circumstantial tree Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 it's meaningless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyfriar Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 It seems to me that people here are rather a span of geological time than be listening to this Dog Years.Not me, I will listen to the song as long as there are tortoises on Galapagos. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lerxster Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 It shouldn't need to be said, but here's why this song doesn't work: In a dog's lifeA year is really more like sevenAnd all too soon a canineWill be chasing cars in doggie heaven It seems to meAs we make our own few circles 'round the sunWe get it backwardsAnd our seven years go by like one Dog years --- It's the season of the itchDog years --- With every scratch it reappears In the dog daysPeople look to SiriusDogs cry for the moonBut these connections are mysterious It seems to meWhile it's true that every dog will have his dayWhen all the bones are buriedThere is barely time to go outside and play Dog years --- It's the season of the itchDog years --- With every scratch it reappearsDog years --- For every sad son of a bitchDog years --- With his tail between his ears I'd rather be a tortoise from GalapagosOr a span of geological timeThan be living in these dog years In a dog's brainA constant buzz of low-level staticOne sniff at the hydrantAnd the answer is automatic It seems to meAs well make our own few circles 'round the blockWe've lost our sensesFor the higher-level static of talkThis is exactly why I love this song.Typical goober lazyness. The only way to be lazier is to post the song and type "See?" He did spare you all a five paragraph snoosefest though. You're right. What I should have added at the end of pasting the lyrics was: /thread It's pretty simple with this song. The lyrics quite obviously suck large donkey balls. Maybe I should have said that as it would have been more succinct, but showing the lyrics allows everyone to see it for themselves. Asking why do people hate Dog Years is like asking why do people hate things that suck? If anyone wants to question that, let me again refer them to the above lyrics. ;)Thanks for sparing the Forum your other four paragraphs of nattering negativism, you nabob. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 It shouldn't need to be said, but here's why this song doesn't work: In a dog's lifeA year is really more like sevenAnd all too soon a canineWill be chasing cars in doggie heaven It seems to meAs we make our own few circles 'round the sunWe get it backwardsAnd our seven years go by like one Dog years --- It's the season of the itchDog years --- With every scratch it reappears In the dog daysPeople look to SiriusDogs cry for the moonBut these connections are mysterious It seems to meWhile it's true that every dog will have his dayWhen all the bones are buriedThere is barely time to go outside and play Dog years --- It's the season of the itchDog years --- With every scratch it reappearsDog years --- For every sad son of a bitchDog years --- With his tail between his ears I'd rather be a tortoise from GalapagosOr a span of geological timeThan be living in these dog years In a dog's brainA constant buzz of low-level staticOne sniff at the hydrantAnd the answer is automatic It seems to meAs well make our own few circles 'round the blockWe've lost our sensesFor the higher-level static of talkThis is exactly why I love this song.Typical goober lazyness. The only way to be lazier is to post the song and type "See?" He did spare you all a five paragraph snoosefest though. You're right. What I should have added at the end of pasting the lyrics was: /thread It's pretty simple with this song. The lyrics quite obviously suck large donkey balls. Maybe I should have said that as it would have been more succinct, but showing the lyrics allows everyone to see it for themselves. Asking why do people hate Dog Years is like asking why do people hate things that suck? If anyone wants to question that, let me again refer them to the above lyrics. ;)Thanks for sparing the Forum your other four paragraphs of nattering negativism, you nabob. you're welcome? say what you want about my opinions in general, but we ARE talking dog years here. i mean, come on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Enemy Without Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I believe the correct phrase is "cringe-worthy." 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddysMullet Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 The answer to the question posed in the thread title is "Because of the herd mentality." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaminbenb Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Actually, I think that 25% of the lyrics on T4E are weak! Not one of Neils better efforts... The only tunes I can really handle anymore are Driven, Half the World, and Time and Motion...Resist is more palatable as an acoustic song like they did a few tours back. But the rest are ok, and the weak-ish lyrics are Dog Years, and Virtuality...I mean, really "put your message in a modem...