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Jordo
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USA
98 Posts |
 Posted - 06/07/2005 : 23:50:04
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I think Frank Black is underrated as a poet. Looking at some of his lyrics written down, they can be very beautiful and even romantic, you wouldnt even know the song kicked ass too.
Lately I've had this line in my head, from "Smoke Up"
Stone was in me
When I was rougher
Now my power has suffered in this hour of my oversleep
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Its got such an interesting rhythm to the words, the way he arranges them...
Another example would be the whole last part of "Speedy Marie"...I showed that to a friend of mine online (he never heard the song) and his reaction was "That is beautiful"
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Juxtaposed in each moment's sight
Everything that I ever saw
And my one delight
Nothing can strike me in such awe
Mouth intricate shapes the voice that speaks
Always it will soothe
Rarer none are the precious cheeks
Is the size of each sculpted tooth
Each lip and each eye
Wise is the tongue, wet of perfect thought
And softest neck where always do I
Lay my clumsy thoughts
She is that most lovely art
Happy are my mind and my soul and my heart
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What are other peoples favorite poetic Frank Black lyrics?
-Jordan
my music! my music!
www.jordancooperLaLaLa.com
www.myspace.com/jordancooper |
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Angry Simon
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
3 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2005 : 07:33:54
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Havalina. Very rarely hear a song that marries lyrics so well with melody. I often listen to it during the winter. You can feel the heat and the breeze blowing through the palms. Excellent. 
"Molestered me in the parking lot, yep, yep" is a line that always stuck in my head  |
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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
2002 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2005 : 08:08:31
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...or that one part in that one song where he goes "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhrrrrrrrrrrr!!!" really loud.
I was alone...in my BIG BED
-bRIAN |
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adda flea
- FB Fan -
USA
43 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2005 : 09:44:12
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fluoxetine
- FB Fan -
34 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2005 : 11:04:24
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The middle section of 'I don't want to hurt you', without a doubt.
I started this lesson in depravity
And now we're falling apart in this lack of gravity
And my heart is just a muscle in a cavity
But it hurts so bad
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Special favours come in 31 flavours
We're out of mints, pass the life-savers |
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FrequencyOfGlow
- FB Fan -
USA
157 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2005 : 12:00:29
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I hear the rustling outside
I think you think it's a witch
Yeah, she'll be scratching my itch
She will be brushing my hide
I feel like taking a ride...
Where the wind is going.
Huge fucking injustice that this song didn't make the final cut for HC.
I think the winter is going to be a real whirligig |
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mun chien andalusia
= Quote Accumulator =
Italy
2139 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2005 : 15:01:55
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"Say it's nothing but sky
And I'll be a lonely guy"
i really love that one.
 Like private parts to the Gods are we, they play with us for their sport |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2005 : 15:42:34
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My heart is crammed in my cranium,
and it still knows how to pound.
What's a computer?
Eat Y'self Fitter! |
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Ronzilla
- FB Fan -
USA
25 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2005 : 15:53:14
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Your mouth's a mile away...
Think about world peace...
While you are doing that, I will be over here stealing your stuff. |
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2005 : 16:38:48
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"Mosh, don't pass the guy."
Okay, maybe not.
"We'll trampoline, finally through the roof, on to somewhere near and far in time."
Just about that entire song, actually.
I was all out of luck, like a duck that died. I was all out of juice, like a moose denied. |
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fumanbru
* Dog in the Sand *
Canada
1462 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2005 : 20:22:43
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there are so many.
my little daughter and i really like pie in the sky.
"So stomp your feet
And clap your hands
Get out of your seat
And do a little dance
Lift up your voice
And sing with glee
Now listen carefully to me"
 "I joined the Cult of Frank/ cause I'm a real go-getter!" |
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1965
= Cult of Ray =
Australia
799 Posts |
Posted - 06/09/2005 : 02:07:41
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We're like bad harmony,
We are good company,
Going down the road to ruin...
