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Have you ever noticed that a lot of metal bands tend to only sing about a couple things? For example:

Sonata Arctica
Majority of Songs Are About:
-Love
-Wolves

Mastodon
Majority of Songs Are About:
-Monsters

Manowar
Majority of Songs Are About:
-War/Battles

Finntroll
Majority of Songs Are About:
-Trolls (Duh)

Electric Wizard
Majority of Songs Are About:
-Freedom
-Destruction
-Magic/Curses

Anyone else notice this?

Have you ever noticed that a lot of metal bands tend to only sing about a couple things?

Anyone else notice this?

I'm usually too busy enjoying the music to inspect the lyrics.

Anyway, it's better than pop, where all the songs are either about relationships or music/dancing itself.

I noticed a similar thing with rap music:

-how rich they are
-how much of a gangster they are
-whining about how horrible all the attention is
-a womans ass

I'm usually too busy enjoying the music to inspect the lyrics.

Anyway, it's better than pop, where all the songs are either about relationships or music/dancing itself.

I didn't say it was bad, I just thought it was interesting.

Also, Slayer's another good example of this.

Considering that metal is a pretty damn expressive form of music, it's not that surprising that the song writers put a lot of what personally moves them into their songs.

Metallica dealt with a pretty wide variety of stuff, so it is more your fault for only listening to bands that obsess on swords, dragons and such geekery.

Don't forget all the bands who write about Satan.

Just another reason Oi! is so fucking great.

Sonata Arctica
Majority of Songs Are About:
-Love
-Wolves


8th Commandmant
Blank File
My Land
Replica
Destruction Preventer

5 of 11 on ecliptica.

Of Silence
Weballergy
False News Travel Fast
Black Sheep (mentions love, but isn't really about it)
Land of the Free
Sing In Silence
Power of One
Respect the Wilderness

8 of 14 on ... Silence

That's 13 of 25 on two of their albums. :p

And yes, most genres have bands with fairly small niches.

Edit: 5 of 13 on Reckoning Night, 6 of 11 on Winterheart's Guild

24 of 49, not counting instrumentals, which I didn't count. Counting them, 27 out of 49. :P

I noticed a similar thing with rap music:

-how rich they are
-how much of a gangster they are
-whining about how horrible all the attention is
-a womans ass

-Jesus
-Their Mama
-Coming from poverty

Don't criticize a genre you clearly don't listen to.

Aaaargh Aaaargh Angry Angry Aaaargh!

Metallica dealt with a pretty wide variety of stuff, so it is more your fault for only listening to bands that obsess on swords, dragons and such geekery.

Gee, good, rather monofocal music, or shitty, psuedo-music with "diverse" lyrics. If I wanted good lyrics, I'd be listening to punk right now. Thrash just needs to lose it's first 'h' to be honest.

Have You Ever Noticed Metal Bands Only Tend to Sing About a Few Things?

Yes.

Gee, good, rather monofocal music, or shitty, psuedo-music with "diverse" lyrics. If I wanted good lyrics, I'd be listening to punk right now. Thrash just needs to lose it's first 'h' to be honest.
Bah, go iron your dragon shirts, lady.

Bah, go iron your dragon shirts, lady.

A) I do not own any dragon shirts.

B) I don't listen to Dragonforce of Rhapsody of Fire, so the music I listen to isn't "dragon and sword" music, it just sounds the same.

C) I should think that having been on NSG as long as you have, my gender would be quite apparent to you. However, I try not to ask too much of thrash metal fans.

However, I try not to ask too much of thrash metal fans.

Buuuurrrrnnn...

In a totally nondragon-esque way.

Some Epic Metal's pretty cool. Electric Wizard, Manowar...

24 of 49, not counting instrumentals, which I didn't count. Counting them, 27 out of 49. :P

Are you telling me that not only are instrumentals about wolves or love, but also they don't contribute to the total? :eek:

Seriously though, counting instrumentals it would be 24 out of 52.

