Does rock have to be deep and meaningful?!


Question: Does rock have to be deep and meaningful!?
There is a lot of emphasis on meaningful lyrics!. I think that sometimes that music can just be fun!.

http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=N1MQW5e6K!.!.!.


Is there room in your library for meaningless but fun music!?

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Hi Persephone!. Really good questions lately!.
I love some awesome meaningless music!. For instance I really enjoy having this in my collection!.!.!.
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=WsSx5NA6s!.!.!.

or sometimes clever and fun, but not so deep!.!.!.
http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=xo0X77OBJ!.!.!.

I also love this like 60s big band version of the William Tell Overture that I dig a lot too, but I couldn't find it on youtube!.

I have a lot of meaningless stuff, and I love it that way!.

I think there's all sorts of things that music can and should accomplish!. Sometimes it just needs to be fun and silly!. Actually, I appreciate that you asked this today!. I think this site gets me taking music too seriously sometimes because I like to debate stuff!. Nice to get a little reminder that there's a lot more to it than that!. Thanks!.

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Hi Mr!. Bernstein!.
Point well taken!. I remember the Woody Woodpecker one!. I thought it was awesome!. I actually am right in the middle of listening to something, but I'm looking forward to listening again!.

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Oh man!. Minimum Wage used to be a big thing with my friends!. It was some sort of inside joke!. I had this friend who was particularly into it and he would leave that song cued on his cd player and have a remote hidden next to him so if there was a conversational deadspace he would hit play!. That was kind of the peak of it playing itseld into the ground, but that's a really fun tune!. Flood is a really, really great record!. I honestly find myself forgetting about it and every so often I'll either hear something randomly or just kind of say "oh yeah, been a while since Flood" and it just blows me away!. That is just a great record!.

Funny as it may sound, Clowny Clown Clown tune is pretty much the most accessible tune on the Crispin Glover record!. It's just poetry read over weird, kind of unsetteling organ driven music!. I kind of like it, but either in small doses or very, very rarely!. Clowny Clown Clown is pretty fun though!.

!.!.!.totally on my way to check out some Dan Deacon!.
Thanks man!.

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Man, I forgot just how awesome the Woody Woodpecker tune was!. I remembered it was awesome, but it's totally good!.

I like Wham City!. Particularly there was the sort of middle movements!. That song gets pretty nuts!. Pretty awesome track!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

Hell no it doesn't!

Take, The Stooges first album for example!. Simple music, very simple lyrics, yet it's still brilliant!. :)

Here's a lyrical sample [this is the entire song]

Can I come over tonight!?
Can I come over tonight!?
What do you think I wanna do!?
Thats right
Can I come over tonight!?
I say we will have a real cool time tonight
I say we will have a real cool time tonight
I say we will have a real cool time tonight
I say we will have a real cool time tonight
I said we will have a real cool time tonight
I said we will have a real cool time
We will have a real cool time
A real cool time tonight

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Whoever places emphasis on meangful lyrics should do themselves a favour and go and read poetry instead!. With music it's the music that comes first and the lyrics that comes second!. If it was all about deep meaningful lyrics we might as well go listen to Bob Dylan, but he gets boring!. Music is much more then the lyrics!. It's how the words are sung, melody, ryhthm, riffs and the feeling the music gives you!.

To answer your question!.!.!.!.!.no it doesn't!. There is pleanty of room in my music library for meaningless musical fun music!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

Well, I am extremely picky when it comes to music, and well!.!.!.!.everything else!. =P
So to me, it has to sound good and having meaningful lyrics!. I think that's one of the reasons I don't like a lot of 80's hair metal!. a lot of it about having sex with as many girls as they can, doing drugs and partying!. (Girls, Girls, Girls by Motley Crue, Cherry Pie by Warrant Nothing But A Good Time, I want Action and Talk Dirty To Me by Poison!.)

Plus I like seeing things from an artistic point of view, and lyrics are art!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

Hi Persephone!

Eh!.!.!.meaning!.!.!.meaning!.!.!.meaningless (can't say that word) :-)

Question: Does it mean your are crazy when someone says "yeah, that song is meaningless" when it was meaningful to you!. Hmmm!.!.!.

I posted this one before and caused many an eye to roll!.!.!.

http://www!.imeem!.com/people/PQ6EQkc/blog!.!.!.

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Hi Prof!.!.!.

Have not heard the Crispin Glover song before!.!.!.

I love They Might Be Giants!. Me and one particular friend of mine used to sit around an listen to them!. We always laughed the most at "Mininum Wage!."

http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=CDIGaiNO2!.!.!.

also, a real legitimate song from Dan Deacon is "Wham City!." Another one if you get the chance!.!.!.

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I'd guess that most of rock music -over the years!.!.-is plain good fun and NOT 'deep' and 'meaningful'(prog-rock is supposed to be;that's when rockers started priding themselves for 'quality' and a sort of elitism kicked in)!.

