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01-26-2006, 11:26 AM | #166 |
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Re: Stapp Confesses
Compared to the Creed lyrics(namely on the first two CDs), AB's lyrics are, imo, fairly elementary. If Uncertain were here, I'm sure he'd back me up. I've been a lyricist for nearly two years now and have studied poetry in depth. As a result, I have come to be, well, a tough one to please when it comes to lyrics. I personally want something that is deep and isn't generic. I want something that really makes me think. To illustrate my point, I'm going to pull some examples from AB and other artists who I happen to think have really good lyrics.
AB: "As your will is bent and broken and every vision has been cast into the wind as your courage crashes down before your eyes don't lay down and die 'Cause I see in you More than you'll ever know And I ask you, "Why You question the strength inside?" And you need to know How it feels to be alive" U2: "I want to run I want to hide I want to tear down the walls That hold me inside I want to reach out And touch the flame Where the streets have no name I want to feel sunlight on my face I see the dust cloud disappear Without a trace I want to take shelter from the poison rain Where the streets have no name Where the streets have no name Where the streets have no name We're still building Then burning down love Burning down love And when I go there I go there with you It's all I can do" AB: "Looking back I clearly see What it is that's killing me Through the eyes of one I know I see a vision once let go I had it all Constantly it burdens me Hard to trust and can't believe Lost the faith and lost the love When the day is done Will they open their eyes And realize we are one On and on we stand alone Until our day has come When they open their eyes And realize we are one" Creed: "A court is in session, a verdict is in No appeal on the docket today Just my own sin The walls are cold and pale The cage made of steel Screams fill the room Alone I drop and kneel Silence now the sound My breath the only motion around Demons cluttering around My face showing no emotion Shackled by my sentence Expecting no return Here there is no penance My skin begins to burn" AB: "Drank so much last night I think that I drown But now my cup is empty No one has seen the will around and now my heart is aching Sometimes I fall asleep for days But now my bed is empty I know I'm too set in my ways Tell them all i'm okay So burn it down Discover the dusk of your day has reached it's dawn So burn it down Remember to find a new way to carry on" Stapp: "I met a man in New Orleans wore a half suit with dark blue jeans Kicked his heels together winked at me real nice I saw him from a mile away But in my state of mind I let him make his play "Hey boy, have you seen the other side?" Yeah, in this man I saw the Devil's hand so I looked at him man to man And said, "This time, it's gonna be a fight." I do not have to justify The way I live my life I do not have to justify The reason I'm alive... No more...no more ....... Let me change the timbre of this section Add a little booze to the ice I guess you've probably noticed I've been living a double life ...... We fly around like we were Superman Live in another trance A different way to dance With dark romance You get another chance to do that dirty dance without consequence" AB: "Fight the fight alone When the world is full of victims Dims a fading light in our souls Leave the peace alone Now we all are slowly changing Dims a fading light in our souls In my opinion seeing is to know The things we hold are always first to go And who's to say we won't end up alone" Creed: "An artificial season Covered by summer rain Losing all my reason Cause there's nothing left to blame Shadows paint the sidewalk A living picture in a frame See the sea of people All their faces look the same So I sat down for a while Forcing a smile In a state of self-denial Is it worthwhile Sell my pity for a dime Just one dime" AB: "Watch your words or your words might drown you and cure my wounds and the light will blind you to truelly see well you must have faith oh the righteous they can't wait a saving grace that all we know let us pray let us hold on I can't breath I prefer to find a ceiling to this hate of mine I can't win I can't fight no more I'm drowning and I'm sick inside..." Creed: "I spent a day by the river It was quiet and the wind stood still I spent some time with nature To remind me of all that's real It's funny how silence speaks sometimes when you're alone And remember that you feel I said It's funny how silence speaks sometimes when you're alone And remember that you feel Again I stand, Lord I stand, against the Faceless Man Again I stand, Lord I stand, against the Faceless Man Now I saw a face on the water It looked humble but willing to fight I saw the will of a warrior His yoke is easy and his burden is light He looked me right in the eyes, direct and concise to remind me To always do what's right He looked me right in the eyes, direct and concise to remind me To always do what's right" I'm just going to stop there(and I apologize for the length of this post, but I wanted to really illustrate my point). Don't take this as me bashing AB; I really love the band and the music they have put out. I'm a huge fan and they are one of my favorite bands. The vocals are amazing, the musical aspect of it is great. But the lyrics.....are the glaring weakness in AB, at least as far as I'm concerned. For me, they aren't deep, they don't make me think and are just a tiny bit generic. I know that Mark is capable of writing better lyrics(look at the chorus to MOP and the first verse of WTLF) than what is on this album. And I know Myles could have written better lyrics for ODR(look at what he did for FTR). Granted, Stapp's lyrics are nothing amazing on his solo CD.....but I do not view them as being quite as generic as ODR's. And I know that Stapp is capable of great lyrics, just judging by what he did in Creed. So my hope for Stapp's next CD, and AB's, is that they both come up with better lyrics that aren't generic and are good. I'm looking forward to seeing what both do, and no matter what, I'm still a fan of both. I love the music too much to not be a true fan.