A) I do not own any dragon shirts.
A1) But you know you want to. Or maybe you'd be more likely to wear a wolf shirt (http://www.birkoph.com/Wolf_tshirt.htm).
B) I don't listen to Dragonforce of Rhapsody of Fire, so the music I listen to isn't "dragon and sword" music, it just sounds the same.
B1) Then yours must fall into the category of "other such geekery", what with the trolls and the wizards and the slaying of the giants.
C) I should think that having been on NSG as long as you have, my gender would be quite apparent to you. However, I try not to ask too much of thrash metal fans.
C1) Nothing is apparent to me. NOTHING!
C2) Just because Megadeth and Metallica were actually relevant once don't mean you have to hate.

I suspect that the reason for this is because nobody wants to hear heavy metal music about cute little puppies, low fat recipes and/or changing diapers.

But I'd love to hear someone try it. :)

I suspect that the reason for this is because nobody wants to hear heavy metal music about cute little puppies, low fat recipes and/or changing diapers.

But I'd love to hear someone try it. :)

I vote for it to be doom metal. Doom metal about marriage, pets, children, love, happiness, stuff like that.

The genre name accurately reflects all these things.

Are you telling me that not only are instrumentals about wolves or love, but also they don't contribute to the total? :eek:

Seriously though, counting instrumentals it would be 24 out of 52.

Nah. I counted the instrumentals in the total, I just didn't count them in the other part.

A1) But you know you want to. Or maybe you'd be more likely to wear a wolf shirt.

Nope. They look fucking retarded.


B1) Then yours must fall into the category of "other such geekery", what with the trolls and the wizards and the slaying of the giants.

None of those either.



C1) Nothing is apparent to me. NOTHING!
C2) Just because Megadeth and Metallica were actually relevant once don't mean you have to hate.

Madonna and Britteny Spears were also once relevant. That doesn't make them any less crap.

Nah. I counted the instrumentals in the total, I just didn't count them in the other part.

My bad.

I noticed a similar thing with rap music:

-how rich they are
-how much of a gangster they are
-whining about how horrible all the attention is
-a womans ass

The difference of course, is that the entire genre of rap is about these few things, whereas metal musicians may individually each have a limited range of subjects, but they each distinguish themselves from the others.

btw, I'm aware of the broad spectrum of subjects represented by such alternative-rappers as dizzy-rascal, immortal technique, and mc frontalot, but their alternative nature makes them, by definition, the exception rather than part of the rule.

Nope. They look fucking retarded.
Don't get me wrong, there's nothing with wolf-shirts and fantasy metal, when you're in Middle School (or, "ungdomsskolen" as you Norwegians like to call it).
But there comes a time you've got to graduate to lay aside your Dungeon Mater's Guides, put away your Salvatore and Hickman novels and graduate to real music.
Madonna and Britteny Spears were also once relevant. That doesn't make them any less crap.
I was referring to subject matter not popularity, a fact that should be imminently obvious to anyone. I guess my posts just don't include enough embarrassing comments about eating my own poo and running through cornfields to hold your attention.

Edguy sings about doing a stewardess on a plane
Gojira sings about global warming and the environment
Helloween sings about... pretty much anything, but mostly Halloween
Bathory sings about vikings
Dream Theater sings, but nobody can really tell what it's about.
Blind Guardian does weird metal covers of some 60s songs
Dream Evil sings about how metal they are

Thats only a few, but they don't sing all of the same shit. Metal can be diverse.

Don't get me wrong, there's nothing with wolf-shirts and fantasy metal, when you're in Middle School (or, "ungdomsskolen" as you Norwegians like to call it).
But there comes a time you've got to graduate to lay aside your Dungeon Mater's Guides, put away your Salvatore and Hickman novels and graduate to real music.

Yeah, because Trash metal, with bullshit emo lyrics and retarded macho-man lyrics is so much better. I beleive in keeping a balance between the real (but not whiney)

I was referring to subject matter not popularity, a fact that should be imminently obvious to anyone. I guess my posts just don't include enough embarrassing comments about eating my own poo and running through cornfields to hold your attention.