** I'll Be Blue, True Blue, Jaina Blue ** |
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starmekitten
-= Forum Pistolera =-
United Kingdom
6370 Posts |
Posted - 06/09/2005 : 03:00:55
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Standing in the light
You're so self congratulatory
So I guess you have the right
To be so masturbatory
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Mass Pleeze
- FB Fan -
USA
153 Posts |
Posted - 06/09/2005 : 19:26:16
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i had a vision
there wasn't any television
we got to get some beer
we got no atmosphere
can you swing from a good rope? building jumper |
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OldManInaCoffeeCan
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1467 Posts |
Posted - 06/09/2005 : 21:49:37
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Hey Jordo, great thread, nothing but good reads here, enjoying all the posts...
"Black clouds roll through my mind,
Who says anyway these halls are sovereign?"
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Jordo
- FB Fan -
USA
98 Posts |
Posted - 06/10/2005 : 00:16:24
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Woo, thanks. My first ever thread.
Here's another one...
"I had a love and she called me Valentine
I walk alone on streets below these peaks
Of stone that block the sky
My hands have lost their grip through fingers slipped
The rarest ever damselfly"
-Jordan
my music! my music!
www.jordancooperLaLaLa.com
www.myspace.com/jordancooper |
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Andy C hrist
- FB Fan -
Australia
13 Posts |
Posted - 06/10/2005 : 05:56:26
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Luuuuurve the poetry!!
No disputes from this guy about any of these posts.
I love the simple stuff:
"I once had a dog,
who ran from his home,
but that wasn't even close
to your cold heart of stone"
"I live Cement
I hate this street"
-A. |
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misterwoe
= Cult of Ray =
Greece
675 Posts |
Posted - 06/10/2005 : 13:24:06
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All waxed in pride
I got a comfortable ride
And man, she could take us
Out across the salts
Right out of these faults
And on into Vegas
--This is an awesome thread! Awesome.
One more:
but I'm her little fool,
and she's my Helen of Troy
YES!
Pablo Picasso never got called an asshole. |
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Mass Pleeze
- FB Fan -
USA
153 Posts |
Posted - 06/10/2005 : 16:11:19
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"When they put it on the air, I put it in the hammer lane,
I forgot about all the laws."
can you swing from a good rope? building jumper |
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IceCream
= Quote Accumulator =
USA
1850 Posts |
Posted - 06/10/2005 : 18:26:49
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"you know I hear a lot of talk, so I'm headed for the stereo store to get a white noise maker and turn it up to ten"
"and evolving from the sea would not be too much time for me to walk beside you in the sun"
Mass Pleeze, I agree with the Happening. The problem is I can't focus on the lyrics without that beautiful melody. |
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glowbug
- FB Fan -
United Kingdom
26 Posts |
Posted - 06/11/2005 : 06:43:08
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she picked up the phone
the bombs were deployed
the people they groaned
the world was destroyed
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The Marsist
= Cult of Ray =
Ireland
730 Posts |
Posted - 06/11/2005 : 08:20:49
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losing my penis to a whore with disease
je suis un revoultionaire |
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Andy C hrist
- FB Fan -
Australia
13 Posts |
Posted - 06/28/2005 : 04:38:46
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and now he's headed skyward
standing up on piles of plywood
and all he thinks about is how he
looks like Heroes-period Bowie
and his figure blocks the light
and he takes away the night
and he's dancing to the new bolero
yo soy un pistolero
"I live Cement
I hate this street"
-A. |
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Doog
* Dog in the Sand *
United Kingdom
1220 Posts |
Posted - 06/28/2005 : 09:11:16
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"She carried in her every kind of thing
House, trees, and telegraph pole
Some say a thousand souls"
"I will be blue
Like the reign of mastodon"
"I hear saying Los Angeles
In all the black and white movies
And if you think they Star-Spangled us
How come we say Los Angeleez?"
