EliseBell wrote:
I lived in Germany for three years. They listen to American music mostly. The good versions too not cut up like our radios play them. They don't cut out cuss words or even whole verses practically like the radios did to the song What it's Like What it's like by Everlast, I've but the words in bold of the words that were either bleeped or edited out of the song.
What It's Like lyrics
We've all seen the man at the liquor store beggin' for your change
The hair on his face is dirty, dreadlocked and full of mange
He ask the man for what he could spare with shame in his eyes
Get a job you fuckin' slob's all he replied
[CHORUS]
God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in his shoes
'Cause then you really might know what it's like to sing the blues
Then you really might know what it's like [x4]
Mary got pregnant from a kid named Tom who said he was in love
He said don't worry about a thing baby doll I'm the man you've been dreamin' of
But three months later he said he won't date her or return her call
And she sweared god damn if I find that man I'm cuttin' off his balls
And then she heads for the clinic and she gets some static walkin' through the doors
They call her a killer, and they call her a sinner, and they call her a whore
[CHORUS]
God forbid you ever had to walk a mile in her shoes
'Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to choose
Then you really might know what it's like [x4]
I've seen a rich man beg
I've seen a good man sin
I've seen a tough man cry
I've seen a loser win
And a sad man grin
I heard an honest man lie
I've seen the good side of bad
And the down side of up
And everything between
I licked the silver spoon
Drank from the golden cup
Smoked the finest green
I stroked the baddest dimes at least a couple of times
Before I broke their heart
You know where it ends
Yo, it usually depends on where you start
I knew this kid named Max
He used to get fat stacks out on the corner with drugs
He liked to hang out late at night
Liked to get shit faced
And keep pace with thugs
Until late one night there was a big gun fight
Max lost his head
He pulled out his chrome .45
Talked some shit
And wound up dead
Now his wife and his kids are caught in the midst of all of his pain
You know it crumbles that way
At least that's what they say when you play the game
[CHORUS]
God forbid you ever had to wake up to hear the news
'Cause then you really might know what it's like to have to lose
Then you really might know what it's like [x3]
To have to lose...
Pretty ridiculous, oh Europe has way better club music. I never really liked anything 'techno' before I lived there.
Dr.Carter wrote:
and I've literally never heard a good European rapper.
Esmo wrote:
Hmm. It's difficult. The rubbish in the USA probably doesn't sink as low as the rubbish in Europe does, but then its best stuff probably doesn't reach European heights either.
This thread might be better in the music section, by the way.
batfeet wrote:
I disagree with this completely as Joanna Newsom and Animal Collective are American born and I would say they are some of the best and most innovative artists out there (but it's an opinion, of course) there are some European greats though. Personally though I feel like the bests came out of the US
Esmo wrote:
Joanna Newsom, definitely. Animal Collective are okay, but experimentalism doesn't necessarily extend to quality, admirable though that it is. But yeah, my comment didn't necessarily say that there isn't very good stuff in the USA.
Esmo wrote:
Hmm. It's difficult. The rubbish in the USA probably doesn't sink as low as the rubbish in Europe does, but then its best stuff probably doesn't reach European heights either.
This thread might be better in the music section, by the way.