Having gone and read some of their lyrics, I find myself wanting for any relevance at all in them. I'd say that Machinae Supremacy (a band with a couple songs about zombies and/or dragons) maintains more relevance.

"This is your brain
And this is your brain on faux news
You are insane
if you buy their sell-out truth"

- Machinae Supremacy; Legions of Stoopid

or another one of the power metal bands you like to mock, Sonata Arctica:

"Violate the law of the wild, see her lose her temper
Drink the wine from her stream
Have a time, she's there for thee

Build the campfire in a place you know safe
And then see that you put it out right
Can you see trail of garbage in there
Maybe not, and that is a sign to follow"

- Sonata Arctica; Respect the Wilderness

(Relevant, yes, although it sounds like it was written by Smokey the bear on an acid trip)

Or another band with "dragon" songs, Epica. With a song about [URL=http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Facade-Of-Reality-lyrics-Epica/FE119B89BD4E34FE48256E40000ABF3F]Christian Fundamentalism.[/quote]

I can go on.

Yeah, because Trash metal, with bullshit emo lyrics and retarded macho-man lyrics is so much better. I beleive in keeping a balance between the real (but not whiney)
Have you listened to any Metallica other than that silly shit they play on the radio? Surely you at least listened to Metallica's "Eye of the Beholder (http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Eye-of-the-Beholder-lyrics-Metallica/00D008AA850D7B894825688D00339368)" for a few minutes before realizing that it was about social satire and not an eye-covered monster.
And it isn't balance if everything is devoted to one side, as a Civil Engineer you should know that.
Having gone and read some of their lyrics, I find myself wanting for any relevance at all in them.
Then you looked about as deeply as Call to Power.
(Relevant, yes, although it sounds like it was written by Smokey the bear on an acid trip)
That's a charitable way of putting it, yes. If I were feeling uncharitable, which I am, I might say it is the sort of thing that a 14 year old would pen as part of a creative writing assignment the night before it's due, and then draw an "awesome" picture of a barabarian in the margins in the hopes of distracting his teacher from the fact that the word "congealed" is misspelled.
I can go on.
Please do, I've got nothing else to titter at for the next couple hours.

Isn't metal about Nordic pillagers or vikings or something? That is all I ever got out of it. The metal guys I knew made their own mead. And did that figurine troll warrior painting thing.

Have you ever noticed that a lot of metal bands tend to only sing about a couple things? For example:

Sonata Arctica
Majority of Songs Are About:
-Love
-Wolves

Mastodon
Majority of Songs Are About:
-Monsters

Manowar
Majority of Songs Are About:
-War/Battles

Finntroll
Majority of Songs Are About:
-Trolls (Duh)

Electric Wizard
Majority of Songs Are About:
-Freedom
-Destruction
-Magic/Curses

Anyone else notice this?
Your insite is unbelievable, next you'll be telling me, pop musician sing about almost anything because they hardly write their own songs and dance music when it does have lyrics is all about nothing.

Wow dude you're brilliant.:rolleyes:

I noticed a similar thing with rap music:

-how rich they are
-how much of a gangster they are
-whining about how horrible all the attention is
-a womans ass
Only American rap...French, South African and German rap is often about different topics.

Anyway, it's better than pop, where all the songs are either about relationships or music/dancing itself.
Indeed, very repetitive. Thus I prefer the creativecommons music scene where more diverse topics occur.
Your insite is unbelievable, next you'll be telling me, pop musician sing about almost anything because they hardly write their own songs and dance music when it does have lyrics is all about nothing.

Wow dude you're brilliant.:rolleyes:
Nah, pop musucuians sing about relationships and dancingbecause those who write teh songs are too risk-aware to try something differennt. duh!

Have you listened to any Metallica other than that silly shit they play on the radio? Surely you at least listened to Metallica's "Eye of the Beholder (http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Eye-of-the-Beholder-lyrics-Metallica/00D008AA850D7B894825688D00339368)" for a few minutes before realizing that it was about social satire and not an eye-covered monster.
And it isn't balance if everything is devoted to one side, as a Civil Engineer you should know that.