Depth and meaning is great,more than welcome,but not 'necessary'!.A band can have other attributes; authenticity,wit,etc!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

No; rock does not have to be deep and meaningful!. But if it is deep and meaningful, that adds another artistic dimension to be appreciated or criticized!. When gone wrong, "deep and meaningful" can sour into pretentiousness and/or excessive wordiness (which can ruin a song)!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

i prefer it if there is a meaning behind it!.!.thats why i love metallica's lyrics :)

of course i like songs without meanings but there just isnt as much involved so i dont like it 'as much'

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i think SOME of SOAD lyrics are quite good, they are normally about the media or politics of somethingWww@Enter-QA@Com

Not at all!. I do enjoy listening to musicians showing their talent in a serious way!. But I still can't help but want some fun when listening to music, I find Strapping Young Lad very fitting when it comes to fun!. From what I've listened to so far, they're very entertaining!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

plenty of room in my library for daft meaningless tunes!!.!.!. http://www!.youtube!.com/watch!?v=U_544SP_b!.!.!.

"hit me again!.!.!. OW! stop it! hit me again!.!.!. OW!!.!.!. one more time!.!.!.hit me!.!.!. OW! stop it!!.!.!." lmao!Www@Enter-QA@Com

system of the down has a lot of meaningless songs!. So do a lot of other artist they just don't become big hits!.

Ha ha i agree their lyrics do suck!. Ha ha have you ever listen to cake!. I think by far they got the most mess up lyrics!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

Of course not! We can only take so much earnestness and allegory in our lives!.

Music is an expression of emotion, and sometimes you just have to let off some steam and be silly!. :)

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Heck to the no! That's where power metal (possibly my favorite genre) comes in! It just has great emphasis on melody and lyrics about fights and battles and stuff!. Www@Enter-QA@Com

A little of Both for Balance!.!.!.!.!.

Lyrically - The Unforgettable Fire is a great album

Fun - Back in Black

They both can work!Www@Enter-QA@Com

Always, there are some songs that are so vague that you make what you want out of them, you attach your own meaning, I think those are the best!.

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it doesn't always have to be deep and meaningful, i like meaningless and fun sometimes :)Www@Enter-QA@Com

Most of the meaningful well put together songs come up as either a one hit wonder or just a hit

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Most of the meaningful well put together songs come up as either a one hit wonder or just a hitWww@Enter-QA@Com

ummm ACDC, Motley Crue!.!.!.bands like that never really had depth to their lyrics or a life lesson!.!.!.Party rock baby, good for anytime of day :)Www@Enter-QA@Com

I love fun music!! Look at Municipal Waste! They're awesome!! Www@Enter-QA@Com

deep and meaningful lyrics r boring, i like meaningless and fun XD just rock in rollWww@Enter-QA@Com

Just as long as it fits, makes sense, and sounds good!. Especially one to headbang with!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

the ramones come to mindWww@Enter-QA@Com

I don't believe they do!. This is a good example why I love Pop Punk and Synth-Pop!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

Anthrax!.!.!.great fun song!.!.!.meaningless lyrics :)

I'm The Man

"Now we're Anthrax and we take no ****
And we don't care for writing hits
The sound you hear is what we like
I'll steal your pop-tarts like I stole your!.!.!."
"Socks!"
"No man, what's the matter with you!?"
"I'll get it the next time, I mean it!.!.!."

"Charlie, beat the beats, the beats you beat
The only thing harder's the smell of my feet
So listen up cuz you might get dissed
Go drain the lizard or take a!.!.!."
"Chair!"
"Damn!.!.!.watch the beat!"

"I'm on your case, I'm in your face
Kick you and your father back in place
Step up sucker, understand
Don't you know, "

"I'm the man! I'm the man!
I'm so bad I should be in detention!
I'm the man!"

"Shut up!"

"We've got real def rythyms and fresh new jams
And ya think we got egos but we're just hams
Scott plays stickball and likes to skate
Frank is never on time he's always!.!.!."
"Sleeping!"
"Late!"

"Drink the drinks, the drinks they drank
I put my money in the bank
They cut their crack, they offer joints
We don't do drugs, do you get our!.!.!."
"Meaning!"
"Point! Point! Watch the beat!"

"I'm on your case, I'm in your face
Kick you and your father back in place
Step up sucker, understand
Don't you know,"

"I'm the man! I'm the man!
I'm bad! I'm so bad I should be in detention!
I'm the man!"

"Shut up!"

"For a heavy metal band raps a different way
We like to different and not cliche
They say rap and metal can never mix
Well all of them can suck our!.!.!."
"Sexual organ in the lower abdominal area!"
"No man, it's *****!"

MASTER!

"Fart the farts, the farts he farted
I pick my nose cuz I'm retarted
Like El Duce says "smell my anal vapor"
And wipe my butt with your!.!.!."
"Face!"
"Toilet paper! Yo, watch the beat!"

"I'm on your case, I'm in your face
Kick you and your father back in place
Step up sucker, understand
Don't you know,"

"I'm the man! I'm the man!
I'm bad! I'm so bad I should be in detention!
I'm the man!"

"Shut up!"

"So, as this rap is winding down
It's plain to see we wear the crown
You know Anthrax is number one
But we don't care, we just wanna have!.!.!."
"A festival!"
"Fun you stupid idiot!"

"We are the kings that all shout hell
We're like a diamond that is forever
And will remain the hardest ever"

"I'm so bad, it's a crime"
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