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnyBlaze Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 The answer to the question posed in the thread title is "Because of the herd mentality."Nah, I don't hate it. But I didn't like it well before I knew about anyone else's opinion of it. My "Rush Song I Hate" is You Bet Your Life. And I don't care who is in agreement with me!!! I simply can't listen to that whole song anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaminbenb Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 The answer to the question posed in the thread title is "Because of the herd mentality."Nah, I don't hate it. But I didn't like it well before I knew about anyone else's opinion of it. My "Rush Song I Hate" is You Bet Your Life. And I don't care who is in agreement with me!!! I simply can't listen to that whole song anymore Yeah...I can't listen to a lot of RTB anymore either....Dreamline, Bravado, and Where's my Thing? are in the iPod rotation...I think that's it from that album... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZivotSon Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I like my ex-wife more than Dog Years. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifeson90 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 ^^^ oh come on thats taking it way too far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertrobyn Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Sometimes things just suck...Like Justin Bieber, Hogarth... and Dog Years.NUFF SAID!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coventry Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Truthfully, none of the tunes on T4E seem at all personal or intimate. From the detached aloofness of the title track and "Totem", to the can't-think-of-a-topic mentality of "Dog Years", "Half the World", and "Color of Right", to the attempt-to-capture-the-social-buzz of "Virtuality", the album just falls flat. Even something as seemingly initmate as "Resist" is built around an unoriginal thought (first penned by Oscar Wilde) and I really don;t believe Neil has had any trouble resisting temptation to any great extent. Neil and Oscar Wilde are diametric opposites in personality, whimsy, and where they stick their cocks. In fact, the only songs with even a shred of personal depth and "flesh and blood and fire" are "Time and Motion" and "Carve Away the Stone". Compared with the open-heart surgery emotion of VT and the powerful explorarion of gender identity of CP, T4E comes across as Neil clutching at lyrical straws and, ultimately, sinking. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
An Enemy Without Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 The answer to the question posed in the thread title is "Because of the herd mentality." Not at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rushgoober Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 The answer to the question posed in the thread title is "Because of the herd mentality." Not at all. Yeah - the song sucks because the song sucks. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerofthor Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Lyrics smyrics! This song rocks like hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddysMullet Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 The answer to the question posed in the thread title is "Because of the herd mentality." Not at all. Yeah - the song sucks because the song sucks. Sure, but I think that it's singled out for special hatred by some because it's safe and non-controversial to hate, and is singled out for special favour by others for exactly the same reason. Because the fact is, it's not a HORRIBLY, TERRIBLY bad song, it's just a mediocre Rush song with lyrics that fail because they're trying too hard to be clever. Rush fans seem to find lyrics that fail due to contrived cleverness to be a lot less forgiveable than lyrics that fail because they're trying too hard to be meaningful or profound. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedRush Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I like this song just as I really like this album. The lyrics aren't Neil's best, but they certainly aren't his worst, either. I like the puns on this song, the music, the sound...really everything. This isn't a top song for me by any stretch, but it is quite good and I smile every time I hear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 The lyrics to Dog Years, while falling flat, are light years better than the lyrics to the execrable Half the World Half the world hatesWhat half the world does every dayHalf the world waitsWhile half gets on with it anyway Half the world livesHalf the world makesHalf the world givesWhile the other half takes Half the world isHalf the world wasHalf the world thinks While the other half does Half the world talks With half a mind on what they sayHalf the world walksWith half a mind to run away Half the world liesHalf the world learnsHalf the world flies As half the world turns Half the world criesHalf the world laughsHalf the world tries To be the other half Half of us dividedLike a torn-up photographHalf of us are tryingTo reach the other half Half the world caresWhile half the world is wasting the dayHalf the world sharesWhile half the world is stealing away 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedRush Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 The lyrics to Dog Years, while falling flat, are light years better than the lyrics to the execrable Half the World Half the world hatesWhat half the world does every dayHalf the world waitsWhile half gets on with it anyway Half the world livesHalf the world makesHalf the world givesWhile the other half takes Half the world isHalf the world wasHalf the world thinks While the other half does Half the world talks With half a mind on what they sayHalf the world walksWith half a mind to run away Half the world liesHalf the world learnsHalf the world flies As half the world turns Half the world criesHalf the world laughsHalf the world tries To be the other half Half of us dividedLike a torn-up photographHalf of us are tryingTo reach the other half Half the world caresWhile half the world is wasting the dayHalf the world sharesWhile half the world is stealing away Lazy post is lazy, and can never prove what the author wants it to. Can we please stop with these? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 The lyrics to Dog Years, while falling flat, are light years better than the lyrics to the execrable Half the World Half the world hatesWhat half the world does every dayHalf the world waitsWhile half gets on with it anyway Half the world livesHalf the world makesHalf the world givesWhile the other half takes Half the world isHalf the world wasHalf the world thinksWhile the other half does Half the world talksWith half a mind on what they sayHalf the world walksWith half a mind to run away Half the world liesHalf the world learnsHalf the world fliesAs half the world turns Half the world criesHalf the world laughsHalf the world triesTo be the other half Half of us dividedLike a torn-up photographHalf of us are tryingTo reach the other half Half the world caresWhile half the world is wasting the dayHalf the world sharesWhile half the world is stealing away Lazy post is lazy, and can never prove what the author wants it to. Can we please stop with these?Read them again. If, after reading them twice, you can find any way to defend them, I'd love to hear it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LedRush Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 The lyrics to Dog Years, while falling flat, are light years better than the lyrics to the execrable Half the World Half the world hatesWhat half the world does every dayHalf the world waitsWhile half gets on with it anyway Half the world livesHalf the world makesHalf the world givesWhile the other half takes Half the world isHalf the world wasHalf the world thinksWhile the other half does Half the world talksWith half a mind on what they sayHalf the world walksWith half a mind to run away Half the world liesHalf the world learnsHalf the world fliesAs half the world turns Half the world criesHalf the world laughsHalf the world triesTo be the other half Half of us dividedLike a torn-up photographHalf of us are tryingTo reach the other half Half the world caresWhile half the world is wasting the dayHalf the world sharesWhile half the world is stealing away Lazy post is lazy, and can never prove what the author wants it to. Can we please stop with these?Read them again. If, after reading them twice, you can find any way to defend them, I'd love to hear it. Effective juxtaposition of opposites, either in 1 line or 2 lines. Effectively using the same imagery and language to make opposite statements. Accessible and relatable without bludgeoning you to death with a message, though some argue they bludgeon you with repetition. I think the nuances of how he presents similar comparisons in different ways is interesting. I'm not going to pretend that this is high art. But after being forced to listen to the lyrics on most of Counterparts, T4E was a relief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coventry Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 The lyrics to Dog Years, while falling flat, are light years better than the lyrics to the execrable Half the World Half the world hatesWhat half the world does every dayHalf the world waitsWhile half gets on with it anyway Half the world livesHalf the world makesHalf the world givesWhile the other half takes Half the world isHalf the world wasHalf the world thinksWhile the other half does Half the world talksWith half a mind on what they sayHalf the world walksWith half a mind to run away Half the world liesHalf the world learnsHalf the world fliesAs half the world turns Half the world criesHalf the world laughsHalf the world triesTo be the other half Half of us dividedLike a torn-up photographHalf of us are tryingTo reach the other half Half the world caresWhile half the world is wasting the dayHalf the world sharesWhile half the world is stealing away Lazy post is lazy, and can never prove what the author wants it to. Can we please stop with these?Read them again. If, after reading them twice, you can find any way to defend them, I'd love to hear it. Effective juxtaposition of opposites, either in 1 line or 2 lines. Effectively using the same imagery and language to make opposite statements. Accessible and relatable without bludgeoning you to death with a message, though some argue they bludgeon you with repetition. I think the nuances of how he presents similar comparisons in different ways is interesting. I'm not going to pretend that this is high art. But after being forced to listen to the lyrics on most of Counterparts, T4E was a relief. Effective? Well, I guess. If you're a high school sophomore just discovering the power of effective juxtaposed imagery. However, since Neil was in his mid-40's when he wrote this, it still falls flat. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KenJennings Posted July 23, 2013 Author Share Posted July 23, 2013 The lyrics to half the world convey the idea of division among humanity while sounding good in song form. Not every piece of art needs to be some overtly intellectual endeavor into nuance and subtlety. In fact, when an idea can be communicated simply, it is usually a better idea. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coventry Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 ^^^^^^^ Nice irony, Ken. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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