 PM 9/30/99 EDT, Ted wrote:
>> >Well, doesn't this speak volumes about BOC's songwriting doldrums?
>> >The double whammy of SP and Al departing the band left a huge lyric
>> >void that never was filled.  Imagine going from great stuff like this
>> >to 'Make Rock Not War' or 'Beat 'em Up!'
>>
>> Although, Beat em Up can be  excused because it wasnt written "in house."
>> We can  sneer at BOC for a momentary lapse of reason in agreeing to set
>> them to music.  Aong those lines, the fact it took more than one person to
>> write "Let Go" never ceases to scare/amaze me! heheh
>>
>> >Sure, occasional flashes of lyric inspiration [c.f. Harvest Moon]
>> >bust through the murk, but damn!, SP's lyrics really had such a huge
>> >impact on the mystery that swirled around BOC's first 3 great albums.
>> >The music has always been uniformly great, but the lyrics never
>> >seemed to recapture those early days...
>>
>> What struck me the most about the lyrics of Heaven Forbid is that
>> they seem
>> to  be, besides not being as cool as "Cities on Flame," a try at
>> being more
>> contemporary with song content. And lyrics about the times in which they
>> were written were never a trademark of BOC. For me, those "Golden Days"
>> were most imp[reessive in that the lyrical content of the songs did not
>> describe anything we could think of as relating to everyday life
>> (well, the
>> angst  of Death Valley Nights or "In Thee's" nostalgia might be
>> exceptions). After all our world is not "redeemed by a country song", nor
>> full of silverfish imperatrixes(?), harvesters of eyes or
>> diz-Busters.  Add
>> the boffo verbiage to the strange amalgam of styles that became
>> the Music,
>> a strangley  marked O and an alien first LP cover -- what do ya got?
>> Something diametrically opposed to "Whole Lotta Love" or "Problem Child"
>> blues/rock.  But then again the blues/rock  did groudn itself in the fact
>> the experiences they talk about could be done by human beings.   BOC's try
>> to be more topical (throw in "Real World," "see you in black") almost 30
>> years since it hit the streets with what we all know and love, just seems
>> "alien" to the band we think they are.   Not to mention the fact that John
>> Shirley seems to a have a completely diffent view of what work lyrics
>> perform in songs on the audient.
>>
>> By the way, if you order the 30th Anniversary court of the crimson king,
>> make sure they actually send you that version of the CD :)(They
>> sent me the
>> old 'un)
>>
>> Gimme Nothing,
>> Jason
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> "It is only beginning with me that the earth knows great politics."
>>         -F.Nietzsche, _Ecce Homo_
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