/lit/ - Literature

Classical, obviously. Specifically, opera and choral symphonies. My favorite is Vaughan William's first symphony, which is a choral symphony based off Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass. Fucking awesome symphony.

The river by Bruce Springsteen. His kinda rough voice and the soulful harmonica and the lyrics

Then I got mary pregnant and man that was all she wrote
And for my nineteen birthday I got a union card and a wedding coat
We went down to the courthouse and the judge put it all to rest
No wedding day smiles no walk down the aisle
No flowers no wedding dress
That night we went down to the river
And into the river wed dive
On down to the river we did ride

just delightful.!

The Velvet Underground, and The Doors.

Morrison's lyrics were simply amazing. A true American Poet.

It is my opinion that any answer to this question is inherently stupid.

What We Had by Handsome Furs.

Awesome, soulful song that's kind of metalish.

It's cold
a plain diamond
nobody's here, just empty space
It's all moving, breathing
stuck to the ceiling, don't mean a thing

and what we had don't mean a thing
and what we had is already gone

in b4 decemberists

City and Colour--- The Girl

Leonard Cohen.

singer-songwriters

Bob Dylan. It's pretty much acknowledged that his lyrical prowess is what gained him popularity in spite of his indistinct musical styling.

Sü - Rayo de luna.

>>811073
Seconded. I don't know why I forgot to mention this sooner.

Also Patti Smith.

Well actually... Eminem. You might think wtf what is he talking about, but if you take your time and listen to the lyrics you find its not like the crap Lil Wayne etc. spits out, it has a story behind it.

Nirvana in addition to a few of the earlier ones

>>811088
The fuck? Example?

>>811088
Probably one of the only good rappers, really. He puts effort into it, you can tell. Makes him not suck.

>>811091
Not that same guy, but I recommend you listen to "Stan"

go listen to Sage Francis, dude fucking raps about Bukowski

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvMhk72B08o

>>811073
agreed

This whole album is full of incredibly poetic lyrics. I love it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGe8F_zbuEA

>>811085
>>811073
>>811070
>>811044

and neil young, a realist lyricist.

Fuck all of the rap "artists" go listen to some Ayreon, Arjen Lucassen actually has his own universe in which all of Ayreon's albums are set on. Try The Human Equation, he just gives so much significance to otherwise mundane human relationships. This is true art.

>>811120
THIS

The Smiths
The Decemberists

duh

THERE IS A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT

>>811112
saw him about a year and a half ago live. Best show I've ever seen.

The Sex Pistols

Just any city and colour really.

>>811088
Notorious B.I.G.

Go listen to 'Juicy' if you don't believe me.

>>811148
/thread.

also lil wayne.

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>>811024
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>>811175
No thanks. I'm actually slightly allergic to Mustard gas.

>>811196
wat

So /lit/ has the musical taste of a 14 year old?

>>811209
You think >>811037 is a 14 year-old? Most 14 year-olds don't even know who Vaughan Williams and Whit Whitman are.

mewithoutYou. Their earlier stuff is a tad screamy, but all of their lyrics are beautifully constructed. They just came out with a new album, it's all crazy! it's all false! it's all a dream! it's alright, where every song is a story. I love the band to death.

>>811209
EVERYONE DOESN'T HAVE MY MUSIC TASTE ;____________________________;!!!!!!!!!!

The Wall.

>>811213

That post is the minority. The following are what backs my claim:
>>811215
>>811155
>>811148
>>811128
>>811112
>>811103
>>811090
>>811088
>>811044
>>811039

fucked up

>>811024

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Björk helps me get the creative juices flowing.

>>811222
agreex100000000000000000000000000000000

/lit/ - music

>>811223
Well classical is the right answer so why would all the classical and opera buffs keep repeating the point.

>>811223
Music from the sixties is 14 years old?

You need to go back and get your GED, sport. Enjoy your screamo music.

Shostakovich is my fetish.

spoiler alert: madame butterfly

Man Man
Tom Waits
The Velvet Underground
The Sugarcubes
Beck

>>811315
Same here. I love his Suite on Verses of Michelangelo. I didn't even know Michelangelo was a poet before I heard that suite.

>>811223
youngfag pretending to be old, prove me wrong.

I bet you've never even heard of Groucho Marx, or Buddy Holly. Fuck off while you still have a chance, you contrarian hipster reptilian scourge!

A couple of newer artists that have relevance, singer/songwriter - Citizen Cope. For more I hate to use the term 'artsy' or poetic stuff try ra ra riot.

Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip. Obviously.

Neutral Milk Hotel

>>811315
Does anyone else find this picture strangely bad ass?
There is just something about Shostakovich posing in
front of a burning Leningrad in that fire warden helmet,
that I think is really cool.

>>811223
>Neil Young
>The Doors
>The Smiths
>The Velvet Underground
>14 year old girl
There are no words for my rage.
Do you only listen to Classical or something?

>>811327
Right now, I'm obsessively listening to his Piano Concerto No. 2 Allegro.
I saw it when I was a kid in Disney's Fantasia 2000, so it kind of has a sentimental value to me.
Also, it's just so much fucking fun to listen to.
I like to fantasize about playing complicated piano pieces.

>>811359
LOL HEY GUYS LOOK AT ME. I DELIBERATELY LISTEN TO MUSIC THAT IS DATED TO AN EARLIER POINT IN TIME THAN YOUR MUSIC JUST SO I CAN SAY THAT YOU HAVE THE MUSICAL TASTE OF A 14 YEAR OLD GIRL. AM I COOL YET /LIT/? XD

>>811360
I do that too.

