Anvil: The Story Of Anvil

Jenesis · Post by **Jenesis** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 6:59 pm

Lips is a lyrical geenyus...

Metal on metal
Shakin' the place
Blows back your hair
Caves in your face

AmpShop · Post by **AmpShop** » Tue Mar 23, 2010 11:04 pm

sambrowne wrote:'tallica have always had cool vocals, if somewhat patchy lyrics (well, lyrics that are as crap as all other metal bands')

There's a fair bit of singing on Kill 'Em All that wouldn't get my vote for "cool".

Overall, my point was that the main reasons that bands like Anvil and the other obvious seminal bands of that era + genre are regarded as highly influential are not the vocals. Lyrics? Well, even the crappest of lyrics can end up having a huge impact - Venom's "Black Metal" anyone?

I quite like those lyrics that Jenesis quoted above, in the same way I quite like some of Nikki Sixx's genius moments.

thehenderson · Post by **thehenderson** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 6:44 am

I think you can generalise that to heaps of rock music from forever. There are a few excellent lyricists, and then a whole lot of bullshit but it doesn't matter because the riffs are loud. I never used to listen to lyrics at all, but once I started it made heaps of rock stuff really hard to stomach. Guess it all comes down to taste and stuff

hamo · Post by **hamo** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 8:41 am

Lyrics are overrated.

Hot_Grits · Post by **Hot_Grits** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 9:01 am

Metal can't win. On the one hand you have unintentional comedy lyrics aplenty, and on the other you have bands trying to write serious lyrics and really botching that up bad. Think Dream Theatre.

Michael · Post by **Michael** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:17 am

Draaagooonfoooooorce..... have terrible lyrics.

hamo · Post by **hamo** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:26 am

I'll take any song with multiple references to dragons and fire and battles and shit over any song that uses the word "pimp" or "ho" just once.

Michael · Post by **Michael** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:34 am

hamo wrote:I'll take any song with multiple references to dragons and fire and battles and shit over any song that uses the word "pimp" or "ho" just once.

OK you got me there.

thehenderson · Post by **thehenderson** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:41 am

That's quite racial

Hot_Grits · Post by **Hot_Grits** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:46 am

thehenderson wrote:That's quite racial

Prose before hos, dude.

hamo · Post by **hamo** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:48 am

Hot_Grits wrote:
thehenderson wrote:That's quite racial
Prose before hos, dude.

Is that a troll henderson? I could go on at length about how not racial it is, but I don't have a lot of energy right now.

rocklander · Post by **rocklander** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:52 am

hamo wrote:Is that a troll henderson?

most redundant post ever

thehenderson · Post by **thehenderson** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:56 am

Nah all I meant was that you were saying you prefer metal (the whitest genre out) lyics over rap lyrics which is the blackest genre out. Not really making a point about how you feel about that, just hassling you because I'm bored at work and antagnoising people on nzguitars is what I do

rocklander · Post by **rocklander** » Wed Mar 24, 2010 10:59 am

thehenderson wrote:just hassling you because I'm bored at work and antagnoising people on nzguitars is what I do

the newest most redundant post ever

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