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OMGWTFBBQ.

That was the single worst piece of lyric writing I have ever encountered.

Also, thank you for the crit you posted of that...thing. It was perfect.
 
I sort of disagree with this. A cliche is a genre-specific thing. A songwriter like Dylan has different cliches to avoid. Just because its about real life does not excuse a writer from cliches. The beauty of the songwriters you mentioned is that they have found their artistic voice and through that voice are able to make observations and give it a certain spin. In these cases, cliche is when they do what every other writer might do. For example, Springsteen's Reno. I don't think Springsteen thought he was exempt from cliche avoidance simply because he was writing about a real-life (probably) event.

She took off her stockings
I held 'em to my face
She had your ankles
I felt filled with grace

"Two hundred dollars straight in
Two-fifty up the ***" she smiled and said
She unbuckled my belt, pulled back her hair
And sat in front of me on the bed




I agree. Focus on finding your artistic voice is key. Only you possess your voice, so originality follows.
 
Winter here. Which means very little.

The database thing is giving me the ****s, it's slowing up my RABL to about 5-7 minutes per page, WHEN it does decide to work. Tonight it's ok though.
 
Ouch, what did I ever do to you guys?

EDIT: I'm going to record some guitar/screaming stuff tomorrow that touches on emo foundations. So I'll post the link up if that's not against the rules?
 
I wouldn't say I'm a poet.

And that statement does make sense... you just have to read the song. I'm sure I linked it a while back.
 
I think that's a terrible idea. More news on why in your thread.

And please don't use the join date arguement. I am older than you. Does this mean that I am better at life? And joindate is really a great indication of either time spent on the forums or actual writing ability.

Oh well
 
It was quite funny to be honest. And since I'm in a story telling mood, I shall tell it. beware, this is a long and not that interesting post, so avoid it if you want.

First things first, I work in a posh hotel country club bar, so we serve coffee and alcohol but at stupidly high prices (see
 
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