Punk Show

[vnsplshr]

So, last night I went to a five-band punk show at Minneapolis's First Avenue & 7th St. Entry. One band played with a furious pace, and sang their lyrics at the same rate. 99% of the lyrics were unintelligible. Another band had a slower delivery, but the singers growled their fast-paced lyrics without clarity. The last band, my favorite, was a

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[sexyvanilla]

This is a hard subject to talk about because over analyzing a song/music is never good.

I know that some bands feel that music should be an experience. The feeling given by a song is far greater than any words could ever be. Now, lyrics are not always meant to be heard. Tool waits months to release their lyrics after an album comes out, and it has much to do with wanting people to feel the music on a more emotional level and look at it as a whole- rather than trying to look at a small component of the music. While lyrics are often(but not always) important to a song, the chaos (associated with screaming) and the anger (with a growl) may in fact be the more important message. It's a bit like tuning a guitar a louder than the bass. The bass (in most popular music) is still important as a foundation (stable element) to the song but not many average people are going to even hear or understand the importance of it.
All I am really trying to say is primitive emotion associated with the song is far more important than the words, because everyone can relate to anger, but few can relate to the meaning of a song. (this is very true in opera)

Now you can also look at in a different more realistic view.
The band is not working as a whole, and who ever wrote the lyrics wants everything to have a deep meaning even if it isn't practical.

[vnsplshr]

I got thinking about this based on another discussion. Someone told me that artistic expressions, if not publicly shared, have no value. To me, a beautiful poem written on tissue paper and tossed in a blender is just as beautiful. It's very personal and robs itself of wider audience, but it's still "art".

A columnist mentioned that one of last night's bands was very anti-Bush. The only way I know that for certain is by reading the article. Even if I sensed the emotions behind that in their songs, I could have just as easily attributed them to hatred of jerk boyfriends, xmas consumerism, or whatever.

You're right... it's the "act" that makes the show... the performance. I wasn't looking for the deep stuff, really. When I see a quieter singer/songwriter, though, it's very much message meets performance I look for.

[phoenix_saga]

100% agreed.