"I hear surf on kazoo
I march with the militia of the mine
Malicious are the times
Malicious"
"You can't eat dirt cause it tastes so awful
Like no sugar in your Turkish coffee
And can't smile cause I got me a mouthful
And I've been grinding this grain"
I dunno bout poetic, but I loves me them.
edit: Damn, I could sit here all night and pick out awesome lines from FB songs, he has that effect on me.
 "Join the cult of Ray/He was the best Ghostbuster"
www.myspace.com/doog - www.doog.tk |
Edited by - Doog on 06/28/2005 09:14:20 |
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dizzy g
- FB Fan -
USA
26 Posts |
Posted - 06/28/2005 : 19:37:25
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| revealing caffeine ghosts and giving up its gasoline |
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dizzy g
- FB Fan -
USA
26 Posts |
Posted - 06/28/2005 : 19:42:53
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i think i see the stacks of my home blow
sweet memories of dirty monochrome
but once again tonight we sing
jet black rivers calling me.............now oooooo
bryan farris |
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dizzy g
- FB Fan -
USA
26 Posts |
Posted - 06/28/2005 : 19:47:53
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should i stay here and fumble around
or head for the woods far away
i cant make up my mind
im drunk all the time
when will happiness find me again? |
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selkie bride
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6 Posts |
Posted - 07/02/2005 : 12:42:06
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Andy, what could be better than standing up on piles of plywood? I AGREE!!!
I like this, too:
...I'm still down at the convent
they sent you far away
they took your only boy
you will get used to me
welcome to your new joy
down here serving the priests
Heloise...
Poetry complete with allusions and everything!
It's a beautiful day... |
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Jordo
- FB Fan -
USA
98 Posts |
Posted - 07/02/2005 : 21:09:30
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Now we're hanging in tandem
Six trillion miles a year
How can direction be random
When you are so near
-Jordan
my music! my music!
www.jordancooperLaLaLa.com
www.myspace.com/jordancooper |
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The New Bolero
= Cult of Ray =
394 Posts |
Posted - 07/02/2005 : 21:17:20
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[quote]Originally posted by fluoxetine
The middle section of 'I don't want to hurt you', without a doubt.
I started this lesson in depravity
And now we're falling apart in this lack of gravity
And my heart is just a muscle in a cavity
But it hurts so bad
There's a million to pick from, but I always liked this one too. |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 07/03/2005 : 09:13:38
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This could become the forum's longest thread, The Man writes such great lyrics.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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dizzy g
- FB Fan -
USA
26 Posts |
Posted - 07/04/2005 : 12:39:50
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...unsomnabbulist
that's awake see he don't sleep talkin takin' no break walkin'
but you don't believe...
what a great tune no? and about captain beefheart... i think
bryan farris |
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Andy C hrist
- FB Fan -
Australia
13 Posts |
Posted - 07/08/2005 : 19:09:11
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I thought it was about Eric drew Feldman
"once Eric said, come gather around" ?????
Definitely about amphetamine psychosis tho....
"I live Cement
I hate this street"
-A. |
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 07/08/2005 : 19:19:46
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Eric used to play for Beefheart, didn't he? I believe the song is presented as a story Eric told about the Captain.
I was all out of luck, like a duck that died. I was all out of juice, like a moose denied. |
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dizzy g
- FB Fan -
USA
26 Posts |
Posted - 07/08/2005 : 19:57:36
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as to his fame well he had two claims, he was a don (van vliet) and as well a captain. (beefheart)
whoever wrote the tab to this tune in this site has a damn good ear. it sounds right as rain. and also his kingly cave. that must have been tideous.
bryan farris |
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HeywoodJablome
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1485 Posts |
Posted - 08/17/2005 : 05:22:01
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Even though Frank doesn't ordinarily rate as one of my favorite lyricists there is a stanza in the song Honeycomb that I really love:
Dance for God
Dance for mating
The ritual of
Her figure eighting |
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Favorite Frank Black "poetic" lyric?
