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kranky

Elite Member
Oct 9, 1999
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I hesitate to criticize rap because I don't hear it much. But after reading those songs from "Nas", I'm ready to declare: it's crap. My goodness, that's lousy stuff.
 

OrByte

Diamond Member
Jul 21, 2000
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U2-

I'll see you again
when the stars fall from the sky
and the moon has turned red
over One Tree Hill


I want that on my tombstone.

:)
 

broon

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Jun 5, 2002
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Originally posted by: OrByte
U2-

I'll see you again
when the stars fall from the sky
and the moon has turned red
over One Tree Hill


I want that on my tombstone.

:)

Excellent choice. Another one:

Oh...tell me...
Charity dance with me
Turn me around tonight
Up through spiral staircase
To the higher ground

Bono used to be genius.
 

Cerpin Taxt

Lifer
Feb 23, 2005
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Ænema

Some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see armageddon soon.
I certainly hope we will.
I sure could use a vacation from this

Bullsh!t three ring circus sideshow of
Freaks

Here in this hopeless fvcking hole we call LA
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
Any fvcking time. Any fvcking day.
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona bay.

Fret for your figure and
Fret for your latte and
Fret for your hairpiece and
Fret for your lawsuit and
Fret for your prozac and
Fret for your pilot and
Fret for your contract and
Fret for your car.

It's a
Bullsh!t three ring circus sideshow of
Freaks

Here in this hopeless fvcking hole we call LA
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
Any fvcking time. Any fvcking day.
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona bay.

Some say a comet will fall from the sky.
Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.
Followed by faultlines that cannot sit still.
Followed by millions of dumbfounded dipsh!ts.

Some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see armageddon soon.
I certainly hope we will cuz
I sure could use a vacation from this

Silly sh!t, stupid sh!t...

One great big festering neon distraction,
I've a suggestion to keep you all occupied.

Learn to swim.

Mom's gonna fix it all soon.
Mom's comin' round to put it back the way it ought to be.

Learn to swim.

Fvck L Ron Hubbard and
Fvck all his clones.
Fvck all those gun-toting
Hip gangster wannabes.

Learn to swim.

Fvck retro anything.
Fvck your tattoos.
Fvck all you junkies and
Fvck your short memory.

Learn to swim.

Fvck smiley glad-hands
With hidden agendas.
Fvck these dysfunctional,
Insecure actresses.

Learn to swim.

Cuz I'm praying for rain
And I'm praying for tidal waves
I wanna see the ground give way.
I wanna watch it all go down.
Mom please flush it all away.
I wanna watch it go right in and down.
I wanna watch it go right in.
Watch you flush it all away.

Time to bring it down again.
Don't just call me pessimist.
Try and read between the lines.

I can't imagine why you wouldn't
Welcome any change, my friend.

I wanna see it all come down.
suck it down.
flush it down.
 

Rip the Jacker

Diamond Member
Dec 29, 2004
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Originally posted by: kranky
I hesitate to criticize rap because I don't hear it much. But after reading those songs from "Nas", I'm ready to declare: it's crap. My goodness, that's lousy stuff.

Ok. Post me a "crappy" line from Nas. Then back it up with a better line from anything you like and we'll compare.
 

Alkesh

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Jul 21, 2005
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"If ya'll ni@@as really wit me get busy load up the semis/
do more than just hold it, explode the clip until you empty"

Nas - One Mic
 

Kadarin

Lifer
Nov 23, 2001
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Originally posted by: OrByte
Originally posted by: broon

Bono used to be genius.

so so true...but at least we have this much.

What are you talking about? His new stuff is truly great:

Hello, Hello (¡Hola!)
I'm at a place called Vertigo (¿Dónde esta?)
It's everything I wish I didn't know
Except you give me something i can feel, feel

The night is full of holes
As bullets rip the sky
Of ink with gold
They twinkle as the
Boys play rock and roll
They know that they can't dance
At least they know...

I can't stand the beats
I'm asking for the cheque
The girl with crimson nails
Has Jesus round her neck
Swinging to the music
Swinging to the music
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh,

Actually, come to think of it, nevermind...

