I can write them down for you on a piece of paper and teach you to play them on a guitar in an hour or two. My personal view is, as said, he would just insist on individuality which in essence was meant to be a way of saying 'who cares what Bukowski would think'.Ĭlick to expand.Well, you say "tried." Did he succeed or fail?Ī musician will always have an advantage because there are chord patterns you can play to make people feel happy, sad, angry, etc. I'm not sure about that though, but I'm sure there's plenty of examples of that sort of thing.Īnd the Bukowski, would he care thing, I just meant it as a topic of debate. Also he had a poem (I think The Wasteland) that mirrored Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Eliot actively sought to write poetry that moved people in the way that music does, that is to say, the primal response we have to music, he tried to recreate that in his poetry. What I meant by the overlap is writers like T.S. I'm not sure if I thought this or read this, but I always like the idea that writers before Bukowski sort of moved poetry towards musicality and Bukowski went one further by moving it towards actual speech. I'm not trying to shoehorn his poetry into music (if the accusation was levelled at me), on the contrary I think his poetry is probably some of the least musical I know. He was a populist, and music can be an extremely accessible artform. I think its natural that Bukowski's influence would be felt in music. Our friends say it's darkest before the sun risesĪnd I hope when you think of me years down the lineĪnd I'd hope that if I found the strength to walk out If you consider the explicit use of rhythmic lyricism in song-writing as a positive thing then it can work effectively.Īnd I hope the junkyard a few blocks from hereĪnd I hope the rising black smoke carries me far away But, that being said, I would consider a lot of lyrics poetry because musicality and poetry are very closely linked. You are generally restricted to the structure of the song which, usually, needs melody and repetition to be used more obviously than poetry. I think its hard to write lyrics that can be considered as strong poetry. I write down good reasons to freeze to death Half-eaten gallons of ice-cream in the freezer, I ducked behind the drapes when I saw the moon begin to rise,Īnd down there in the dark I can see the real truth about me. Walked down to the corner store just before nightfallĪnd when I came back I spread out my supplies. Gazed out through the curtains of the parking lot. I checked into a bargain priced room on La Cienega, Not to shoot you down or anything, but You or Your Memory or even Broom People are less oblique, which I often find appealing about Bukowski's approach. I think there's other Mountain Goats lyrics that would be more appealing to a Bukowski fan.
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