Hello! In a mail I sent, I said that I have heard Bostich's "Have a party!", isn't it really "Everybody!"? I not so good at listening to texts :-) Chris
For my part thats « Everybody » :-) but Dieter wants everyone understand what he wants with lyrics -----Message d'origine----- De : yello-admin@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:yello-admin@mailman.xmission.com] De la part de The Warlock Envoyé : dimanche 15 septembre 2002 08:29 À : yello@mailman.xmission.com Objet : [Yello] Bostich Hello! In a mail I sent, I said that I have heard Bostich's "Have a party!", isn't it really "Everybody!"? I not so good at listening to texts :-) Chris
In a mail I sent, I said that I have heard Bostich's "Have a party!", isn't it really "Everybody!"? I not so good at listening to texts :-)
You know, I very rarely listen to the lyrics when playing Yello. I mean, sure I like Dieter being there doing his stuff, but does it really matter what words he is actually singing?? A lot of the time the lyrics are nonsense anyway! So to me Yello vocals are just another instrument. It's the same when I listen to most Art of Noise. I mean.. "Paranoimia" isn't even a real word! What's the point in listening too closely to it? (I tried once, and after listening to it over and over my brain started playing tricks on me and I could have sworn the words were "Everybody up" only a bit distorted by the vocoder.) Michael
I like yello lyrics for its romantic nature. I'm not huge in to lyrics but YELLO and Petshop Boys have fantastic lyrics in my opinion. Well... of course there is the Beatles and all that other suff... On Sunday, September 15, 2002, at 03:58 AM, Thug wrote:
In a mail I sent, I said that I have heard Bostich's "Have a party!", isn't it really "Everybody!"? I not so good at listening to texts :-)
You know, I very rarely listen to the lyrics when playing Yello. I mean, sure I like Dieter being there doing his stuff, but does it really matter what words he is actually singing?? A lot of the time the lyrics are nonsense anyway! So to me Yello vocals are just another instrument.
It's the same when I listen to most Art of Noise. I mean.. "Paranoimia" isn't even a real word! What's the point in listening too closely to it? (I tried once, and after listening to it over and over my brain started playing tricks on me and I could have sworn the words were "Everybody up" only a bit distorted by the vocoder.)
Michael
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I like yello lyrics for its romantic nature.
Romantic huh? Especially those like Oh Yeah, or Koladi-Ola, or Celsius... ;-) Do you really find all Dieter's lyrics romantic? Well, I agree about the songs like Of Course I'm Lying etc but the lyrics of many songs are very much Dadaistic nonsence. Dieter is pure Dadaist and his lyrics often mirror it. I must admit, I love it! What do you folks think about Dadaistic aspect in Dieter's lyrics? Cheers, Adelka A woman who came to herself after the operation. "Doctor, I feel I've lost some weight during the operation. It's unbelieveable!" Surgeon. "Nothing extraordinary. This is because you had both legs and arms before the operation".
Hi all,
What do you folks think about Dadaistic aspect in Dieter's lyrics?
Well, I'm no expert on Dadaism. And from what I do know, I'm afraid I think it's generally rubbish, as is almost all aspects of post-structuralism. Every person can interpret a work in their own way? Or it's possible to interpret something like Shakespeare in a modern context? No, it just doesn't wash with me, I'm afraid. Art needs to be appreciated/understood in the context under which it was created, otherwise what you're seeing is not what the artist intended, and that usually leads on to bad things like censorship, etc. BUT... a work that is deliberately Dadaist... well, that is a bit different. The artist has tried to create something that will have different meanings to different people, and I'm comfortable with that. This makes it quite close to surrealism though, which I actually get quite a kick out of. As to Dieter's work... well, as I said before, I don't really listen to the lyrics all that much. I can see what you mean by the fact that they're Dada influenced. I always thought there was a certain amount of obscurity added by the German/French -> English translation too. The good thing is, by having mostly nonsense lyrics, Yello has been kept universal!
A woman who came to herself after the operation. "Doctor, I feel I've lost some weight during the operation. It's unbelieveable!" Surgeon. "Nothing extraordinary. This is because you had both legs and arms before the operation".
While Yello's lyrics may be universal, this mailing list is proving that perhaps humour isn't! Not that the above isn't funny in some way, but I much prefer the joke: A man groggily wakes up in the hospital... Patient: "I remember... I was in a car accident. Oh my God, Doctor, I can't feel my legs!" Doctor: "Yes... I'm afraid we had to amputate both you hands." regards, Michael
Hi Michael,
Art needs to be appreciated/understood in the context under which it was created, otherwise what you're seeing is not what the artist intended, and that usually leads on to bad things like censorship, etc.
Not nessessary. I tell you as a philologist who had been analyzing various literary texts for 5 years. My teacher (a professor) always told us: "It doesn't matter if there is only one idea, only one author's intention on the surface. Sometimes any motives in a work of art come just unconsciously. If you see any different obscured ideas and motives in a book and can prove, analyzing writing devices or whatever, that they EXIST in this very novel or story, then it's indeed there". I guess she was right. Work of art -- a novel, a film, whatever -- isn't a theorem having just one proof. Sometimes different people having different world outlook and aestetic appreciation of the world see polar opposite in the same work of art. It's quite normal.
BUT... a work that is deliberately Dadaist... well, that is a bit different. The artist has tried to create something that will have different meanings to different people, and I'm comfortable with that. This makes it quite close to surrealism though, which I actually get quite a kick out of.
Dadaism is in fact the predecessor of surrealism.
The good thing is, by having mostly nonsense lyrics, Yello has been kept universal!
Mostly, but not always. For instance, remember "Beyond Mirrors". It expresses solid concept of philosophic appreciation of the world and its history. Though it's, of course, not Dieter's thinking but one of his characters who even has a name. Regards, Adelka A big plane has crashed and all passengers perished. The woman who announces the flights was asked to tell about it as tactfully as possible. W.: "People waiting for the plane from Greece, go home!"
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