Meh. If that is "topical" then so are Emo's whining about how oppressed they feel. Too generic, and hardly making a point. Just pointless rambling.

That's a charitable way of putting it, yes. If I were feeling uncharitable, which I am, I might say it is the sort of thing that a 14 year old would pen as part of a creative writing assignment the night before it's due, and then draw an "awesome" picture of a barabarian in the margins in the hopes of distracting his teacher from the fact that the word "congealed" is misspelled.

I'm not sure where you got that part from.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JquNE4tg0w

Meh. If that is "topical" then so are Emo's whining about how oppressed they feel. Too generic, and hardly making a point. Just pointless rambling.
When did I say "topical"? It is relevant because it satirizes the hypocrisy of leaders who pay lip service to freedom but then violate them.
The Dawn Patrol (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/m/megadeth/dawn+patrol_20091434.html) would be topical, and relevant as well.
I'm not sure where you got that part from.
The Barbarian represents the fact that you are apparently unable to listen to anything that doesn't continually make embarrassing fantasy references. You know, for someone who once worked at the Aftenposten, you're not very observant, nor are you as good at citing your sources as you could be.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JquNE4tg0w

http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail141.html

I vote for it to be doom metal. Doom metal about marriage, pets, children, love, happiness, stuff like that.

The genre name accurately reflects all these things.

Yay. :)

You know you could replace the word 'metal' in the thread title with pretty much any other music genre? Pointless thread. Sure, there's a lot of metal that's about a few things. But there's even more metal that's about hundreds of different things.

Edguy sings about doing a stewardess on a plane


...How many songs do they have? :eek:


Bathory sings about vikings


They basically invented Viking Metal with Blood Fire Death or whatever, right?

Dream Evil sings about how metal they are

That sounds hilarious.


Thats only a few, but they don't sing all of the same shit. Metal can be diverse.

I know, but individually bands tend to focus on a few things.

Yeah, because Trash metal, with bullshit emo lyrics and retarded macho-man lyrics is so much better. I beleive in keeping a balance between the real (but not whiney)

Hold on! I object! Not ALL thrash sucks. Send More Paramedics, for example, fails to have both emo lyrics (Except for the song which I'm pretty sure is meant to make fun of emo lyrics, "The Pain of Being Dead") or macho-man lyrics. It does, however, have a 18 minute long rant about a zombie attack followed by a bunch of smashes, moans and screams of "ZOOOOMMMBIIIEEESSSSSS!"

Which is hilarious.


Having gone and read some of their lyrics, I find myself wanting for any relevance at all in them. I'd say that Machinae Supremacy (a band with a couple songs about zombies and/or dragons) maintains more relevance.

"This is your brain
And this is your brain on faux news
You are insane
if you buy their sell-out truth"

- Machinae Supremacy; Legions of Stoopid


I still prefer the Dead Kennedys for angry political statements.


or another one of the power metal bands you like to mock, Sonata Arctica:

"Violate the law of the wild, see her lose her temper
Drink the wine from her stream
Have a time, she's there for thee


Does this sound really, really, REALLY, dirty to anyone else?


Build the campfire in a place you know safe
And then see that you put it out right
Can you see trail of garbage in there
Maybe not, and that is a sign to follow"

- Sonata Arctica; Respect the Wilderness

(Relevant, yes, although it sounds like it was written by Smokey the bear on an acid trip)


Now that you mention it, it REALLY does.

Just another reason Oi! is so fucking great.

Drinking, fighting, rioting, and fucking? :P

I know, but individually bands tend to focus on a few things.

Well, usually they have a theme. I mean, look at the Punk genre. The majority of it is singing about nonconformity, fighting the law, etc.

Well, usually they have a theme. I mean, look at the Punk genre. The majority of it is singing about nonconformity, fighting the law, etc.

