/lit/ - Literature

[Tompkins !!GlxygUBS44o No.5229654]

Greetings from /mu/

Forgive me for trespassing, but as I offer you some of my factory-processed chocolate chip cookies and milk, I must inquire of what some of your favorite lyrics/lyricists/album's lyrics are.

pic related

[Anonymous No.5229679]

>greetings from /mu/


stopped reading there

[Anonymous No.5229687]

I find Xzibit's poetry to be especially strong. It allows for both a figurative and a literal interpretation, which drives home how the struggle of America's underclass is not separate from, but part of, the larger fabric of human endeavour.

>It's hard to talk the talk with a gauge in your mouth // It's hard to walk the walk with your back blown out

[Anonymous No.5229688]

>>5229654
>/mu/
Do you mean the den of pretentious hipsters? Who listen to bleep bleep sounds and call it the greatest music ever?

[Tompkins !!GlxygUBS44o No.5229691]

>>5229688
only the bleepiest

[Anonymous No.5229705]

>>5229654
Scroobius Pip is a great rapper/poet.

[Anonymous No.5229706]

>>5229654
Would you tell us what pic related is?

[Anonymous No.5229716]

I listen to exclusively Gucci Mane's Trap God II.

[Anonymous No.5229722]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebfO1tUmsok

[Anonymous No.5229725]

>>5229688
b-but oneohtrix point never is the greatest, anon :(

[Anonymous No.5229732]

Music certainly isn't my expertise but for cool/evocative lyrics I listen to Modest Mouse, Neutral Milk Hotel, and GZA.

[Anonymous No.5229736]

1. The Killers, Human “Are we human, or are we dancer?”

2. The Beatles, I Am The Walrus “I am the eggman, they are the eggmen, I am the walrus, goo goo g’joob.”

3. Michael Jackson, Earth Song “What about elephants? Have we lost their trust?”

4. Lionel Richie, All Night Long “Tom bo li de se de moi ya, yeah jambo jambo.”

5. Carly Rae Jepsen, Call Me Maybe “Before you came into my life, I missed you so bad.”

6. Black Eyed Peas, Boom Boom Pow “Beats so big I’m stepping on leprechauns.”

7. Duran Duran, The Reflex “The reflex is an only child, he’s waiting in the park.”

8. Wham! Club Tropicana “Club Tropicana, drinks are free, fun and sunshine, there’s enough for everyone, all that’s missing is the sea.”

9. Taylor Swift, Love Story -”Cause you were Romeo, I was a scarlet letter, and my daddy said stay away from Juliet.”

10. Oasis, Champagne Supernova “Slowly walking down the hall, faster than a cannonball.”

[Anonymous No.5229748]

>>5229736
Jesus christ what utter shit

this whole thread needs to be purged with fire

[Anonymous No.5229751]

>>5229722
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTjqVmRMuZE

[Anonymous No.5229787]

Folk is the obvious shit OP

Newsom, Cohen, Dylan, etc. I listen to lots of folk so I could send some shit your way if you're interested. Favorite Dylan lyrics are definitely from "It's alright ma, I'm only bleeding." Favorite Newsom lyric is from "Autumn."

Death Grips have great lyrics, and I'm sure you're familiar with them.

Check out (early) Mercury Rev and Robert Johnson. Van dyke parks is probably the best pop lyricst.

one thing you'll find out pretty quickly once you start reading poetry, is that lyrics don't really compare.


>>5229688
>Who listen to bleep bleep sounds and call it the greatest music ever?
haven't been to /mu/ in years but god damn man, the shit they listen too is pretty fucking accessible. If you're seriously referring to electronic music (especially the shit on the /mu/ chart) as "bleep bleeps" then you need to listen to more music.

[Anonymous No.5229801]

Cedric of the Mars Volta has some nice lines

"Clipside of the pink-eyed sight,
I'm not the percent you think survives.
I need sanctuary in the pages of this book

gestating with all the other rats,
nurse says that my skin will need a graft.
I'm with pockmarked shapes, the vermin you need to loathe."

Much of what he is saying is nonsense though.

[Anonymous No.5229816]

Aesop Rock has some great lyrics.

My favorite song from him is None Shall Pass.

