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Conference napalm::heavy_metal

Title:HEAVY_METAL - Talent Round-Up DayDay
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Created:Thu May 05 1988
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1238
Total number of notes:65616

585.0. "Lyrics included with albums?" by ANT::SLABOUNTY (It's 7 o'clock and I wanna mosh ...) Thu Jun 29 1989 20:42

    
        Why don't alot of albums come with lyrics sheets?  I mean,
        it seems like the ones that u DON'T need the lyrics for
        will have them included ... while the ones that can't seem
        to pronounce words clearly will eliminate the lyrics sheet
        and make u GUESS what they're saying.
    
        It doesn't seem like a big deal to provide them.
    
                                                       GTI
    
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585.1Yes Greg, I AM replying to my own note. 8^)ANT::SLABOUNTYIt's 7 o'clock and I wanna mosh ...Thu Jun 29 1989 20:469
    
        And why do some copies of albums include lyrics while
        others don't?
    
        A friend has "Point of Entry" which has the lyrics, but
        my copy doesn't.  That's strange.
    
                                                       GTI
    
585.2I can't understand either!RIGEL4::JBONNOThu Jun 29 1989 20:478
    Yea, and do you find yourself with one ear up against your speaker
    re-playing a certain verse over and over to try to figure out what
    the song says.  And then, after re-playing it, you still can't figure
    it out!!!! Some bands leave the words out because it makes you listen
    to the song more intensely.
    I say we ban all albums that don't have lyrics!!!!(Ha ha ha)
    
    jab.       How_does_that_song_go???????
585.4HAZEL::STARRWhat do ya do when you get lonely...?Fri Jun 30 1989 04:4817
>        Shawn, in your case you have an early release of the album.
>    	In subsequent releases, they included the lyrics. This happens
>    	alot.
    
Actually, just the opposite usually happens! An album will have extensive 
liner notes and/or lyric sheets. But when they are reissued as budget records
after a few years, that paraphenalia is usually left out.

One reason there are no lyrics on the inside of an album is because of 
budgets. On a new band's album, many times there isn't enough money in the 
budget to pay for an inner sleeve, so you get the generic white sleeve.

Other times, the artists just don't want you to have the lyrics. They may feel 
that they are not important, and should not be taken outside their context 
(which is the music).

cat
585.5REPAIR::EDWARDSMacro-solutions to Mega-problemsFri Jun 30 1989 08:136

		I suppose all you guitarists would like the song sheets
	included in the packaging as well.

		-Mosh-
585.6Except Racer X, Cacauphony, Debbie Gibson ...RAVEN1::JERRYWHITEHindsight is always 20/20 !Fri Jun 30 1989 10:094
    Naaaah, lemme hear it a few times ... piece of cake .....
    
    
    				Scary
585.7CHEFS::DALLISONIts Katching !Fri Jun 30 1989 13:276
     Nope - its fun transcribing stuff. Gives you a sense of achievement
    when you finaly get it down. 
                                
    I spent two evening transcribing Gary Moore's "The Loner" and I
    got it down to a T.  I was wicked pleased when I did it.