Lyrics lacking creativity

[Copperfox]

It has to have only one wheel to be a unicycle.

 

[Sven-El]

'tis the sole reason I hate covers. Whether or not the cover sounded better than the original (which seldom happens) the music and lyrics lose all depth when another band redoes them to get more money.
just a few;
-Take on Me covered by The Jonas Brothers (I'm sorry JB fans but that all but killed any hope of me ever liking them)
-any cover of the song I Melt With You by Modern English
-any cover of a bob dylan song (so what if he's not the best singer, no other band could ever capture the same feelings in those songs, even if the lyrics are the same)

I agree. I hated Madonna's version of American Pie. The day that song was realsed was the day the music really died. Personally, I blamed MTV for the decline in quality music. It's all amde for the expressed purpose of music videos.

Any one heard of Norweigan Recycling? It's a Mash-up artist and he did this mash-up "How Six Songs Collide" It featured Jason Mraz - I'm Yours, Howie Day - Collide, Five For Fighting - Superman, Angela Ammons - Always Getting Over You, Boyzone - All That I Need, and 3 Doors Down - Here Without You. Teh Mash-up itself was great and sounded like it's own song, but in a way when you really listen to it it's almost a statement about the music industry: each song sounds the same, is in the same key, and the same basic beat.

 

[Sven-El]

It has to have only one wheel to be a unicycle.

But, that is the only one with no handlebars. It makes no sense! How can a bike have no handlebars! All of a sudden Yellow Submarine, Octopuses Garden and the other songs from the Beetles Psychedelic phase make sense.

 

[Copperfox]

That Norwegian Recycling reminds me of something from a past generation. Back in the Swing Era, there was an orchestra leader called Spike Jones who played somewhat similar tricks with the popular songs of that time.

 

[Mello]

I listen to a lot of Japanese music. And, well, I can't really understand the lyrics, so it allows me to really pay attention to the beat and rthym of the song.

 

[HugsForReepicheep]

I know what you mean! One time at a worship service I was siging one of thsoe ( as we called it in my university's Speech and Debate Team) "My Boyfriend Jesus Songs"

LOL I loved the name I'll adopt it, if you don't mind!

I remember reading somehere that CS Lewis thought of hymns at one point as being third rate poetry set to forth rate music. I'd say that pop music ( which includes most worship sonsg saddly) is 18th rate poetry with 20th rate music. Or maybe it's Vogon poetry.

Yes, modern worship music gets worse and worse every day, not only the lyrics but the rythm as well. You can identify 'gospel songs' just by their very bad rythm - that's always alike. Why can't you use any music rythm you like and write decent, meaningful worship lyrics to go with it? They always seem to prefer those cheesy music. Yucks!

 

[DaydreamBeliever]

I hated Madonna's version of American Pie.

Same here.Nobody can do it better than Don MacLean,so why try?

Most covers are awful,imo,although I have liked a very few.

 

[Sven-El]

LOL I loved the name I'll adopt it, if you don't mind!



Yes, modern worship music gets worse and worse every day, not only the lyrics but the rythm as well. You can identify 'gospel songs' just by their very bad rythm - that's always alike. Why can't you use any music rythm you like and write decent, meaningful worship lyrics to go with it? They always seem to prefer those cheesy music. Yucks!

Go ahead!

I only like cheesy pop music if it's done one of two ways... sung by the Muppets or it's song by Alvin anc the Chipmunks. Then they become silly children's songs. They are only tolerable in that way.

 

[Sven-El]

Same here.Nobody can do it better than Don MacLean,so why try?

Most covers are awful,imo,although I have liked a very few.

And of course it was cut down to about 2 to 3 minutes for the MTV crowd.

See my above post for what covers I actually like. Muppets or Chipmunks. Because then the cover becomes a silly chidlren's song.

 

[Mercia]

no

But now it all sounds the same!

sorry, I completly disagree.

I love the oldies, and I love music in general, but even if I prefer old music, modern music is so fabulous!!
don't you read bullet for my valentine's lyrics? and what about barlow girl, three days grace, metallica, sara bareilles and the others?

their lyrics are all originally, and they are not exeptions, they are not rare.

but, it is just my opinion you don't need to agree with this.

