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To: dangus
[As repulsive as his misogyny might be, Eminem is at least clever and talented enough to fit all these lines of very varied lengths slip firmly into a rhythm:]

Those “lyrics” you posted by Eminem are atrocious. I could write better lyrics than that in less than an hour*. Angelou’s “poetry” may not be good but it’s a hell of a lot better than the idiotic garbage that Eminem and his moronic friends drivel out.

*I’m a part time musician and I get paid (sometimes) to write and play music.

89 posted on 04/13/2007 10:37:11 AM PDT by spinestein (Resistance is futile!)
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To: spinestein

Yeah, I’d LIKE to hear you try to fit lines like that into a meter, or rhyme words like “monster” and “Kirkpatrick.” I’ve no doubt your lyrics are more socially constructive, but that’s not what Eminem is aiming for.

Put it this way: You’re searching for words which rhyme with “debating,” “operating” and “contemplating.” You’re wanting to express that you are paradoxically both angry, and instinctively attractive to others. And if you can demonstrate bawdiness, all the better. Do you think of “on the rag’nd’ovulating?,” which also perfectly matches a rhythm of BDCD (’) ADCD?

No. And don’t say, “well, I’d never SAY something like that,” because even if you wanted to (and I accept you wouldn’t), the point is, unless your brilliantly gifted, you couldn’t. It’s simply brilliant rhyming.


94 posted on 04/13/2007 11:07:31 AM PDT by dangus
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To: spinestein

But I’d certainly welcome a sample of your writing, because I’d love to know how good you are, and, if you really are quite good, I’d simply enjoy seeing a sample of FReeper talent.

(Don’t worry about losing intellectual property; if you haven’t copyrighted your lyrics, posting them would prevent someone else from claiming your words are theirs’.)


95 posted on 04/13/2007 11:11:22 AM PDT by dangus
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