Wall of Mouths

you can tell by a band’s shitty name that their lyrics are going to suck. if they cant come up with two to four words that create a vision how are they going to write a song?

your dumb - if you think i said band names HAVE to be two to four words. try reading my post again.

No, you recommended that bands come up with names longer than one word, Teethy proved you wrong. Please save face and admit it.

Sjeez, relax dude.

Your first statement in your original post says exactly that you can tell by a band’s name that their lyrics are going to suck. This doesn’t make sense AT ALL.

I don’t think you said that a band SHOULD HAVE a name of at least two words, but you DID say that their lyrics can’t be good if the name is only one word. Read your post yourself man.

The lyrics of the three bands I mentioned do not suck. So, I proved you wrong. I thought you were good in discussing stuff with valid arguments. This post of yours was just stupid, so I had to react. Listen te Hellbelly. He’s right you know…

Do we have a paranoid lawyer on our hands here?
We’re not out to have a go at you, it’s just that everyone at this site wants to point out each others mistakes. Your first reply sounded awfully like you meant that bands with one word names couldn’t come up with good lyrics. Your reply was in response to a message from Che saying that a freind had said that Degrassi suck. So we can see where the negative aspect comes from.
Teethgrinder mentioned a couple of one word bands which went against your theory of band names.
Then you start dissing us for not reading your posts!!! That was really cheap. We can read them fine. Maybe the problem isn’t in the reading.
And now we can all expect a A4 size response disputing the fact that we can read.

hellbelly how thick is your skull? read this. teethgrinder if i am correct implied that therapy? , metallica , megadeath are all bad names but have good lyrics. am i right rene? (i think i am)
but you thought that he said that therapy?, metallica and megadeath are all good names and that rene was saying that i was saying that all bands with one names suck. even rene admits he wasnt implying that. (am i correct rene?)
so there you go like the insecure person that you are you thought it would be a good moment to jump in but you ended up lookng like a complete idiot.
and to stick to my original comments what i said does not mean in any way that bands with one name suck. maybe your comprehension level is very low (if that’s the case i forgive you). you could ask language experts to come here and they’ll tell you the same thing. ever taken a basic logic or philosophy class? it’ll tell you the same thing - YOU ARE WRONG.
admit it you just wanted to jump in but made an idiot of yourself.
and to stick to my main point: i’ve come up with this observation that bands that have thought provoking names will have a lot to say in thier lyrics- thier lyrics will have substance. you can agree or disagree. if you cant come up with a good name for your band you’ll have a hard time with the lyrics. all the bands that i think of that have good names have substance in their lyrics. i see a connection and i stated it. but if you disagree just say so but to say that i am wrong is bullshit because there’s no right or wrong here because they’re just observations.
and here’s an example. i dont know crave release or degrassi but if they were both playing the same night i’d go see crave release because thier name just pulls me to that direction. just an example.
by the way i dont think anyone is against me but sure a lot of people will like to have a go. try again.

What do you mean try again? We all know you’ve been proved wrong, and not for the first time. I’ll await my page long reply now.

I really don’t understand this!!! What has the name of a band got to do with their lyrics????? Messiah: Your statement about RATM is totally wrong. I think they DO have good lyrics but what if they would sing: Johnnyboy, I love you with all my heart,…those wouldn’t be good lyrics would they??And they still would be called RATM…oh..this is o attack by the way because I get the feeling as well that evryone is attacking you. your cd will be posted next week!

Cheeerss

I really don’t think the name of a band has much bearing on their lyrics. Take for example:

* Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet - Good name, good lyrics.
* Who Is The Girl in the Red Dress and Why Does She Keep Calling Me Andrew? - Pretty damn creative name, pretty lame lyrics.
* Foo Fighters - Not the best of names, but some good lyrics.
* Smoking Popes - Great name, but weak lyrics. They’re quirky and semi-creative, but not too deep.
* Fury In The Slaughterhouse - A borderline. Sometimes I think it’s a hokey death-metal sounding name, other times I think it’s good. Same with the lyrics for the most part. However, they are Germans writing English lyrics, which I can imagine might be difficult.
* Smashing Pumpkins - When you think about it, a pretty crappy name. Great lyrics though.
* Our Lady Peace - Hate the name (hate the music too), but I suppose the lyrics are deep. They’re not too crafty at naming albums either: ‘Happiness is not a fish you can catch’ for example.

So many bands pick names from seemingly arbitrary sources. Some might just take the name of a movie (Sleeper), some random object (Shoenen Knife) or a person (Mookie Blaylock). Oddly enough, Matthew Good has said that he hates the fact that the Matthew Good Band is named after him. The band just had to print up a record label quickly and once they became popular, it was just too hard to change.

I’ve heard bands with great lyrics and poor music. I’ve heard bands with great music and really lame lyrics. There’s no rule that says you need to pick a band that has both, because sometimes that can be a rare thing. And finally, lyrics, music and names are so subjective that they really can’t have that much impact on one another.

And that’s all I have to say on this matter.

shit you idiots stop it
my favorite part of this discussion
i quote messiah:
’ i thought you were saying that i was saying that. but
i wasnt implying that at all what he said i said’

Firstly you are talking a huge amount of fabricated shite, mentioning Maiden & Gn’R. Secondly you asked why a band should mention a band on another band’s site? Well that’s why I went into ‘non-therapy? related topics’, you fucking metalhead moron! If you don’t want to read something, just flick right past it…it’s really quite simple. (Which I’m sure is a term probabley in the brainless metal heckler’s job description). Saying something on a message board is simply freedom of speech. Not all bands are born with silver spoons up their asses, so they have to get their ‘plugs’ from other sources to get their name around. If that offends you, then good. you’ve made my day.

Yes Mr. Teethgrinder point taken and digested without bitterness. I just failed to see, at the time how a band ‘plug’ would offend people. You have to admit, it’s a lot less depressing than reading messages by a bunch of folk who all like the same band and yet do little else but slag each other off. I understand perfectly that the board was broken divided different sections. Sometimes bands who don’t break rules don’t get noticed. Don’t worry my friend there need not be any more ‘non-therapy’ related band plugs for a while. Thank you for offering your opinion.

OK we heard you the first time, we just didn’t care

Point taken, Teethgrinder. What had happened was that, I had originally used different sections, on first entry (oo-er) to the message board, and then decided just to keep it to one…and now none. Did’nt realise you were involved in the message board either. All the Best.