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Started by Nephew Twiddleton, May 26, 2011, 06:32:09 PM

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Jenne

Quote from: Cramulus on June 01, 2011, 06:03:19 PM
the phrase "feel inside"

as in "the way I feel inside"





and oh shit, WB nB!


THIS.  All of it.

nostalgicBadger

Oh! Here's another one: pseudo-philosophical cliches, like "unique snowflake", and "cogs in a machine", that are not delivered with irony. This ruined the new Fleet Foxes for me.
meh.

nostalgicBadger

meh.

Nephew Twiddleton

Anything that has to do with Native American spirituality.

Exception: You are a member of a Native American tribe and a medicine man for your day job.
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Quote from: Nephew Twiddleton on June 01, 2011, 06:29:00 PM
Quote from: Your Mom on June 01, 2011, 06:25:38 PM
Every single one of these rules has a major exception, which is if you can use a cliche but make it work. Double points for that.

Pretty much (except the no no no yeah rule  :lulz:). The fun is in identifying a lyrical cliche or at least a word or phrase that kinda grates on your nerves when you hear it in a song, but to also come up with a situation where it is ok to mention it in lyrics.

If I was a songwriter, I swear I would work out a way to use no no no yeah in a way that worked.

The word "yeah" used as a filler syllable because the songwriter lacks skills drives me nuts. I realize that most song lyrics make terrible poetry, but, I mean, just try a little. Get a thesaurus or something.
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Nephew Twiddleton

Quote from: Your Mom on June 01, 2011, 06:56:08 PM
Quote from: Nephew Twiddleton on June 01, 2011, 06:29:00 PM
Quote from: Your Mom on June 01, 2011, 06:25:38 PM
Every single one of these rules has a major exception, which is if you can use a cliche but make it work. Double points for that.

Pretty much (except the no no no yeah rule  :lulz:). The fun is in identifying a lyrical cliche or at least a word or phrase that kinda grates on your nerves when you hear it in a song, but to also come up with a situation where it is ok to mention it in lyrics.

If I was a songwriter, I swear I would work out a way to use no no no yeah in a way that worked.

The word "yeah" used as a filler syllable because the songwriter lacks skills drives me nuts. I realize that most song lyrics make terrible poetry, but, I mean, just try a little. Get a thesaurus or something.

It drives me a little nuts too. It seems like in some songs it just kinda comes out. That's another thing Rob Zombie in particular was notorious for. It's not a White Zombie/Rob Zombie song unless he uses the word yeah at least 10 times. It didn't just come out with him though, it was just what he did with his lyrics.
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I think it was Henry Rollins who said the only acceptable use of "yeah yeah yeah no" was if a singer was on stage and forgot the lyrics, or in a country song.

nostalgicBadger

What about made up syllables like "sha la la" and "fa fa" and so forth?
meh.

Nephew Twiddleton

Quote from: nostalgicBadger on June 01, 2011, 07:08:02 PM
What about made up syllables like "sha la la" and "fa fa" and so forth?

No one does that seriously anymore. What is this the early 60s?
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Quote from: Nephew Twiddleton on June 01, 2011, 07:09:08 PM
Quote from: nostalgicBadger on June 01, 2011, 07:08:02 PM
What about made up syllables like "sha la la" and "fa fa" and so forth?

No one does that seriously anymore. What is this the early 60s?

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Elton John wrote a song called Bitter Fingers in which he lamented the use of nonsense words in 60s songs.
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Quote from: Nephew Twiddleton on June 01, 2011, 07:09:08 PM
Quote from: nostalgicBadger on June 01, 2011, 07:08:02 PM
What about made up syllables like "sha la la" and "fa fa" and so forth?

No one does that seriously anymore. What is this the early 60s?

It happens pretty frequently, in just about every scene.
meh.

Nephew Twiddleton

Quote from: Luna on June 01, 2011, 07:12:36 PM
Quote from: Nephew Twiddleton on June 01, 2011, 07:09:08 PM
Quote from: nostalgicBadger on June 01, 2011, 07:08:02 PM
What about made up syllables like "sha la la" and "fa fa" and so forth?

No one does that seriously anymore. What is this the early 60s?

Gaga.

I have my doubts that she's doing that seriously, but I stand corrected in that regard.
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Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 01, 2011, 07:13:14 PM
Elton John wrote a song called Bitter Fingers in which he lamented the use of nonsense words in 60s songs.

I'll have to give it a listen.
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Quote from: Nephew Twiddleton on June 01, 2011, 07:15:54 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on June 01, 2011, 07:13:14 PM
Elton John wrote a song called Bitter Fingers in which he lamented the use of nonsense words in 60s songs.

I'll have to give it a listen.

It's a parody, on the Captain Fantastic album.  It's painful.
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