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Okay, this is just wrong.
11-05-2008, 08:52 PM
While at the same time perfectly right. Sadly, after watching it, I don't think I'm going to ever enjoy [link=//%[link=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIkCTGoE4DY]www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIkCTGoE4DY]"Maxwell's Silver Hammer"[/url] the same way again.
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O_O
amazing...
"No can brain today. Want cheezeburger."
From NGE: Nobody Dies, by Gregg Landsman
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5579457/1/NGE_Nobody_Dies
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I mean, you've known the lyrics for decades, right? You've surely sung along with a smile on your face. But did you ever think about what's really being described? Ack.
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Now try watching a Higurashi AMV set to that song...
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Seriously? That was more or less what I was imagining when I heard the song. That's the *point*. Nice happy tune, absoutely horrific subject.
Now what *should* make you wonder is how much of a sick freak I am for having a CoH *Hero* called 'Max's Silver Hammer'.
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Well, yeah, but I didn't visualize it quite that thoroughly, and I could have done without it, even in cartoon form.
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In that case, you probably don't want to watch http://www.animemusicvideos.org/members ... .php?v=525]this AMV either...
(Honestly, why are some people surprised that some other people actually pay attention to the lyrics in songs?)
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Ever pay attention to the lyrics of Mack the Knife? Frank freaking Sinatra (and a bunch of others) sang a murder ballad about a knife wielding psycho.
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How many of you cheered when you watched the Iron Man trailer and heard that excellent guitar riff?
How many of you remember what that song is actually about?
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Oh, I pay attention to the lyrics. I just don't visualize them to that extent. I see I'm in some kind of minority, though.
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Oh there's a few times I've been in your shoes, Bob. I remember one song (which escapes me right now) where at one point I was listening to it and was
horrified to realize that this song was about a woman who beats the crap out of her lover.
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Quote: Bob Schroeck wrote:
Oh, I pay attention to the lyrics. I just don't visualize them to that extent. I see I'm in some kind of minority, though.
Considering the superpower of your most defining character, I find this the most ironic statement you have ever made.
Edit: Also, enjoying this songs is probably no worse than enjoying Dexter of Death Note or Jason X or any other thing about horrible monsters.
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Honestly, Epsilon, not many songs lend themselves to quick, simple literal power interpretations -- they're few and far between, and I am grateful when I find them. With most songs it's more what they suggest than what they literally say; I don't usually want or need to turn them into a video in my head.
-- Bob
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