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A Down to Earth Song - nocarename - 01-27-2008
Local band that disintegrated, but they put out a CD first.
Title: Gospel Rock
Band: The SplendourBog
Run Time: 2:57
Gospel Rock
When I was young, liquid granite
I was diagnosed schizophrenic
Neither feldspar, nor mica, nor quartz
But the sum of the three
Bonded igneously
That means melted together for life
Well, I was hot and dejected
Oh, I was injected
Under layers and layers of dirt
But, it was there that I changed
All my crystals rearranged
Into G-N-E-I-S-S, gneiss
So, take a look, and you'll see
That I'm not what I used to be
I've been touched metamorphically
All the heat and the pressure
They changed me forever
So don't take me for granite, I'm gneiss
Well, I wasn't to been seen
Till time changed the scene
Exposing my face to the sun
But, now its here that I sit
Being worn down bit by bit
Oh, erosion is wearing me down
So, be aware, have a look
Underground, underfoot
For that beautiful pinky-grey face
The Canadian shield
Holds a magnamous yield
Of the rock that was changed into gneiss
(C)1990 Jason Summach, Watchin' Music Co. (SOCAN)
I figure this would let Doug have a stone form and possibly some form of earth control.
Earthquakes if one was feeling terrible, generous, and the local conditions were open to such a thing. Japan, California, anywhere on a fault line really...
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Re: A Down to Earth Song - robkelk - 01-27-2008
I don't know whether Doug would be able to hurt anybody while under this song's influence. The lyrics indicate that he'd be a really gneiss guy...
Oh, and welcome aboard!
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
- DHBirr - 01-28-2008
Quote: The lyrics indicate that he'd be a really gneiss guy...OWWWW....
A kid once wrote on a geology test, "Granite is made in a hot place deep inside the earth. I guess you know who makes it." Art Linkletter's book
Kids Write the Darndest Things! illustrated this with a cartoon showing Satan stirring a cauldron. Perched on the rim, a demon said, "Don't
take me for granite!"
Punning aside.... Stone form, yes, I'm inclined to agree. I'm not sure about the earthquakes, though, but that's just a feeling, not based on
anything specific in the song.
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.
- Bob Schroeck - 01-29-2008
I like the stone form, but I'll agree with DHBirr about the earthquakes.
And I can pair it up with ELO's "Turn to Stone", too.
And before I forget, Nocarename, welcome to the forums!
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
- nocarename - 01-29-2008
Thanks,
The chorus covered a disturbing amount of my intro-geology course.
If it's not an ore, it's basically feldspar, mica or quartz. Percentages and variety differ and there are always trace elements. But almost always:
feldspar, mica, quartz.
About the earthquakes... if I didn't try, I'd never know. Which might be the reason why I was told I couldn't ignite Jupiter during that one game,
no matter how much alien tech I got my grubby, little, looting mitts on. Spoilsports.
- Bob Schroeck - 01-29-2008
<<chuckle>>
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.