Fair enough. Also politics and rebellion.

all genres impose certain limits which only a few artists choose to break, as for metal I like cheesy lyrics about monsters, magic and aliens. Indie can be blamed for repetitive lyrics about broken relationships (yawn)

Have you ever noticed that a lot of metal bands tend to only sing about a couple things? For example:

Sonata Arctica
Majority of Songs Are About:
-Love
-Wolves

So, out of curiosity, do they have any songs about loving wolves? Or wolves in love? :D

That sounds hilarious.You have no idea.

Dream Evil - Made of Metal

Sure there's been lots of poseurs
Who've tried to break the chain
The chain that makes us brothers
They've tried but in vain
This thing is my religion
My soul, my blood, my life
I am so fucking metal and so is my wife
I am his wife - shut up!

So, out of curiosity, do they have any songs about loving wolves? Or wolves in love? :D

Not if you take the lyrics literally. Ofcourse, all the wolf-songs are metaphorical and as such usually lovesongs just like almost all of SA's songs...

You have no idea.

Dream Evil - Made of Metal

Sure there's been lots of poseurs
Who've tried to break the chain
The chain that makes us brothers
They've tried but in vain
This thing is my religion
My soul, my blood, my life
I am so fucking metal and so is my wife
I am his wife - shut up!

That is deeply awesome.

And, H N Fiddlebottoms, I find these fantasy lyrics interesting. Let's see if you recognize them.

By the last breath of the fourth winds blow
Better raise your ears
The sound of hooves knocks at your door
Lock up your wife and children now
It's time to wield the blade
For now you have got some company
The Horsemen are drawing nearer
On the leather steeds they ride
They have come to take your life
On through the dead of night
With the four Horsemen ride
or choose your fate and die
You have been dying since the day
You were born
You know it has all been planned
The quartet of deliverance rides
A sinner once a sinner twice
No need for confession now
Cause now you have got the fight of your life
The Horsemen are drawing nearer
On the leather steeds they ride
They have come to take your life
On through the dead of night
With the four Horsemen ride
or choose your fate and die
Time
Has taken its toll on you
The lines that crack your face
Famine
Your body it has torn through
Withered in every place
Pestilence
For what you have had to endure
And what you have put others through
Death
Deliverance for you for sure
There is nothing you can do
So gather round young warriors now
and saddle up your steeds
Killing scores with demon swords
Now is the death of doers of wrong
Swing the judgment hammer down
Safely inside armor blood guts and sweat
The Horsemen are drawing nearer
On the leather steeds they ride
They have come to take your life
On through the dead of night
With the four Horsemen ride
or choose your fate and die

all genres impose certain limits which only a few artists choose to break, as for metal I like cheesy lyrics about monsters, magic and aliens. Indie can be blamed for repetitive lyrics about broken relationships (yawn)

I would much rather listen to music that is relevant to real life than about wierd dragons and monsters. There again, I suppose it depends on what you like to hear about.

Also, alot of Indie is about other things besides broken relationships. Most of it relates to real life, both the good side and the bad side. In metal you can harly ever hear what they are on about.

I would much rather listen to music that is relevant to real life than about wierd dragons and monsters.

Really? I'd rather hear about some heroic slaying of a horrid being then about some guy who's going to kill everybody because his girlfriend broke up with him.

If I want that, I'll watch the news...:(

Some real-life metal is good, but a lot of it's depressing...

You were daddy's girl nice and sweet
Never in trouble mommy's honey
Little child who just couldn't see
The pressure from her so called friends
Was simply too much

The monkey slowly climbed on her back
Offering an aid for her pain
Giving love and care
No-one cared, no-one cared...

Fragile like a rose on the snow
Eating all your strength and your money
Walking in the shade day and night
Never letting sunshine in your eyes like before

Cannot shake the monkey off your back
Did I see a spark on your eye
Was it just the last light of hope
That died, hope that died

"Forgive me, Father, my daily sin..."

How can I forgive you, never leave you
You know that if you live like, you will die like
Haven of Emotion, Mournful Ocean
Heiress of the Evening Sings in silence

"I need to have now, my daily sin..."

