Author Topic: DT's "clean" lyrics; have they ever been asked about it? (Read 2864 times)

rumborak · « **on:** June 06, 2015, 11:39:43 PM »

Despite being in the metal genre, DT has virtually no Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n Roll lyrics.
Have they ever commented on this fact? Do they have an internal rule to not sing about that? Or is just none of the lyrics writers interested in doing so?

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #1 on:** June 06, 2015, 11:58:59 PM »

Given that the band mostly hasn't lived that lifestyle and seems to have little interest in it, I wouldn't be surprised if it's never really come up internally. Their songs have occasionally touched on those topics, but not from the viewpoint we're talking about, so I don't think it's a matter of being off limits. Would those topics even fit with prog metal?

sneakyblueberry · « **Reply #2 on:** June 07, 2015, 12:18:34 AM »

^ all of that. I don't think anyone in DT ever gets lit or laid

Setlist Scotty · « **Reply #3 on:** June 07, 2015, 12:22:25 AM »

WWRD (What would Rush do)

Not that they are copying Rush by any means, but I think it's safe to say that they follow that basic template. For that matter, I think there's plenty of prog bands and artists from other genres that don't have many lyrics about sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll and love in general. It's not common, but I don't think DT, Rush and/or any of these other artists are that unusual for opting to write lyrics about other things.

And yeah, what the others above have posted - their lifestyles likely dictate this to a degree too.

BlobVanDam · « **Reply #4 on:** June 07, 2015, 12:23:18 AM »

Wouldn't it be funny if JM had been pitching lyrics the entire time, but kept getting shot down because they didn't think his lyrical ideas such as "Snort It Up" and "Bros B4 Hos" were appropriate for their music.

sneakyblueberry · « **Reply #5 on:** June 07, 2015, 12:27:14 AM »

JM's been ghostwriting for Steel Panther all this time.

bl5150 · « **Reply #6 on:** June 07, 2015, 12:28:42 AM »

I can't think of too many prog metal bands that write that style of lyric period.

? · « **Reply #7 on:** June 07, 2015, 03:44:58 AM »

Quote from: Setlist Scotty on June 07, 2015, 12:22:25 AM

WWRD (What would Rush do)

Hey, DT haven't written their own Need Some Love or In the Mood yet!

TAC · « **Reply #8 on:** June 07, 2015, 07:20:45 AM »

So Build Me Up, Break Me Down is not about erections?

Zydar · « **Reply #9 on:** June 07, 2015, 07:24:22 AM »

I feel Elaine, I feel the breast
Sex is death, Captain Sex
Says it right here on my crucifix!

King Postwhore · « **Reply #10 on:** June 07, 2015, 07:26:08 AM »

You guys are all wrong. The Enemy Inside is totally about sex.

Stadler · « **Reply #11 on:** June 07, 2015, 07:32:09 AM »

Quote from: sneakyblueberry on June 07, 2015, 12:27:14 AM

JM's been ghostwriting for Steel Panther all this time.

Doesn't he have an actual credit on "It Won't Suck Itself"? Oh wait, that was Nuno...

Stadler · « **Reply #12 on:** June 07, 2015, 07:35:06 AM »

Rush has already been mentioned, but look at all their influences: Yes, Maiden, Purple, Metallica, Floyd... none really write about the "Sex, drugs, and rock and roll" lifestyle, and when they do touch on those topics, it is usually in a cautionary tale way and written from the perspective of the individual. Which is exactly how they show up in DT's work (the 12 Step Suite, for example).

wasteland · « **Reply #13 on:** June 07, 2015, 09:28:51 AM »

Quote from: Zydar on June 07, 2015, 07:24:22 AM

I feel Elaine, I feel the breast
Sex is death, Captain Sex
Says it right here on my crucifix!

Fuck this Whore! Drink a troll,
now be with my mind
I'm a radio!

rumborak · « **Reply #14 on:** June 07, 2015, 03:10:00 PM »

Cheese sticks every day, now I'm spoiled beyond my wildest dreams!

sneakyblueberry · « **Reply #15 on:** June 07, 2015, 04:23:18 PM »

Quote from: rumborak on June 07, 2015, 03:10:00 PM

Cheese dicks every day, now I'm spoiled beyond my wildest dreams!

It was there all along.

Madman Shepherd · « **Reply #16 on:** June 07, 2015, 07:29:26 PM »

Still running uphill
Swimming against the current
I wish I weren't so fucked
Feels like I'm stuck
Lost in a sea of mediocrity

I remember being surprised by how blunt those lyrics were. Totally appropriate for the song though but I'm glad they don't make a habit of it.

Another ones that springs to mind...

and I don't need your mercy fuck to get me through the day!

James actually expressed his displeasure with that line so Mike changed it. To James, which is a pretty Canadian trait, he thought it was kind of undignified in that context so Mike begrudgingly changed it.

Thats about as sex, drugs, and profanity as they get.

Nearmyth · « **Reply #17 on:** June 07, 2015, 09:30:08 PM »

I mean, do many progressive rock/metal bands write specifically about that stuff?

