Matthew Good Lyrics Are Disjointed?

[Audio of Being]

A friend of mine who is not a Matt Good fan, was listening to some songs I was playing in my car, and reading lyrics I have on my away message on aim.

 

Their exact quote was: I find the words very manic, and disjointed.

 

Any thoughts on this?

[HoboFactory]

True of only a couple of songs, like "Born to Kill"

[Dan #2]

It's true, for the most part, on Beautiful Midnight and Audio of Being.

 

I'm not Matt Good, but i would say that it was intentional. As for everything else, Dan #8, i would have to disagree.

[Jarrod]

A friend of mine who is not a Matt Good fan, was listening to some songs I was playing in my car, and reading lyrics I have on my away message on aim.

 

Their exact quote was: I find the words very manic, and disjointed.

 

Any thoughts on this?

i've always thought that.

[The_Rat_Who_Would_be_King]

I used to think that when I first started getting into him, but eventually a lot of it started to make sense. His poetry is the same, but it's not all just random thoughts.

[Devil On Rollerskates]

Matthew Good's lyrics have usually been disjointed and somewhat hard to decipher. A lot of them are open to interpretation and I like that. Only a few of his songs have straightforward lyrics (North American For Life, It's Been A While..., Song For The Girl, A Long Way Down).

[anitanium]

matt doesn't want to be the same old artist who has crazy guitar riffs and lame lyrics

[Dan #2]

i think his lyrics may be compiled sometimes, or at least an evolution of something else, which may lead to that disjointed feel.

 

I remember reading At Last... after Avalanche came out, and noticing pieces that are similiar to lyrics of his songs.

[Devil On Rollerskates]

It seems Matt often writes things down that are found later and used as lyrics.

 

I have a bootleg of Alabama Motel Room which features some extra lyrics that would eventually become lyrics to Giant.

[saturnine]

i think most writers do that.. i know i do

[static]

Yeah ditto. Coincidentally this was just brought up in an essay written by either TS Eliot or Yeats that we read in my English class. A lot of the time (like it said in the essay) i'll just have random disconnected thoughts/feelings/etc.. floating through my head, until i possess the ability to bond them together.

Personally i love it when lyricists have recurring ideas and symbols in their songs (ex: Interpol's use of snow and sailing.) It makes it that much more relateable.

[saturnine]

everything i've written over the past two years is interrelated in one way or another and i've been able to swap paragraphs or singular lines and even themes in and out of different pieces depending on where they fit better.. makes it more interesting.

[jeorjazzjune]

i dig the idea of using reoccuring ideas/thoughts, aslong as it isn't overdone or cheesy

 

i enjoy matt's useage/theme of sleeping

[Devil On Rollerskates]

i dig the idea of using reoccuring ideas/thoughts, aslong as it isn't overdone or cheesy

 

i enjoy matt's useage/theme of sleeping

And monkeys and rabbits.

[joeposh]

Audio of Being may be my favorite album for that very reason. Of all Matt's albums I think it's the most abstract and disjointed lyrically... yet it all seems to fit together. There are some really poetic excerpts in that album... personally I think he became a little too straight forward on alot of his solo stuff.

[asmodi]

I have a bootleg of Alabama Motel Room which features some extra lyrics that would eventually become lyrics to Giant.

I request that you share this intriguing MP3 with the village people. :3 Please!

[Devil On Rollerskates]

I will definitely try to do that. I don't have it on the computer, it's on CD so I'll have to rip it. I don't have time tonight so I'll do it tomorrow.

[miles2025]

I think people who put song lyrics in their screenname are lame.

[Devil On Rollerskates]

Okay...?

 

That's good for you...and very relevant to the topic...

[static]

I think people who put song lyrics in their screenname are lame.

I think people that complain about trivial things like screennames can go suck it.

[Disestabulistic]

Disjointed is not the word I'd use, more a;ong the lines of...intelligent. I've always loved his poetry.

[miles2025]

I think people who put song lyrics in their screenname are lame.

I think people that complain about trivial things like screennames can go suck it.

I lol'ed at your avatar.

[static]

All is forgiven!

[Devil On Rollerskates]

Alabama Motel Room (live)

 

Enjoy.

[static]

Bless you sir!