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

[Andy Gilham]

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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