Friday, October 20, 2006

Been trying to think of the all time dopiest spoken word parts of pop songs, here's what I've come up with so far:

"The continent of Atlantis was an island which lay before the great flood in the area we now call the Atlantic Ocean. So great an area of land, that from her western shores those beautiful sailors journeyed to the South and the North Americas with ease, in their ships with painted sails. To the East Africa was her neighbour, across a short strait of sea miles. The great Egyptian age is but a remnant of The Atlantian culture. The antediluvian kings colonised the world, all the Gods who play in the mythological dramas in all legends from all lands were from fair Atlantis. Knowing her fate, Atlantis sent out ships to all corners of the Earth. On board were the Twelve: the poet, the physician, the farmer, the scientist, the magician and the other so-called Gods of our legends. Though Gods they were - and as the elders of our time choose to remain blind let us rejoice and let us sing and dance and ring in the new- Hail Atlantis!"

Not sure this one is actually so dopey in some ways, also performed it once and it was really fun, one of those things where it could be a perfect statement of my sentiments with only slight modifications, still very silly.

"Breath deep
The gathering gloom
Watch lights fade
From every room
Bedsitter people
Look back and lament
Another day's useless
Energy spent

Impassioned lovers
Wrestle as one
Lonely man cries for love
And has none
New mother picks up
And suckles her son
Senior citizens
Wish they were young

Cold hearted orb
That rules the night
Removes the colours
From our sight
Red is gray and
Yellow white
But we decide
Which is right
And
Which is an Illusion"

This one is definitely powerful dopey. The use of 'Senior citizens' in a pretentious psychedelic poem one of the high points of our culture,

Looking for more examples to think about, get to it, kids.

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