Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site gitpyr.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!gatech!gitpyr!dave From: dave@gitpyr.UUCP (David Corbin) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Re: Rush & some of the worst lyrics you've ever heard Message-ID: <278@gitpyr.UUCP> Date: Fri, 19-Oct-84 07:17:59 EDT Article-I.D.: gitpyr.278 Posted: Fri Oct 19 07:17:59 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Oct-84 12:01:33 EDT References: <238@gitpyr.UUCP>, <1301@pucc-h> <1139@dciem.UUCP> Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA Lines: 19 > I've been a little irritated by Rush's lyrics too, but not the ones from > the "Farewell to Kings" and "Hemispheres" period. The lyrics that bug me > are the ones on the last three albums where they throw around high-tech > and electronic terms haphazardly. Most of the time they don't make any > sense in the context in which they use them, so they make the song sound > like just a bunch of stupid nonsense. Their music's still okay though. > I think "Grace Under Pressure" is one of their best. > -- Haphazardly? How so? I am aware that they are using some "high-tech" words, but I don't recall lyrics that made poor use of these words. Could you give some examples? David Corbin Georgia Institute of Technology Box 34034 Atlanta GA 30332 ...!{akgua,allegra,amd,hplabs,ihnp4,masscomp,ut-ngp}!gatech!gitpyr!dave ...!{rlgvax,sb1,uf-cgrl,unmvax,ut-sally}!gatech!gitpyr!dave