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Post by Nonfatman on Jul 25, 2011 20:33:14 GMT -5
I have been doing something on my Facebook page lately, I don't know why I started this, but it gave me an idea for a new game. Not really a game but a mental exercise, in which one thinks very hard about the lyrics to a song, and then sums up what the the song means, or what it means to them.
But the summary must be brief, so let's say under fifty words.
The trick is to really try to distill the essence of the song in a well-written sentence or two.
By way of example, here are the first two from my FB page, which I am gong to try to do as much as possible. Wouldn't it be cool if we could come up with an index of these for the entire catalogue?
Orion - In this beautiful song, a prayer is offered to a benign celestial being looking down at the troubled world below.
Wond'ring Again - In this heartfelt, life-affirming song, a couple ponder whether to bring a baby into an overcrowded world stricken by pollution, poverty and cynicism. In the end they find hope and beauty through it all....and the answer to their question.
This could really be a fun thing to do!
Jeff
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Post by Morthoron on Jul 26, 2011 17:03:50 GMT -5
A self-depracating performer has sharp words for a specific detractor, but doesn't at all mind the hand he was dealt.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2011 21:07:15 GMT -5
Solitaire!!
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Post by Morthoron on Jul 28, 2011 21:32:23 GMT -5
Absolutely correct. Your turn to give it a go, DC. |
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tu11rulz
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Post by tu11rulz on Nov 3, 2011 13:40:40 GMT -5
In very early winter, our hero pays a clandestine visit to the home of someone once special. In the cold, he comtemplates things that might have been as well was wondering aloud of things now taking place within the residence.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2011 17:22:33 GMT -5
Pibroch?
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tu11rulz
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Post by tu11rulz on Nov 16, 2011 0:13:09 GMT -5
No, sorry. Pibroch's visit was to his own home and would therefore not be clandestine. |
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Bwanabob
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Post by Bwanabob on Dec 19, 2011 18:46:25 GMT -5
First Snow On Brooklyn?
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Post by Geoff CB on Dec 19, 2011 20:53:13 GMT -5
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Post by Jackalynn on Jan 20, 2012 12:36:38 GMT -5
Right. 1st Snow on Brooklyn.
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Post by Jethro Tull FTW on Feb 19, 2012 12:14:28 GMT -5
Alright I'll have a go. (Maybe a bit easy)
A young man who is tired with modern music injures himself in motor accident.
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Heavy Horse
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Post by Heavy Horse on Mar 26, 2012 14:47:33 GMT -5
Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll, Too Young to Die-ie-ie
Hope that's right! I'll try one:
A musician muses on both his change of direction, and the speed of his life and decides that getting the basics right is quite important!
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Post by Willie on Mar 27, 2012 3:22:56 GMT -5
Mmm... How about a hint?
But don't give it away!
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Heavy Horse
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Post by Heavy Horse on Mar 27, 2012 5:52:24 GMT -5
Er... The name of the album it's on might be a "help"!
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Post by Willie on Mar 27, 2012 22:28:56 GMT -5
I'm stumped... Minstrel in the gallery?
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Post by Zombywoof on Mar 27, 2012 22:29:19 GMT -5
Play in Time?
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Post by Heavy Horse on Mar 28, 2012 2:46:28 GMT -5
Yay!
Your turn!
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Post by Nonfatman on Dec 24, 2015 22:34:55 GMT -5
Time once again to play 'Distill the Tull Song' where we boil down the essence of a Tull song into a succinct sentence of less than fifty words, and then we see who can guess it first.
This one is very easy!
'A troubled portly gent can't get laid and is erroneously thought of as jolly, but can at least take solace in being able to defeat Ian Anderson in a downhill rolling contest.'
Jeff
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