On Tuesday, July 28, 2015 at 3:11:52 PM UTC-4, Ron Moses wrote:
> I guess there's no point in arguing the value of lyrics. (I assume you're quoting that lyric to express why you avoid those albums, not to offer an example of an early lyric, which that is not.)
What, my clear-as-mud writing style leaves people with more questions than answers!?! (Yes, that's what I meant. I'm a mechanical engineer and so my writing, such as it is, is as miraculous as a horse that can count. My people normally converse in grunts and equations.)
>I don't even listen to most lyrics.
My wife, I swear, listens solely to lyrics whereas I tend not to hear them at all unless they force their way in. (There are a couple people that I do take the time with: Joni, Ian Anderson and, at one time, Sting.) She makes fun of me incessantly for not knowing the lyrics to many of Mike's songs in spite of listening to them constantly for years.
>And yeah, I also find quite a few of Neil's pre-Permanent Waves lyrics to be high-school journal material. But I was in high school when I fell in love with it, so it's hard to shake my fondness. And I do feel he wrote some pretty amazing lyrics later on (the one you quoted being a favorite, along with Freewill).
I like Freewill to an extent. The line I quoted just juts out of the song for me like an elbow aiming for my head. Neil seems to have an output that does that to me more often than others. I can't dislike the material because of it though. And still one of the most fun live bands ever.
Anyway, in closing, lyrics are a form of mind control that must be shunned at every step by an alert and vigilant populace. Please help yourself to a copy of my pamphlet and God bless.
I remain,
andy