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You all can think i'm thick but i'm still thinking AB lyrics are great. I think i dont need smart words or complicated phrases to make me think or touch me. I respect all your opinions, and i'm a huge music fan, but i really feel the way AB put their music up and i dont mind if some people think their lyrics are elementary...each person make a different meaning listening their songs and get touch more or less.
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I totally agree with you, Tiatan. I feel that the lyrics of ODR are their only true weakness. Mark Tremonti is not a great lyricist,...never has been. And even he knows it,.....here is an exerpt from an interview with Mark in the April 2001 issue of Guitar World magazine :
GW: What do you each(Stapp and Tremonti) bring to the table? Tremonti: I'm the heavy guy. When we first got together, Scott wasn't very well versed in rock n' roll music. He liked U2 and the Doors. He liked singers that told a story and had some substance in their lyrics. Scott is a brilliant lyricist; he writes real deep and meaningful stuff. I write music and hum stuff pretty well. I come up with garbage kind of words, some that stick and most that don't. So when we get together, I put all my effort into the music and he puts all his into the lyrics. Then we finish the melodies together. We fill each other's voids. I have trouble writing lyrics and Scott can't play guitar.
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I agree that AB's lyrics aren't that great. They are serviceable, but I hope that Mark will hand over the writing to Myles, who does a better job, IMO. It's not so much that they are generic, but they seem to lack a certain passion. I mean, look at Trent Reznor. He doesn't write anything really complicated, but his words are full of a range of emotions, like anger, isolation, pain, rage, longing. The words make me think and feel. I just think some of those elements are missing in Mark's stuff. His passion comes through the guitar. One of my favorite lyricists is Eddie Vedder. That guy can tell a story, for real.
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I agree,....Eddie is one of the better lyricists of modern rock. I also like the lyrics of Maynard James Keenan of Tool and A Perfect Circle.
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Same here.
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Yeah, that could be what it is, Dogstar. When I hear AB's lyrics, for most of the songs, nothing really clicks with me. I don't think and I don't feel when I hear the lyrics. The music and vocals do something for me, but not the lyrics. They're servicable lyrics, yes(ESPECIALLY compared to the garbage that currently resides on mainstream radio), but they're just not up to the same level as the music and vocals are. Judging by what Myles did with the verses of FTR, and what he did in MF4, I know that he'd write better lyrics than Mark does. Which is why I am hoping(and praying) that Myles does the lyrics for the next CD. If that is the case....I think the next CD is going to be amazing. As for Vedder, I haven't heard a lot of PJ stuff, but what I have heard I do like. He seems to have very creative(and original) lyrics. Yeah, I kinda forgot about that quote. It is the truth, imo. Part of what made Creed so great was what Stapp and Tremo brought to the table: Stapp brought energetic vocals, meaningful lyrics, lots of charisma to the stage; Tremo brought catchy riffs, really good solos, passion on the guitar. Like Tremo said, they filled each other's voids.
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Yeah, I kinda forgot about that quote. It is the truth, imo. Part of what made Creed so great was what Stapp and Tremo brought to the table: Stapp brought energetic vocals, meaningful lyrics, lots of charisma to the stage; Tremo brought catchy riffs, really good solos, passion on the guitar. Like Tremo said, they filled each other's voids.
Only makes it all the more tragic
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I'm really hoping Myles writes the lyrics for the next album. Tru sounded too much as though Stapp had gotten into his head (lyrically speaking). I guess I can't blame him, since that's what he was around for the better part of 10 years. But, in listening to The Mayfield Four and Alter Bridge, I find Myles' writing (esp. on Second Skin, which I absolutely love) to be superior. He doesn't write metaphorically, like Mark does. It's not necessarily bad, but if Mark wants a kick-ass metal band, and to ditch comparisons to Creed, Myles needs to take over.
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It's so strange that someone with 30 million fans can still feel hated.
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in all honesty, just because they sold over 30M records it doesn't mean they have 30M fans.
I have albuns from bands I'm not a fan... and many of them I bought for a song or two. And there are other CDs I don't even listen to anymore.
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You said everything!!!!
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Mine: TGD>MOP>W>HC>ODR
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So you like TGD best of all?
I'm pretty sure you probably meant it like this: ODR>HC>W>MOP>TGD Because > represents(at least in mathematical terms) greater than, so in this case, ODR is greater than Human Clay which is greater than Weathered which is greater than My Own Prison which is greater than TGD. Unless you suddenly became a huge Scott Stapp fan.....in which case, perhaps you do like TGD best.
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