The First Thread In JU's Lyrical Lounge

[Jazz]

I'm not very lyrical but I just got sick of seing the Lyrical Lounge sit idly by as we post all around it. Every section should have at least one thread. I mean how do you think this section has felt all this time? That's right, ******* lonely!

So here's to you, Lyrical Lounge. Hope to see you around more often and welcome.

[OtisPMerriweather]

:thumbup1:Way to go, MOD!!!:thumbup1:

[Oceandreamer]

Well maybe people just dont understand what the heck to do...
Here is help:

Perhaps the most important lyrical hook in a song, with the possible exception of the chorus, is the first line. As well as introducing the subject of the song, and helping to establish the mood, it is the best opportunity to grab the listener's attention — so make the most of it! A good first line can often do this in several ways. It can make a powerful statement or declaration, like John Lydon's 'Anarchy In The UK': 'I am an antichrist/I am an anarchist' is one of the most memorable first lines ever, because of its obvious shock value. It's not subtle, but it's certainly effective.
You can use a first line to say something surprising or unusual, which instantly tells the listener that this is going to be an individual record. Catatonia's 'I Am The Mob', for instance, starts with the line 'I leave horses' heads in people's beds' — the kind of bizarre but diverting claim that forces its way into your consciousness.
If your song takes the form of a story, the first line should hook the listener in, so that they want to know what happens next. Pulp's 'Common People' uses its first line to introduce the song's central character: 'She came from Greece, she had a thirst for knowledge'. Hearing it for the first time makes you wonder who came from Greece, and what that person's thirst for knowledge led her to do. Gloria Gaynor's 'I Will Survive' likewise hooks the listener into its story straight away with the classic opening 'At first I was afraid, I was petrified'. You're immediately curious about what was so petrifying!
http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/dec00/articles/lyric.asp

[socalheart]

So, is this like a beatnik thing? Do I need to practice my snapping and "that's hip, daddy-o" thing?

[Jazz]

Yeah, I started the OP by trying to write a little jingle but it wasn't working. I kept thinking it needed to rhyme and the little white guy in me kept rearing his ugly head. It was something like this.."Here I sit at my desk, posting on JU, wish it was burlesque (sp).."

See, horrible right? It keeps coming out of my head like a toilet stall poem and I can't even think of a clever one of those that I've read.

Maybe I could be a thief like..."Here I go again on my own! Going down the only road (JU) I've ever known!" or should it be "Posting in the only forum I've ever known!"

[Oceandreamer]

Maybe we can write one together!

I'll start then the next post should just add the next line.
If you want to make a 'JU typical' song-START YOUR OWN.
Don't add your filth to this one. We can of course have several songs going.

This is song #1

Fear makes her feel alive.
She realized as he bent to kiss her that she had invited this evil into her life.

[Sex Wax]

There was a young gigolo named Bruno

Who said, "Screwing's one thing I do know.

While women are fine,

And sheep are divine,

Llama's are numero uno!"

[Oceandreamer]

There was a young gigolo named Bruno

Who said, "Screwing's one thing I do know.

While women are fine,

And sheep are divine,

Llama's are numero uno!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXtkjTj8SFk

[thatguy0202]

So, is this like a beatnik thing? Do I need to practice my snapping and "that's hip, daddy-o" thing?

He takes after his father, he's a son of a bi***!!