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07-28-2005, 08:35 AM
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Karls Poetry
i cant remember if i made a post on this before or not, either way, im doing it again.
what got me so into Underworld was Karls lyrics. his way with words and random they were. it evoked a feeling and mood i knew he was trying to get across. i realized that even though the lyrics as random as they may be hit "the right spot" to recreate that feeling. in some cases, hes telling a story. for example: skym. ----- mmmmm... do you still feed the animal? animalfinger fingeronthephone curvearoundcorners do you still feed the animal? yourmuffledvoice isairupthesideofyourhead and the wires come in open eyes close us (slide beneath the city) slide beneath the city and the feet in the streets above us (and your voice again) and your voice again (and your voice again) (and your voice again) i dont want you to call again do you still feed the animal? muffled madness quietcalmprevadeher i couldn't go through this again you say you love her you know you love her you never want to be without her you say you never want to hurt her you know you hurt her how many lives you've lived how many hurts you've done how many times you've come to this place how much you want it you say you love her do you- at first hes asking if you feed the animal. now at first one would think, what, this man is mad! but if you think deeper hes asking someone, a woman, if she stills feeds the animals, likesay, a DOG! and then he goes in and out of the story telling and the mood evoking poetry. then towards the end hes talking to the guy, the girls boyfriend. and giving him advice through rhetorical questions. just like in Born Slippy! Well, without rhetorical questions. has anyone else noticed his magical poetry? im sure most of you have, this is just one of those things i think everyone knows but never talks about. cheers Last edited by Caprice; 07-28-2005 at 08:37 AM. |
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07-28-2005, 09:19 AM
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Re: Karls Poetry
What often gets to me is Karl's fascination with phones. I can relate very much to a lot of his lyrics in that respect.
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07-28-2005, 09:31 AM
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Re: Karls Poetry
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i admire what Karl's said about the voice being an instrument, so that the sound of the words is what matters rather than having a clear story. It's like concept art, and very much poetry. A definition of poetry that i remember from school is: "The best words in the best order". That's what Karl does, i think! The beats and grooves are paramount to this type of music, so it's such a cool treat that Karl's words are so good, too! Frankly, i prefer the sort of spoken/shouted style of vocals on tracks like "Pearl's Girl" and "Born Slippy" to some dance track with a diva singing "Whoaoaoaa! take me hiiiigher!"  Apples and oranges, i know, but still.
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07-28-2005, 09:38 AM
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Re: Karls Poetry
Karl is definitely one of my favourite lyricists and his lyrics are definitely the strong points of much of their work.
I don't grasp the meaning exactly all the time and I don't think you're supposed to. I enjoy analysing my responses to the music and the words over and over as I go through their music, trying to pinpoint the emotions they evoke and their meaning to me. Songs like SolaSistim are for some reason very moving to me. Other songs express anger or feelings of mystery and of joy. Whatever the words do to me in the end, it is an uplifting and inspirational experience that drives me to think about life. What is does is really really difficult to describe I think but for me a line that perfectly illustrates this is: I'm just a waitress she said. The unexpected randomness of this is brilliant and you automatically try to link it with the words: now I kiss you dark and long that went before making you think about a relationship between two people. The emotion of the song changes from dark, broody sexuality into a feeling of smallness in the world, the big city or wherever, and the dark feel to the song empowers this smallness. The line I'm just a waitress... therefor all of a sudden sounds very pure, sweet and innocent. Something meaningful is established in the world between these two people and the lines that follow after it might support this (not that that is necessary) but to me that onel ine shows the essence of Underworld. The ability to trigger in you this pure emotion of identifying yourself and your place in this world. I just reread this and once again I failed to explain it as I feel it. I tried to write such a thing down for myself earlier but I can't exactly define the meaning I attach to Karl's words and underworld's music in general. Ah well I tried. Hope it makes a bit sense.
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07-28-2005, 11:58 AM
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One of the reasons I'm such a big advocate of music from India and Africa.
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07-28-2005, 11:59 AM
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As is Dirty Epic. I often wonder if "channel six" is in reference to CB, tying in with the "phone sex" part.
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07-28-2005, 03:24 PM
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the local college station here played some music from India and Africa. Sure i didnt understand what the person was saying. But it was so cool. The drums and guitars and whatever else they used meshed so well that i still got the point. yes, the voice is an instrument of music. |
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07-28-2005, 04:25 PM
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 but i agree. i got into underworld first because the sounds were so fresh to me at that time, but then they became my favorite band when i started to get into the lyrics and the feelings that they were presenting |
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