liddybuck01 Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 these are just silly to me. both are great songs, though! what do you think?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Neither. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMWriter Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Uh, as much as I like the rap, it is quite silly. But the dialogue on Double Agent? Silly? NO! EPIC!! It fits surprisingly well and it makes you go, "Wait, what? This is different and unique? Oh, nice!" ..Or, at least, for me it did. Double Agent freaking rocks. There's no part I don't like on that song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liddybuck01 Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 no, i LOVE double agent. just when you first hear it you're like, uh wut? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
presto123 Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 I like BOTH parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mika Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 I wouldn't describe the rapping in 'Roll the Bones' as silly in a derogatory sense, but it does seem a little... fun. Like, not serious. And I like the talking in 'Double Agent' - I love how it goes from the talking to "Wilderness of mirrors...". Kind of makes the singing part that much more special! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scars Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 I'd vote "neither is silly." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HowItIs Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 QUOTE (Babycat @ Jul 8 2011, 10:36 PM) Neither. BTW, that part in RTB is beat poetry, not rap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CMWriter Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 QUOTE (Mika @ Jul 9 2011, 01:50 AM) I wouldn't describe the rapping in 'Roll the Bones' as silly in a derogatory sense, but it does seem a little... fun. Like, not serious. And I like the talking in 'Double Agent' - I love how it goes from the talking to "Wilderness of mirrors...". Kind of makes the singing part that much more special! Basically what was bolded in the above quote. Didn't Neil himself say in an interview that it was meant as a sort of satire on rap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liddybuck01 Posted July 9, 2011 Author Share Posted July 9, 2011 i didn't mean silly, as in, dumb or anything. i guess i meant just kinda caught you off guard at first, or, as you said, fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babycat Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 QUOTE (CMWriter @ Jul 9 2011, 07:00 AM)QUOTE (Mika @ Jul 9 2011, 01:50 AM) I wouldn't describe the rapping in 'Roll the Bones' as silly in a derogatory sense, but it does seem a little... fun. Like, not serious. And I like the talking in 'Double Agent' - I love how it goes from the talking to "Wilderness of mirrors...". Kind of makes the singing part that much more special! Basically what was bolded in the above quote. Didn't Neil himself say in an interview that it was meant as a sort of satire on rap? I think I recall Neil saying in one interview that he'd wanted to have John Cleese do that rap part of Roll The Bones. All I can say is thank God he didn't as, in my own opinion, I think the song would've failed. I absolutely the rap part of the song. And I really like the spoken part of Double Agent. And liddybuck01, we know what you mean..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your_Lion Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 The spoken part of Double Agent has always had a kind of "Film Noir" vibe for me, which I like. And I've never had a problem with the RTB rap (although can it technically be called a rap if it doesn't contain any reference to popping a cap in someone's ass? ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bastille Dave Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 the rap on RTB is kinda lame and I pretty much like most everything Rush does. I think the talking part in DA is quite cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StellarJetman Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Both are deplorable, but the rap is sillier. The noir-wannabe monologue in "Double Agent" just comes off like bad teenage poetry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg2112 Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 RTB of course. I actually think the talking on Double Agent is pretty cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micgtr71 Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 I remember wondering why they were going in the spoken word direction. I was glad when they dropped the technique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ioc Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 It took a little while for the speaking parts of Double Agent to grow on me, but eventually it did - mostly because I loved the song so much. Now I can't imagine the song without it. I still don't feel that way about the "rap" in Roll The Bones. Maybe it's because I like the rap artform (sans violent/masochistic content) or maybe because it feels too "cutesy" - like it belongs on a PBS children's show...with Elmo or some $h!t singing it. I don't know. I can listen to it, but I still just don't "get" it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
circumstantial tree Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 I don't like either one. I also don't like the verbal diarrhea that's going on in "You Bet Your Life". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenken Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 I think this topic is just as silly. You're comparing something that is extremely painful to listen to, quite possibly the worst rap ever written in history, to something that I think is actually decent. Dont love those verses in double agent, but they're different and dont make me embarrassed to be a fan of this band when I hear it, unlike RTB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trenken Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Jul 9 2011, 09:50 AM) I don't like either one. I also don't like the verbal diarrhea that's going on in "You Bet Your Life". Yeah thats bad, the part at the end of the song. It's the kind of thing, I dont know, maybe it was cool at the time, I cant remember, but it has not aged well. It sounds completely ridiculous with all those big words. More proof that Neil is actually a cyborg and not really human. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Sawyer Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 I the RTB rap. Even if it is 'silly'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ioc Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 (edited) QUOTE (trenken @ Jul 9 2011, 09:52 AM)QUOTE (circumstantial tree @ Jul 9 2011, 09:50 AM) I don't like either one. I also don't like the verbal diarrhea that's going on in "You Bet Your Life". Yeah thats bad, the part at the end of the song. It's the kind of thing, I dont know, maybe it was cool at the time, I cant remember, but it has not aged well. It sounds completely ridiculous with all those big words. More proof that Neil is actually a cyborg and not really human. "Bet your life" "(assimilate because resistance is futility)" "Behhht your liiiife" Edited July 9, 2011 by ioc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IChoseFreeWill Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 The rap on Roll the Bones. The talking skeleton is silly and cheesy...but it fits the lyrics and song. And the rap in the song screams early 90s very loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Show Don't Tell Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 Easily the rap, lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormtron Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 The rap nearly ruins RTB for me, while Double Agent is one of my favorite songs on CP. This was easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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