>>811352
The other day I was in the library in the biography section and I saw a book comparing Shostakovich and Stalin together.

>My face.

>>811377
I'm so happy right now.

how the fuck did i forget tom waits!!!

>there's always free cheddar in the mousetrap, baby, it's a deal

>>811370
you linked to the wrong post

>>811352
It's propaganda. It's true that Shostakovich did volunteer as a fire warden in Leningrad during the war, but it was only for a very short time and the only reason the government let him do it at all was so they could turn it into a PR stunt. They weren't about to jeopardize their star composer by allowing him to do something as dangerous as that while not under constant supervision.

If we're talking about narrative songs, The Clockwork Quartet is a fantastic example even though they only have a couple of songs out so far.

So much a narrative, it's a borderline showtune.

>>811360
I like to play complicated piano pieces

>>811379
Are you talking about this? It's not a comparison at all, it's a detailed account of the relationship between Stalin and the Russian intelligentsia (particularly Shostakovich). I've read it, and it's quite good.

>>811360
Shostakovich 2nd piano concerto is not complicated at all. He wrote it for his son Maxim to play as a graduation piece, and deliberately made it easy to play so Maxim wouldn't mess it up.

>>811379
Seriously? How the hell can you Shostakovich with Stalin? They had almost nothing in common. Stalin
was one of histories most successful and ruthless
dictators who didn't even like music, and
Shostakovich was a civilian composer got too nervous
to conduct his own symphonies.

What kind of idiotic question is that, OP?

>>811399
I know. I just like the image. It makes Shostakovich seem larger than life.

>>811404
No, it was a different book.
Sorry, but I don't remember the name.

>>811422
>How the hell can you Shostakovich with Stalin
OH COME ON NOW

Also, any particular reason that
your post is written
in collumn form as opposed to
regular sentences?

>>811315
YOU'RE A WIZARD HARRY

>>811419
I don't play the piano much so we have different opinions of complicated.

>>811447
Nooooooo..

>>811447
I want to see a communist-themed version of Harry Potter now.

>>811447

I hate you.

>>811442
Sorry. I'm trying to look up instructions for fixing and control valve for my sprinkler system, as I browse /lit/ so I'm a little distracted. I don't know why my post is in a column. Maybe I his the tab button on accident?

>>811359
but seriously though, the Doors were juvenile textually, and Morrison was no poet. His reliance on conveying meaning on one side and rock cliche on the other made him a hack.

The same with Patty Smith, only that was more of a problem of dishonest sentiment and copping certain popular literary traditions of the time.

The Doors
John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band and Imagine albums
Leonard Cohen
Neil Young
Pink Floyd
Tom Waits

Almost everything Stephen Sondheim has ever written. Most of you guys are probably somewhat familiar with West Side Story or the bastardized version of Sweeney Todd, but some of his stuff is just... amazing. He has such a unique way with words, a unique way of thinking, and a great way of presenting his work (with the help of others, of course). I fucking love Sondheim.

HA the doors...

Pink Floyd
David Bowie

>>811155
My top 3 biggie smalls songs: Everyday Struggle, Things Done Changed, and Juicy (Big Pappa is good too)

>>811317
I know it's not on the same album, but me and a friend were debating the meaning of the song, Say It Ain't So. I said it was about an abortion, my friend said it has no intended meaning.

>>811325
Ive been playing Beck's Special People way too much lately ...

That is all

joanna newsom

>>811047

I love you.

>87 posts
>No mention of Rush

THE DECEMBERISTS

>>813908
you's trollin. I love Rush, but their lyrics are far from l337 literary gold

>>813908
>doesn't know that Rush is lame as shit

>>813918
>>813924
>If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice
Blows my mind every fucking time. You guys, come on.

Queen.

Any arguments you have are completely invalidated by the fact that it's Freddie Mercury we're talking about.

King Crimson. I loves me some prog rock.

>>813765

THIS

A MILLION TIMES THIS

Savatage has my absolute favorite one-liners, I love the story told in Avantasia's first two albums: The Metal Opera I & II, and Ayreon's The Human Equation was absolute literary ingenuity.

>search for "mountain goats"
>no results
c'mon, lit. hands down, the mountain goats.

>>813960
I said the mountain goats, but FUCK YES, she's at least as good as john darnielle.

>>813991
We had a whole discussion about The Mountain Goats in a similar thread.
The pompous masses of /lit/ decided that their lyrics were not truly not literature. Fuckin' no-taste jerks.

Sweet Child O' Mine.

Nick Drake,
Elliott Smith,
Tom Waits,
Miles Davis (obviously there's no words, but he conveys more of a message than most musicians.)

>>814034

>King of Carrot Flowers
>talking about taste

what the fuck am I reading

>>814065
Fuck you, pal. Neutral Milk Hotel is good.

>>814057
I'm 14 btw

>>814068
Neutral Milk Hotel is alright, but their lyricism is awful.. most of it is elementary with the exception of the bullshit love songs about Anne Frank.. gahh

>>814077
I'd stain your mountaintops, if ya know what I mean

Iron Maiden have tons of songs that are either based on books or almost like a presentation of the book. Some of them are Phantom of the opera, Hallowed be thy name, To tame a land (Dune), Rime of the ancient mariner, Stranger in a strange land, Lord of the flies, Brave new world, Brighter than a thousand suns, and so on. A lot of great music too.

Nick Cave.
You'd might want to listen to something completely diffrent though: Glis feat Jean-Luc De Meyer - La Béatrice. Based on the poems of Charles Baudelaire.

>>814691
Also Modern Cubism

Obvious winner: Kylie Minouge at the poetry olympics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GtdBh5VV9A