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The Emotions Game
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:27 am
by Niveous
There have been many great lyrics throughout SF history. Can we match a great SF lyric to each of these emotions:
Round 1:
Joy
Acceptance
Fear
Surprise
Sadness
Disgust
Anger
Anticipation
Re: The Emotions Game
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 4:52 pm
by JonPorobil
Quoted mostly from memory, so forgive any minor errors in verbiage:
Joy
"She's on my mind / And oh how I love that she's on my mind."
-Jim of Seattle, "She's on my Mind"
Acceptance
"But if both of us should fall / For a love at second sight / We ought to be ashamed of ourselves"
-Frankie Big Face, "Scared to Death"
Fear
"NASA needs us / But Martians are gonna eat us! / No one believes us, but Frontalittle tastes the sweetest!"
-Frontalittle Squad, "The Martians are Going to Eat Us"
(or just about any "Scared to Death")
Surprise
"I can't believe it either / I still expect to see her / up there on the stage, but / Mary Hensen died today"
-John Benjamin, "Good Morning"
Sadness
(see above, or:)
"...and you start to haul your own brown boxes away..."
-Jim of Seattle, "Brown Boxes"
Disgust
"Dancing at your funeral, you know I'm dancing on your grave / A tango dip on the brown wooden box you call home."
-Johnny Cashpoint, "Brown Boxes"
Anger
"Go ahead, I dare you to hit her again / Go ahead, I dare you."
-ADD, "Shades of Black"
Anticipation
"Waiting takes more time than letting go."
-Josh Woodward, "Waiting Takes Time"
Man, that was harder than it sounds.
Re: The Emotions Game
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:00 pm
by signboy
Quoted mostly from memory?!
Re: The Emotions Game
Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 10:20 pm
by JonPorobil
Hey, some of these stick with you. I was also thinking about some other appropriate answers...
Sadness:
"Goodbye, 401k..."
Ross Durand, "Elegy for Industry"
Anger:
"We'll get drunk and we can break a few things / No need to worry 'bout the trouble it brings, 'cause / Nobody cares about you and me / Or what's left of the industry..."
-Jim Tyrell, "Elegy for Industry"
Acceptance:
"What we have is exactly what we need / What we need is exactly what we have..."
Frankie Big Face, "Source of the Light"
A little more archive digging and lyric reading, and I could probably come up with a few more, even. The one that intrigues me the most, though, is "fear," mainly because I can't think of any lyrics outside of the "Scared to Death" songs that actually convey fear (except for the numerous times FAL have used it as a comic device).
Re: The Emotions Game
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 4:44 am
by Eric Y.
"Fear is Free" had a few lyrics about fear.
Re: The Emotions Game
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 10:16 am
by HeuristicsInc
How about "I'm afraid of my fruit"? It was a bit tongue-in-cheek, but still... (that was my "Soft Orange Glow")
-bill
Re: The Emotions Game
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 10:33 am
by roymond
Acceptance / Sadness:
I wanted to show you sunshine, but I only brought you gloom
There were some times of gladness but they ended all too soon
I don't know where I'll keep all my bad memories
But the good times will only fill a tiny room
- Brick Pick "Tiny Room"
Re: The Emotions Game
Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 10:44 am
by Albatross
Anger / Disgust
"How 'bout I take a big ol' shit on your tongue?"
- WreckdoM "Punk Bartender"