For all your life I prayed for time
To show you where the light lies
Now this is the end
One rose for the memory of the innocence...

"I know, my Father, I cannot win..."

Never will forgive you, never leave you
You know that if you live like, you will die like
How can I erase your pain and aid you
When Death wants to kiss you and you want kiss Him back...Seems pretty deep for a band that only sings about wolves... In fact, now that I think about it, only two songs (Wolf and Raven and Ain't Your Fairytale) actually mention wolves, and the latter only in the expression 'crying wolf'.

Seems pretty deep for a band that only sings about wolves... In fact, now that I think about it, only two songs (Wolf and Raven and Ain't Your Fairytale) actually mention wolves, and the latter only in the expression 'crying wolf'.

I didn't say they only sung about wolves and love. I said they sing about it a great deal.

Also, there's "Fullmoon" and a couple others.

Either way I don't know why people make these threads. Its all about personal preference, why can't you just leave people to listen to what they want to?

Well, I suppose its what the band would prefer to write about. Whether its about monsters or whatever, I myself prefer monsters, its their thing. And some subjects it is easier to be metal about.

I guess Manowar would have a hard time without "fight, kill, die".

Have you ever noticed that a lot of metal bands tend to only sing about a couple things? For example:

Sonata Arctica
Majority of Songs Are About:
-Love
-Wolves

Mastodon
Majority of Songs Are About:
-Monsters

Manowar
Majority of Songs Are About:
-War/Battles

Finntroll
Majority of Songs Are About:
-Trolls (Duh)

Electric Wizard
Majority of Songs Are About:
-Freedom
-Destruction
-Magic/Curses

Anyone else notice this?

And by "a lot of metal bands," I mean 5.

I guess Manowar would have a hard time without "fight, kill, die".don't forget Metal, Brothers and Steel :cool:

don't forget Metal, Brothers and Steel :cool:
Oh so true. :D

And, H N Fiddlebottoms, I find these fantasy lyrics interesting. Let's see if you recognize them.
Hence, Metallica have "variety." They're not obsessed with being gangbanged by wolves or being a hobbit.

Hm, and to think I thought this thread was about all Metal bands writing the same thing. The way it was organized in the first post, it's just about the bands themselves and how they have very little variety amongst their songs...

I suggest listening to a wide variety of bands. That way you get murder in one, and love in another. Some bands just do one better than the other...

What I ahve noticed, Zarakon, is that you make more music related threads than I can count!:p

Has anyone ever noticed that alot of metal just really really blows? Don't get me wrong, I used to be a hardcore metal head, but now I only ever listen to a few metal bands. 9 out of 10 metal bands are just a bunch of guys who got a guitar for christmas and figured out they can make a little extra money bangin' on it. There's some metal that's just unbelievably good, the only problem with it are the asinine lyrics. Believe me, it's okay to make a purely instrumental album. Anyway, that's my two cents.

your two cents blow dude, metal is awesome :D

Korpiklaani is pretty good, but some of the songs seem un-metal.

I would like to state I am listening to Garth Brooks right now.

And by "a lot of metal bands," I mean 5.

They were examples. Think before typing. Then think again before hitting enter.

What I ahve noticed, Zarakon, is that you make more music related threads than I can count!:p

DCD finds fucking insane news, Bottle yells at people to find sources, Fassigen pisses everyone off, and I start music threads. It's my thing.

DCD finds fucking insane news, Bottle yells at people to find sources, Fassigen pisses everyone off, and I start music threads. It's my thing.

I know, the system works!

Have you ever noticed that a lot of metal bands tend to only sing about a couple things? For example:

Sonata Arctica
Majority of Songs Are About:
-Love
-Wolves

Mastodon
Majority of Songs Are About:
-Monsters

Manowar
Majority of Songs Are About:
-War/Battles

Finntroll
Majority of Songs Are About:
-Trolls (Duh)

Electric Wizard
Majority of Songs Are About:
-Freedom
-Destruction
-Magic/Curses

Anyone else notice this?