:vomit;
 

Cerb

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Aug 26, 2000
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"And as you join the good ship Earth, and you mingle with the dust
Be sure to leave your underpants with someone you can trust"
-Lick Your Fingers Clean (Jethro Tull)

"All this time, it had been quite plain to hare that the others knew nothing about spectacles.
As for all their tempting ideas, well Hare didn't care.
The lost spectacles were his own affair.
And after all, Hare did have a spare pair."
-The Hare Who Lost His Spectacles (Jethro Tull)

"Hard to choose -- Whiskey, or a wife"
-Della Brown (Queensyche)

"Where did it all go wrong?
What's the use in even holding on?"
-Promised Land (Queensryche)

"No one sees the things you do
Because I stand in front of you
But you drive me all the time
Put the evil in my mind
Used to sing and say my prayers
Live my life without a care
Now I have become a fool
Because I listened to the mule
How can I change when my mind is a friend
of a Lucifer hid in the ground
Just another slave for the mule"
-The Mule (Deep Purple)

"It seems he's near me as I walk
One who loved what love denied
He lives these years that I walk blind
All these years cannot be mine"
-Room a Thousand Wide (Soundgarden)

"Stop you're trying to bruise my mind
I can do it on my own"
-Searching With My Good Eye Closed

"From mother's love is the son estranged
Married his own his precious gain
The earth will shake in two will break
And death all round will be your dowry"
-The Prophet's Song (Queen)

"Give away the stone.
Let the oceans take and transmutate this cold and fated anchor.
Give away the stone.
Let the waters kiss and transmutate these leaden grudges into gold.
Let go."
-The Grudge (Tool)

"And as I pull my head out I am without one doubt
Don't wanna be down here feeding my narcissism.
I must crucify the ego before it's far too late
I pray the light lifts me out
Before I pine away."
-Reflection (Tool)

"Pull Jesus from a hat--get into that, get into that!"
-Karn Evil 9: 1st Impression (Part 1)

"We search for the truth
We could die upon the tooth
But the thrill of just the chase
Is worth the pain"
-Last in Line (Dio)

"I wrapped a newspaper 'round my head
So I'd look like I was Deep
I said some Mumbo Jumbos then
An' told him he was goin' to sleep
I robbed his rings
An' pocket watch
An' everything else I found
I had that sucker hypnotized
He couldn't even make a sound
I proceeded to tell him his future then
As long as he was hanging around,
I said
"The price of meat has just gone up
An' yer ol' lady has just gone down""
-Cismik Debris (Frank Zappa)

"Oh and you will pay for all the things they can't afford
The fragile faithful in the service of the lord"
-Bastards (Ian Moore) --Luminaria was worth it for this one song

I so could have done one per post and neffed this...
 

skyking

Lifer
Nov 21, 2001
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"wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then...."

Against the Wind, Seger
 

klah

Diamond Member
Aug 13, 2002
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"Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the USS Enterprise" /repeat ad infinitum
 

Pepsi90919

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
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Originally posted by: ItmPls
Originally posted by: kranky
I hesitate to criticize rap because I don't hear it much. But after reading those songs from "Nas", I'm ready to declare: it's crap. My goodness, that's lousy stuff.

Ok. Post me a "crappy" line from Nas. Then back it up with a better line from anything you like and we'll compare.

pick any line that you posted in this thread
 

TheChort

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May 20, 2003
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You are blind to the fact that the hand you hold is the hand that holds you down

- Everclear
 

Xyclone

Lifer
Aug 24, 2004
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"Round, round
Circumventing circuses
Lamenting in process
To visible police
Presence sponsored fear
Batallions of riot police
With rubber bullet kisses
Baton courtesy
Service with a smile
Beyond the staples center you can see america
With it?s tired poor avenging disgrace
Peaceful loving youth against the brutality
Of plastic existence
Pushing little children
With their fully automatics
They like to push the weak around
Pushing little children
With their fully automatics
They like to push the weak around
Round, round
A rush of words
Pleading to disperse
Upon your naked walls, alive
A political call
The fall guy accord
We can?t afford to be neutral on a moving train
Beyond the staples center you can see america
With it?s tired poor avenging disgrace
Peaceful loving youth against the brutality
Of plastic existence
Pushing little children
With their fully automatics
They like to push the weak around
Pushing little children
With their fully automatics
They like to push the weak around
A deer dance, invitation to peace
War staring you in the face, dressed in black
With a helmet, fierce
Trained and appropriate for the malcontents
For the disproportioned malcontents.
The little boy smiled, it?ll all be well
The little boy smiled, it?ll all be well
Pushing little children
With their fully automatics
They like to push the weak around
Pushing little children
With their fully automatics
They like to push the weak around
Push the weak around
Push the weak around
Push the weak around
They like to push the weak around."

