During some of the rare times that I've glanced through the press recently I came across an article written by a reporter who obviously did not have any knowledge of the matter at hand; the matter was rock. Okay, I may not be the most unbiased person right here but the guy or gal (I really don't care) who wrote this article was of the opinion that all songs classified in the rock genre do not contain any lyrics. And so, he/she was reviewing a local band and stated that the said band forms part of the rare rock bands "a parole". Unless my French is totally dumb, did he/she try to say that it's rare to find a band classified in the rock genre (without mentioning sub-genres) whose songs have got wordings and thus a sense?
So, for fans of rock out there, know this, you don't listen to anything at all! Hehe... Guess he meant just some guitar riffs and some grrrrrrrrrrrrr from the part of the singer.
The totally stupid judgement that the guy/gal has passed has struck me like some form of racism. It's not only because I like rock and it's not because I write songs which are gonna be super popular in the near future, hehe, it's just that I know I have experienced, yeah I said experienced the most wonderful lyrics from rock songs. Just like I won't go about saying that the musical preferences of others suck I expect people to feel the same way about me. It's totally crappy to see a journalist pass foolish judgements on musical genres since they were supposed to be objective persons. I'm mixing up my thoughts here. But guess you've grasp the important part, the article has really pissed me off.
Ah well, here's the lyrics of "Reflect the storm" my new crush!
Shot for shot, many bullets penetrate me,
Embrace me, tell me stories of golden gods
The precision in your voice pierce the walls that I've built
Your eyes reach deep in me
Take a chance, they don't come much bigger than this
Dark star, spend another day with me, a dead surface that doesn't
Reflect the storm underneath. Take the chance
Bring me the calm
... And it leaves NOTHING
Expose the dark side, aching and emotional
Expose the dark side, impossible to tame
Away from the light of the sun
Away I find what is really me
Throw yourself into the eye of chaos
Infiltrate me, sneak out before I awake
Take out the trash and burn it
Try to find a beautiful place to lay
These fragile bones of mine
Away from the light of the sun
Away I find what is really me
Away from the light of the sun
Away I find what is really me
... And it leaves NOTHING
Expose the dark side, aching and emotional
Expose the dark side, impossible to tame
Away from the light of the sun
Away I find what is really me
Away from the light of the sun
Away what is really me
Away from the light of the sun
Away I find what is really me
Embrace me, tell me stories of golden gods
The precision in your voice pierce the walls that I've built
Your eyes reach deep in me
Take a chance, they don't come much bigger than this
Dark star, spend another day with me, a dead surface that doesn't
Reflect the storm underneath. Take the chance
Bring me the calm
... And it leaves NOTHING
Expose the dark side, aching and emotional
Expose the dark side, impossible to tame
Away from the light of the sun
Away I find what is really me
Throw yourself into the eye of chaos
Infiltrate me, sneak out before I awake
Take out the trash and burn it
Try to find a beautiful place to lay
These fragile bones of mine
Away from the light of the sun
Away I find what is really me
Away from the light of the sun
Away I find what is really me
... And it leaves NOTHING
Expose the dark side, aching and emotional
Expose the dark side, impossible to tame
Away from the light of the sun
Away I find what is really me
Away from the light of the sun
Away what is really me
Away from the light of the sun
Away I find what is really me
I wish I could be injected with the song! Ah well, sniff!
So long rock buds!
if the newspress you're talking about is We.scope, then that's normal :)
ReplyDeletei've posted a comment in the hi5 group 'mauritius metal militia' about the status of rock music in mauritius.. as long as there are fans... ;)
There will always be fans! That's for sure! ;)
ReplyDeletenicely put honey.. am sure the guy would like to be in a sean paul video.. Keep Metal \m/
ReplyDeleteyeh morin what u felt when u read that piece of crap is exactly the same thing when i read an article on x-pres about Gamers and Internet surfers! WTF? u chose the right word .. its another form of RACISM!
ReplyDelete"sur , fiable , precis" MY arse!
mooooo.. mne telmen contan mo trouve toi coz sense ki mone comment tou la! o lieu raconte lor to bane abat zour! menfin!
ReplyDeletetarr usha wai merci :/ Fess!
ReplyDeletethanx guys for the comments!
btw kumen nu kav fr confiance la presse si zot bne reporters biased kumha! :S
he's an idiot... the reporter...
ReplyDeletesaken so gout, saken so styl..
ReplyDeleteen tan ki ene zournalist, fam/boug la ti bizin respecter gout le zot dimoun. pas nou fot sa si li ti envi paret dans ene video sean paul!! grr
eh merd ki zot prob ek sean paul!!! he is so yummy!
ReplyDeletegrrr moi mo dir aret lir zournal! mai ptetre line envi fer genre zournaliste critik...
nice post !
ReplyDeletehaha that`s not new at all, most people usually have a negative opinion of rock / metal... Proof, just listen to any radio here, you`ll be in an extreme luck if you hear 5 rock songs in a day...
ReplyDeleteI can`t stand it when i hear people bashing bands like machine head and Metallica Without even having heard any songs.... and most mainstream media do (Or have done) so.
therefore in the mind of the unknowing and influenced public, rock/metal = le mal incarné (xD I remember horrified the look on my aunt`s face when i told her i listened to metallica, xD trop fun :D )
"I write songs which are gonna be super popular in the near future"----->LOL! now that`s a coincidence, :D i write my own compos too! ^_^ And i think they might get uber popular as well :D Am doing a kind of mix of acoustic and some heavy disto, although i am currently alone doing simple "guitare-voix", and disto alone is not THAT great :D
Wow, speak of a long first comment! :D
lol. welcome to the club of future rock stars! hihi.
ReplyDeleteWeek end scope did it again with the recent article on the xbreed/la foule/weirdoz concert. Just the usual clichés, and a bad analysis of their music. The journalist event talked about the power of weirdoz drummer, who in fact plays very quietly, lol
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