Old Vs New... The Lyrics War?

Question

This one is to do with lyrics, old lyrics (pre 1990) vs new music (post 1990).

Give me one song from either of the two generations that you think is better than the opposite generation.

My vote:

Rush - Natural Science

http://www.lyricsfreak.com/r/rush/natural+science_20120010.html

Wonder what Steve D is gonna come up with?

Answer 1

6 am day after christmas
I throw some clothes on in the dark
The smell of cold, car seat is freezing
The world is sleeping
I am numb.

Up the stairs to her apartment,
she is balled up an the couch
Her mum and dad went down to Charlotte
They're not home to find us out

And we drive
now that I have found someone
I'm feeling more alone
than I ever have before:

She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly,
off the coast and I'm heading nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning
Slowly.


They call her name at 7.30
I pace around the parking lot.
Then I walkdown to buy her flowers
and sell some gifts that I got

Can't you see
Its not me you're dying for
now she's feeling more alone
than she ever did before

She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly,
off the coast and I'm heading nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning
Slowly.

As weeks went by it showed that she was not fine
they told me son its time to tell the truth and
she broke down
and I broke down
cause I was tired of lying.

Driving back to her apartment
For the moment we're alone

She's alone
and I'm alone
Now I know it

She's a brick and I'm drowning slowly,
off the coast and I'm heading nowhere
She's a brick and I'm drowning
Slowly.

1997
Ben Folds

Answer 2

THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT - Paul Weller



A police car and a screaming siren -
A pneumatic drill and ripped up concrete -
A baby waiting and stray dog howling -
The screech of brakes and lamplights blinking -

that's entertainment. that's entertainment

A smash of glass and the rumble of boots -
An electric train and a ripped up 'phone booth -
Paint splattered walls and the cry of a tomcat -
Lights going out and a kick in the balls -

that's entertainment, that's entertainment..

Days of speed and slow time Mondays -
Pissing down with rain on a boring Wednesday -
Watching the news and not eating your tea -
A freezing cold flat and damp on the walls -

that's entertainment, that's entertainment.

Waking up at 6 a.m. on a cool warm morning -
Opening the windows and breathing in petrol -
An amateur band rehearsing in a nearby yard -
Watching the telly and thinking about your holidays -

that's entertainment, that's entertainment.

Waking up from bad dreams and smoking cigarettes -
Cuddling a warm girl and smelling stale perfume -
A hot summers' day and sticky black tarmac -
Feeding ducks in the park and wishing you were faraway -

that's entertainment, that's entertainment.

Two lovers kissing amongst the scream of midnight -
Two lovers missing the tranquillity of solitude -
Getting a cab and travelling on buses -
Reading the graffiti about slashed seat affairs -

that's entertainment, that's entertainment.

OR

TOWN CALLED MALICE - Paul Weller


Better stop dreaming of the quiet life -
cos it's the one we'll never know
And quit running for that runaway bus -
cos those rosey days are few
And - stop apologising for the things you've never done,
Cos time is short and life is cruel -
but it's up to us to change
This town called malice.

Rows and rows of disused milk floats
stand dying in the dairy yard
And a hundred lonely housewives clutch empty milk
bottles to their hearts
Hanging out their old love letters on the line to dry
It's enough to make you stop believing when tears come
fast and furious
In a town called malice.

Struggle after struggle - year after year
The atmosphere's a fine blend of ice -
I'm almost stone cold dead
In a town called malice.

A whole street's belief in Sunday's roast beef
gets dashed against the Co-op
To either cut down on beer or the kids new gear
It's a big decision in a town called malice.

The ghost of a steam train - echoes down my track
It's at the moment bound for nowhere -
just going round and round
Playground kids and creaking swings -
lost laughter in the breeze
I could go on for hours and I probably will -
but I'd sooner put some joy back
In this town called malice.


Either song against anything since 1990.
Songwriting at it's best.

So rests the defence for pre 1990


:~}

Answer 3

Sweet Surrender by Sarah McLachlan.

Answer 4

to characteristic to the above GETO BOYS enormous daddy kane enormous pun souls of mischif all tupac some songs: ice cube - till we prosperous geto boys - techniques playin tricks on me, damn it feels sturdy to be a gangster, scarface, G code and so on.... grandmaster flash - the message lol digital underground - comparable song

Answer 5

Black Sabbath - After Forever

Answer 6

im def against "new" music however in typical devil's advocate fashion i pose to you God Am by Alice in Chains

PS - The Trees

Answer 7

the masterplan oasis vs let it be the beatles