jumping the gun a bit because i know i won't be around the computer much tomorrow.
i have to say i felt better seeing matt talk about lyrics. i have an ungodly difficult time discerning lyrics while a song plays, and i can't really understand them much unless i read them. there must be some part of my brain that is underdeveloped. occasionally, however, an annunciation explodes on the scene that makes "not hearing" impossible. i'm convinced that's the secret to the popularity to a lot of bad pop and contemporary country music. i think it's also a reason why eminem caught so much flack from the media early on.
and then there's glen danzig. he's got something to say. he killed my baby today, and it doesn't matter much to him as long as it's dead. when you got something like that to say, it's best to have out with it at the outset of the song. he ain't done saying either, cause he raped my mom, too. and it doesn't matter much to me as long as he rocks it this fucking hard. i have yet to scold my ipod when it dials up this gem.
plus, this is the band (with henry rollins) that chased vince neil and the boys down the street just for being pussies. and rick james is lucky he's dead, cause he was on the fucking list.
"SECONDS: Is there a story of you and Henry Rollins chasing Motley Crue down a street ?
DANZIG: Not down the street, but we ran them out of The Whiskey when The Misfits first played there. It happened and it was pretty funny. You know, Motley Crue got a lot from The Misfits -- so did Rick James."
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Yikes. I was seriously weighing writing about a Misfits song the other day. It was down to Last Caress or Where Eagles Dare. Nicely done.
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Awesome write-up of a totally kick-ass song. I'm the same way with lyrics...takes me like ten listens before I have a clue what the hell anyone is talking about. Great takes on country/bad pop/Eminem.
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