Lucien · « **Reply #18 on:** June 07, 2015, 10:07:52 PM »

Quote from: kingshmegland on June 07, 2015, 07:26:08 AM

You guys are all wrong. The Enemy Inside is totally about sex.

Instead of PTSD, it's about STDs.

sneakyblueberry · « **Reply #19 on:** June 08, 2015, 01:44:14 AM »

Quote from: Nearmyth on June 07, 2015, 09:30:08 PM

I mean, do many progressive rock/metal bands write specifically about that stuff?

I'm pretty sure Thick as a Brick is about Ian Anderson's penis.

Pettor · « **Reply #20 on:** June 08, 2015, 02:11:23 AM »

Pain Of Salvation is the only prog band I know that keeps singing about sex. Really nasty stuff actually 😊

Lynxo · « **Reply #21 on:** June 08, 2015, 06:01:56 AM »

Quote from: Pettor on June 08, 2015, 02:11:23 AM

Pain Of Salvation is the only prog band I know that keeps singing about sex. Really nasty stuff actually 😊

"There is no way that you can f******ck her like I can.
You're simply NOT that kind of man."

wasteland · « **Reply #22 on:** June 08, 2015, 06:51:07 AM »

Quote from: Pettor on June 08, 2015, 02:11:23 AM

Pain Of Salvation is the only prog band I know that keeps singing about sex. Really nasty stuff actually 😊

FUCK the Al Pacino posters

Kwyjibo · « **Reply #23 on:** June 08, 2015, 06:53:51 AM »

Quote from: rumborak on June 06, 2015, 11:39:43 PM

Despite being in the metal genre ...

This sounds like every other metal band and the genre as a whole is just about sex, drugs and R&R. And I think that the misconception starts here. Sure there are metal bands with these kind of lyrics, but you have them in almost every other genre as well. And there are a lot of metal bands (not only the proggier ones) that rarely, if at all sing about s,d and r&r. So I never thought that the "clean" lyrics of DT were something special.

Dream Team · « **Reply #24 on:** June 08, 2015, 07:50:38 AM »

Quote from: Kwyjibo on June 08, 2015, 06:53:51 AM

Quote from: rumborak on June 06, 2015, 11:39:43 PM
Despite being in the metal genre ...

This sounds like every other metal band and the genre as a whole is just about sex, drugs and R&R. And I think that the misconception starts here. Sure there are metal bands with these kind of lyrics, but you have them in almost every other genre as well. And there are a lot of metal bands (not only the proggier ones) that rarely, if at all sing about s,d and r&r. So I never thought that the "clean" lyrics of DT were something special.

Pretty much this. It's mostly the skanky pop hoes and rappers that feature this subject matter, although back in the 70s and 80s they had the so-called "cock rock" fad for awhile.

bosk1 · « **Reply #25 on:** June 08, 2015, 09:41:38 AM »

Quote from: BlobVanDam on June 07, 2015, 12:23:18 AM

Wouldn't it be funny if JM had been pitching lyrics the entire time, but kept getting shot down because they didn't think his lyrical ideas such as "Snort It Up" and "Bros B4 Hos" were appropriate for their music.

Well, let's just say there was a reason MP and DT parted ways just before the next set of Ytsejam releases, which was to include The Myung Demos, was released.

Mebert78 · « **Reply #26 on:** June 08, 2015, 09:59:32 AM »

What about "Light Fuse and Get Away"? That song is all about fucking and forgetting.

"Have you ever been used or will this be the first time?"

Madman Shepherd · « **Reply #27 on:** June 08, 2015, 10:20:52 AM »

I have it on good authority that Lost Not Forgotten was originally titled Fucked & Forgotten and it was about the bands groupie exploits on tour but Chris Collins convinced John Myung to let Petrucci rewrite it about some arabs or something.

reneranucci · « **Reply #28 on:** June 08, 2015, 01:13:58 PM »

Nevermind.

sneakyblueberry · « **Reply #29 on:** June 08, 2015, 04:34:31 PM »

Bridges in the Sky was originally called The She-man's Trance, and was about Myung's last visit to Thailand.

hefdaddy42 · « **Reply #30 on:** June 08, 2015, 05:17:48 PM »

Bangkok has him now.

JayOctavarium · « **Reply #31 on:** June 09, 2015, 11:13:43 PM »

dafuq?

SystematicThought · « **Reply #32 on:** June 09, 2015, 11:52:16 PM »

Well, Scenes From A Memory is about a woman having sex with two brothers behind their backs which eventually gets her killed and Julian has a drug, alcohol, and gambling addiction.

But apart from that, yeah they really don't have many, if at all, lyrics about most "rock and roll" topics.

FLEEBS · « **Reply #33 on:** June 12, 2015, 07:52:52 AM »

Quote from: BlobVanDam on June 07, 2015, 12:23:18 AM

Wouldn't it be funny if JM had been pitching lyrics the entire time, but kept getting shot down because they didn't think his lyrical ideas such as "Snort It Up" and "Bros B4 Hos" were appropriate for their music.

Hahahaha!!! Love this!!!

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Author Topic: DT's "clean" lyrics; have they ever been asked about it? (Read 2864 times)