System of a Down - "Deer Dance"

My favorite part:
"Pushing little children,
with their fully automatics,
they like to push the weak around."
 

eplebnista

Lifer
Dec 3, 2001
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You're already in there
I'll be wearing your tatoo
I'm already in circles and circles and circles again
The girl's in circles and circles got to stop spinning
Circles and circles and circles again
Thought I was over the bridge now

Cloud on my Tongue-Tori Amos



So if I die today I'll be the happy phantom
And I'll go wearin' my naughties like a jewel
They'll be my ticket to the universal opera
There's Judy Garland taking Buddha by the hand
And then these seven little men get up to dance
They say Confucius does his crossword with a pen
I'm still the angel to a girl who hates to SIN

Happy Phantom-Tori Amos


Excuse me but can I be you for a while
My dog won't bite if you sit real still
I got the anti-christ in the kitchen yellin' at me again
Yeah I can hear that
Been saved again by the garbage truck
I got something to say you know but nothing comes
Yes I know what you think of me you never shut up
Yeah I can hear that

But what if I'm a mermaid
In these jeans of his with her name still on it
Hey but I don't care
Cause sometimes I said sometimes I hear my voice and it's been here
Silent all these years

So you found a girl who thinks really Deep Thoughts
What's so amazing about really Deep Thoughts
Boy you best pray that I bleed real soon
How's that thought for you
My scream got lost in a paper cup
You think there's a heaven where some screams have gone
I got 25 bucks and a cracker do you think it's enough
To get us there

But what if I'm a mermaid
In these jeans of his with her name still on it
Hey but I don't care
Cause sometimes I said sometimes I hear my voice and it's been here
Silent all these

Years go by will I still be waiting
For somebody else to understand
Years go by if I'm stripped of my beauty
And the orange clouds raining in my head
Years go by will I choke on my tears
Till finally there is nothing left
One more casualty
You know we're too easy easy easy

Well I love the way we communicate
Your eyes focus on my funny lip shape
Let's hear what you think of me now but baby don't look up
The sky is falling
Your mother shows up in a nasty dress
It's your turn now to stand where I stand
Everybody lookin' at you here take hold of my hand
Yeah I can hear them

But what if I'm a mermaid
In these jeans of his with her name still on it
Hey but I don't care
Cause sometimes I said sometimes I hear my voice
I hear my voice
I hear my voice
And it's been here
Silent all these years
I've been here silent all these years
Silent all these
Silent all these years

Silent All These Years-Tori Amos
 

BW86

Lifer
Jul 20, 2004
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:music::music:picture yourself in a boat on a river
With tangerine trees and marmalade skies
Somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly
A girl with kaleidoscope eyes
Cellophane flowers of yellow and green
Towering over your head
Look for the girl with the sun in her eyes
and she's gone
Follow her down to a bridge by a fountain
Where rocking horse people eat marshmallow pies
Everyone smiles as you drift past the flowers
that grow so incredibly high
Newspaper taxies appear on the shores
Waiting to take you away
Climb in the back with your head in the clouds
and you're gone
Picture yourself on a train in a station
With plasticine porters with looking glass ties
Suddenly someone is there at the turnstile
The girl with kaleidoscope eyes:music::music:

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
 

grrl

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Jun 21, 2001
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Originally posted by: Cerb

"The price of meat has just gone up
An' yer ol' lady has just gone down""
-Cismik Debris (Frank Zappa)

Anonymous

99 bottles of beer on the wall, 99 bottles of beer.....
 

tennisflip

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Sep 25, 2003
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The Shins - Caring is Creepy
"It's a luscious mix of words and tricks that let us bet when we know we should fold."

Counting Crows - Long December
"All at once you look across a crowded room to see the way that light attaches to a girl."
 

HamburgerBoy

Lifer
Apr 12, 2004
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I got the keys to view at number 22
Behind my Green door there's nothing to see
Stone cold sober and sitting in silence, laid
back and looking for sympathy
I like a girl who knows where she's bound
I don't like girls who've been hanging around

Hooks in you, hooks in me, hooks in the ceiling
For that well hung feeling
No big deal, no big sin, strung up on love I
Got the hooks screwed in


She's tied up she can't come to the phone,
You must have got your wires crossed cos she ain't home
Knock on wood - you know I like that sound
She never could keep her feet on the ground

Hooks in you, I've got those hooks in you
Hooks in you, in you

Right on the money got it wrapped up tight
New ideas for the decor tonight
Gonna make this house a preservation zone
Gonna set her in concrete set her up on her own