"wither by the watering hole, boarder patrol. What are we to heart huckabee art-fuckery suddenly?"

It seems pretty cryptic though

[« 零 » !Ry9.FWKNDY No.5229823]

SOME OF MY FAVORITE "ALBUMS", THE LYRICS OF WHICH I OVERLY LIKE:

"HAPPY NATION" - "ACE OF BASE".

"THE BRIDGE" - "ACE OF BASE".

"I'VE BEEN KNOWN TO BE COMPLETELY WRONG" - "SOMEGIRL".

"YS" - JOANNA NEWSOME.

"BELIEVE" - "4 STRINGS".

"HALFAXA" - "GRIMES".

"SOME THINGS" - "LASGO".

"FAR AWAY" - "LASGO".

"LINEA ASPERA" - "LINEA ASPERA".

"ENNOEA" - "KELUAR".

[Anonymous No.5229834]

>>5229823
The autist has shit taste, what a surprise.

Stop watching evangelion and lain they're clearly too much for you and your soft palette.

[Anonymous No.5229836]

>>5229834
If you watch anime AT ALL you are bottom of the barrell

[Anonymous No.5229864]

Andrew Bird's been my favorite artist, by far, for quite a while.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeESldwIF8M

[Anonymous No.5229867]

>>5229748
HEY FUCK YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE. I JUST HAD A FUCKING SEIZURE YOU PRICK. YOU'RE FUCKING LUCKY I DIDN'T END UP IN THE HOSPITAL YOU CUNT.

[Anonymous No.5229876]

>>5229836
What about the medium of animation limits intellectual worth?

[Anonymous No.5229889]

I like ACDC and Limp Bizkit

[Anonymous No.5229898]

>>5229889
rock on my dude B)

[Anonymous No.5229915]

>>5229876
Animation is fine if it's western but the Japanese are neurotic perverts without exception

[Anonymous No.5229924]

>>5229915
Was the irony of your intended, you idiot?

[Anonymous No.5229930]

>>5229924
>incoherent rage
u mad weeaboo :^)

[Anonymous No.5229932]

David Sylvian, Skinny Puppy, Scott Walker, David Byrne, Gord Downie, and Devin Townsend.

[Anonymous No.5229933]

>>5229915
That comic makes me sad. People like that have a shitty life ahead of them.

What about neuroticism and perversion prevent intellectual worth?

[Anonymous No.5229936]

>>5229933
Funny because most of the smartest people I've known are both neurotic and perverse.

[Anonymous No.5229939]

>>5229654
Aphex Twin, Luke Vibert (!), Squarepusher (some), Ceephax Acid Crew, Autechre (some), Mike Paradinas, Benn Jordan/The Flashbulb, Global Communication, etc.

I mostly just listen to my drum machines or drones though.

But I know you fuckasses mainly listen to hipster indie garbage. After checking out your board, I listened to "in an aeroplane over the sea" and was just baffled. I could not tell whether you guys meant it as a bane type of thing. Bullshit lyrics, gay-ass chord progressions and OH MY FUCK the bagpipe solo.

[Anonymous No.5229941]

I like Elliott Smith, Morrissey, Zach de la Rocha, and Saul Williams

Generally I'm not really into music with lyrics.

[Anonymous No.5229943]

>>5229654
>listening to music for lyrics

i really cant say i expected any different from /mu/

[Anonymous No.5229945]

>>5229654
Genesis, anything early genesis

[Anonymous No.5229948]

>>5229941
Oh and Mike Patton. Forgot about him.

[Anonymous No.5229969]

Not really big into the common /mu/ pop and rock stuff, but if I were to call an album of those genres /lit/-tier in lyricism, it would probably be pic related. One of the only rock albums with legitimately good lyrics.

I'm more of a classical and showtune guy. Huge fan of Cole Porter and his musicals. Saw the 2011 version of Anything Goes and so many films based on his works. Listened to a ton of album recordings on his musicals. I'm going to be going to a dinner party at a banquet soon which will honor Cole Porter actually. There will be a lot of musical numbers being performed. His lyrics aren't really all that 'deep' but they're extremely witty and full of interesting and/or obscure allusions and references.

[Anonymous No.5229978]