 

[Copperfox]

Mercia, I think I can identify a factor which can make all songs in a genre _seem_ to sound the same. It's when they have a common _mood,_ which is adhered to even when completely inappropriate for the subject matter.

My parents are incorrigible swing-era addicts. My sister Randi and I have our own label for this music, taken from the sound of 6/8 drumbeat with high-hat cymbal: "TAH ti-ti-TAH ti-ti-TAH ti-ti-TAH ti-ti-TAH." There isn't a thing wrong with this for ballroom dancing; but numerous arrangers and singers of the swing era insisted on sticking to the same unchanging musical mood for songs which were supposed to be about solemn things. Then, TAH ti-ti-TAH ti-ti-TAH was all _wrong,_ and robbed the subject of all feeling.

This overextension of the preferred musical mood would, I think, cause a listener to feel that all songs in the genre were identical, because there wasn't _enough_ variety in the feel of songs to cover all ground the genre covered.

 

[Tsukiko]

I listen to a lot of Japanese music. And, well, I can't really understand the lyrics, so it allows me to really pay attention to the beat and rthym of the song.

Lol...same here.
Actually, Japanese is the only type of music I listen to.
Call it strange, but I get bored of listening to "english/american" music.
>_<

But I can understand the lyrics somewhat...as my knowledge in the language increases. And sometimes I read translations and the lyrics are always really, really nicely written. ^_^

 

[Princey]

Alright, I won't deny that I like some pop music. But what really annoys me about it is that much of it lacks creativity when it comes to lyrics. "I need you, oooh, I'll never leave you again, oooh..." that's what I really hate. Music, especially music having to do with love, can be so beautiful and unique. But now it all sounds the same! Of course, there are some artists out there who do an amazing job of involving creativity in their lyrics. But there are others who just don't.

Anybody else hate this?

I agree, most of it sounds the same nowadays I mean, there are many many artists who do put thought and creativity in their lyrics/songs, but there are many who simply do not bother, and this annoys me.

Occasionally there are a few songs I like even if their lyrics are meaningless, purely because they have a catchy rhythm. But that's very rare.

Many people I know practically bully me and make fun of me for liking the Jonas Brothers, but their lyrics are so well thought out and meaningful, and you can tell they put their heart into it. And these people who bully me normally like bands who express no creativity or thought whatsoever in their music, and have really vulgar meanings.

 

[pink-cheetah]

Alright, I won't deny that I like some pop music. But what really annoys me about it is that much of it lacks creativity when it comes to lyrics. "I need you, oooh, I'll never leave you again, oooh..." that's what I really hate. Music, especially music having to do with love, can be so beautiful and unique. But now it all sounds the same! Of course, there are some artists out there who do an amazing job of involving creativity in their lyrics. But there are others who just don't.

Anybody else hate this?

Not only that, but the songs that AREN'T like that, normally are just about sex. Which is not only uncreative, but gross.

Although I think it's not the lyrics that lack creativity, it's the concept. Secondhand Serenade has a song titled "Your Call", which I think is exceptional, even though the guy is singing that he was born to tell the girl he loves her.
Just the same, I don't want to listen to a song that's so chock full of creative phrases and metaphors that I don't know what it means when I'm listening to it for fun.

Anyways, yeah, I know what you mean.

There's this one song my friends has on her iPod, I don't know the name of it because it's completely stupid and I didn't pay attention! Talk about lack of creativity, but the first line goes: I can ride a bike with no handle bars, no handle bars and then there's another line about the telephone or something like that. It's SO STUPID!

Oh, that's "Handle Bars" by Flobots or something. It played on one of my favorite radio stations for a while, actually, which was a little aggravating.
It goes on to say how the dude can keep time with no metronome, split the atoms of a molecule, lead a nation with a microphone, and eventually end the world in a holocaust. Or something.
In that case, it's not that the lyrics are uncreative, it's just really, really disturbing.

 

[Narniabeaver2005]

Try this song with Marian van de Wal from 2005.

If you want to find
The mystery of life
Go and search for it inside your heart
Through the inner look

Open your heart to the world
See that everything can be done by the inner look