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Post subject: Re: Song of the Moment: Present Tense
Posted: Thu February 12, 2015 11:53 pm
Misplaced My Sponge
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Birds in Hell wrote:
Alex wrote:
yeah, there's no line in present tense like "that's the moss in the aforementioned verse" that makes me want to shoot my speakers with a flame-thrower
Exactly.
Or these regrettably firebrand couplets from the Riot Act era:
Can't wait for election day Witness the occupation Corporations rule the day
Can you feel this world with your heart and not your brain?
A think tank of aloof multiplication A nicotine wish and a Columbus decanter Retrenchment and hoggishness The aristocrat choir sings "What's the ruckus?" The haves have not accrued The immenseness of suffering And the odd negotiation, a rarity With onionskin plausibility of life, And a keyboard reaffirmation
I'll take Present Tense any day.
i agree on all points.
i think the worst thing i can say about the lyrics of present tense is that eddie is relying on pretty plain language for the verses (thinking of the "you can spend your time alone..." section in particular). the sentiment of the song is prosaic and the theme might smack of buddhism for dummies, but i find eddie's straightforwardness in the song pretty refreshing... doubly so when you consider he's capable of such pretentious, bu$hleaguer-style heinousness.
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Post subject: Re: Song of the Moment: Present Tense
Posted: Thu February 12, 2015 11:55 pm
Misplaced My Sponge
Joined: Fri August 16, 2013 6:36 pm Posts: 5699
Birds in Hell wrote:
Alex wrote:
yeah, there's no line in present tense like "that's the moss in the aforementioned verse" that makes me want to shoot my speakers with a flame-thrower
Exactly.
Or these regrettably firebrand couplets from the Riot Act era:
Can't wait for election day Witness the occupation Corporations rule the day
Can you feel this world with your heart and not your brain?
A think tank of aloof multiplication A nicotine wish and a Columbus decanter Retrenchment and hoggishness The aristocrat choir sings "What's the ruckus?" The haves have not accrued The immenseness of suffering And the odd negotiation, a rarity With onionskin plausibility of life, And a keyboard reaffirmation
I'll take Present Tense any day.
i agree on all points.
i think the worst thing i can say about the lyrics of present tense is that eddie is relying on pretty plain language for the verses (thinking of the "you can spend your time alone..." section in particular). the sentiment of the song is prosaic and the theme might smack of buddhism for dummies, but i find eddie's straightforwardness in the song pretty refreshing... doubly so when you consider he's capable of such pretentious, bu$hleaguer-style heinousness.
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Post subject: Re: Song of the Moment: Present Tense
Posted: Fri February 13, 2015 12:04 am
Misplaced My Sponge
Joined: Fri August 16, 2013 6:36 pm Posts: 5699
Birds in Hell wrote:
Alex wrote:
yeah, there's no line in present tense like "that's the moss in the aforementioned verse" that makes me want to shoot my speakers with a flame-thrower
Exactly.
Or these regrettably firebrand couplets from the Riot Act era:
Can't wait for election day Witness the occupation Corporations rule the day
Can you feel this world with your heart and not your brain?
A think tank of aloof multiplication A nicotine wish and a Columbus decanter Retrenchment and hoggishness The aristocrat choir sings "What's the ruckus?" The haves have not accrued The immenseness of suffering And the odd negotiation, a rarity With onionskin plausibility of life, And a keyboard reaffirmation
I'll take Present Tense any day.
i agree on all points.
i think the worst thing i can say about the lyrics of present tense is that eddie is relying on pretty plain language for the verses (thinking of the "you can spend your time alone..." section in particular). the sentiment of the song is prosaic and the theme might smack of buddhism for dummies, but i find eddie's straightforwardness in the song pretty refreshing... doubly so when you consider he's capable of such pretentious, bu$hleaguer-style heinousness.
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Post subject: Re: Song of the Moment: Present Tense
Posted: Fri February 13, 2015 12:09 am
Misplaced My Sponge
Joined: Fri August 16, 2013 6:36 pm Posts: 5699
Birds in Hell wrote:
Alex wrote:
yeah, there's no line in present tense like "that's the moss in the aforementioned verse" that makes me want to shoot my speakers with a flame-thrower
Exactly.
Or these regrettably firebrand couplets from the Riot Act era:
Can't wait for election day Witness the occupation Corporations rule the day
Can you feel this world with your heart and not your brain?
A think tank of aloof multiplication A nicotine wish and a Columbus decanter Retrenchment and hoggishness The aristocrat choir sings "What's the ruckus?" The haves have not accrued The immenseness of suffering And the odd negotiation, a rarity With onionskin plausibility of life, And a keyboard reaffirmation
I'll take Present Tense any day.
i agree on all points.
i think the worst thing i can say about the lyrics of present tense is that eddie is relying on pretty plain language for the verses (thinking of the "you can spend your time alone..." section in particular). the sentiment of the song is prosaic and the theme might smack of buddhism for dummies, but i find eddie's straightforwardness in the song pretty refreshing... doubly so when you consider he's capable of such pretentious, bu$hleaguer-style heinousness.
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Post subject: Re: Song of the Moment: Present Tense
Posted: Fri February 13, 2015 2:30 am
10Club Complaint Department
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 9:38 pm Posts: 15139
I can much more easily stomach Ed's surfer dude cod-profundity than I can his boneheaded political commentary or clumsy attempts to sound really smart (combined to horrifying effect in Bushleaguer).
Post subject: Re: Song of the Moment: Present Tense
Posted: Fri February 13, 2015 3:07 am
Misplaced My Sponge
Joined: Fri August 16, 2013 6:36 pm Posts: 5699
Birds in Hell wrote:
I can much more easily stomach Ed's surfer dude cod-profundity than I can his boneheaded political commentary or clumsy attempts to sound really smart (combined to horrifying effect in Bushleaguer).
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Post subject: Re: Song of the Moment: Present Tense
Posted: Fri February 13, 2015 4:36 am
10Club Complaint Department
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 9:38 pm Posts: 15139
Alex wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
I can much more easily stomach Ed's surfer dude cod-profundity than I can his boneheaded political commentary or clumsy attempts to sound really smart (combined to horrifying effect in Bushleaguer).
I don't find the lyrics to be terrible. Hokey perhaps. I always took them to be an existential conversation with himself during a low point. His tone, melody and performance all fits the music in such an appropriate way that i never felt they took away from the song.
It's five stars as it is but i always found this song to be a missed opportunity for an epic rock song ala Stairway to Heaven.
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Post subject: Re: Song of the Moment: Present Tense
Posted: Fri February 13, 2015 2:34 pm
The worst
Joined: Thu December 13, 2012 6:31 pm Posts: 39895
he can get away with hokey lyrics because they do always feel insincere, but Eddie is at his best as a writer when he's grappling with uncertainty. Once he thinks he knows something the strength of his conviction tends to absolve him of the responsibility of conveying it an interesting way.
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