I don't know who those last two bands are. But you're right, it is definitely a trend.

I don't know who those last two bands are. But you're right, it is definitely a trend.

They're both fairly obscure.

DCD finds fucking insane news, Bottle yells at people to find sources, Fassigen pisses everyone off, and I start music threads. It's my thing.

So what am I in your little system?

So what am I in your little system?
You're Canadian. Canadians don't provide anything because they're all a bunch of goddamn freeloading hippies, what with your mounties and socialized medicine and snow.

So what am I in your little system?

I am the system.
*checks pants*
You are not in my pants.

Question, how can you tell what they are singing about? I guess we have to go by song names because I don't see how anybody has any fucking idea what they are "singing."

Yes. Yes I have. This is why I just don't bother.

You're Canadian. Canadians don't provide anything because they're all a bunch of goddamn freeloading hippies, what with your mounties and socialized medicine and snow.

Hey, we provide you with Comedians. If it wasn't for us you'd would never be able to laugh, unless you were on the way to a bank...

Hey, we provide you with Comedians. If it wasn't for us you'd would never be able to laugh, unless you were on the way to a bank...
Bah, there's nothing funny about Canadians, other than the obvious (they're in Canada).
Why are you so obsessed with money of late?

Bah, there's nothing funny about Canadians, other than the obvious (they're in Canada).
Why are you so obsessed with money of late?
I don't know. Why are you obsessed with my obsessions as of late?

I don't know. Why are you obsessed with my obsessions as of late?
One comment does not an obsession make. Now, if I were keeping a spread sheet with an entry for every reference you make to money on NSG, that might be obsessing. And if I happened to masturbate to that spread sheet from time to time, then I would definitely be obsessing.
However, since you have proof of neither of those claims, I can't be said to be obsessing, can I? No, I can't. Now answer the goddamned question!

One comment does not an obsession make. Now, if I were keeping a spread sheet with an entry for every reference you make to money on NSG, that might be obsessing. And if I happened to masturbate to that spread sheet from time to time, then I would definitely be obsessing.
However, since you have proof of neither of those claims, I can't be said to be obsessing, can I? No, I can't. Now answer the goddamned question!
Could you repeat the question?

I noticed a similar thing with rap music:

-how rich they are
-how much of a gangster they are
-whining about how horrible all the attention is
-a womans ass

Um......No. There are a few different types of Rap music, mini-genres i guess you can call it, and only two really talk of those subjects. I personally love Underground Rap, as it uses many creative methods to express the artists idea or thought. Try Atmosphere, Eyedea, or Brother Ali.

Question, how can you tell what they are singing about? I guess we have to go by song names because I don't see how anybody has any fucking idea what they are "singing."
Most people use their ears.

Oh, I think it is almost required to link tho this song. (http://www.recreantview.org/songs/jonobacon-freesoftwaresong.ogg)

Also, there's "Fullmoon" and a couple others.That's werewolves though :p

That's werewolves though :p

The Cage isn't about werewolves :cool:

I didn't bother to check it, so someone may have had posted it earlier. Has anyone seen the "rules of power metal"? I guess they were "51 rules of Power Metal" exactly. Such rules go for most branches of metal music, but power metal's got a rule about selecting a certain theme and sing only about it. Examples: Manowar (wars/battles & how trve they are), Blind Guardian (Tolkien), Hammerfall (templars & hammers, especially those that fall), Running Wild (pirates - though I don't know whether they have any songs about pirates' superiority to ninjas ;) ) etc.

:D

Blind Guardian (Tolkien)

Battalions of Fear: 1/6
Follow the Blind: 0/8
Tales From the Twilight World: 1/10
Somewhere Far Beyond: 1/13
Imaginations From the Other Side: 0.5/9
Nightfall in Middle-Earth: 22/22 but it's a concept album
A Night at the Opera: 1/11 if counting Harvest of Sorrow, else 0/10
A Twist in the Myth: 0/13

:rolleyes:

Have you ever noticed that most genres of music only sing about a few things?