take a day, plant some trees!?

spank_thru101 · 07-18-2005, 02:36 PM

Yeah I know there have been a million posts on stupid lyrics that Mr. Corgan has sung over the years but this line (from Blank Page...which is a decent song) I have always felt was the worst.

COG · 07-18-2005, 02:41 PM

What do you find so disagreeable about it? I like it

Corgan Rules · 07-18-2005, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by spank_thru101
Yeah I know there have been a million posts on stupid lyrics that Mr. Corgan has sung over the years but this line (from Blank Page...which is a decent song) I have always felt was the worst.

Maybe he means to play some marijuana plants. That's what I always take it as.....hahahahah

pee pee colada · 07-18-2005, 02:45 PM

its not really stupid at all. the lines after it make it more significant i guess.

take a day, plant some trees
may they shade you from me
may your children play beneath

it's probably in my top five pumpkins moments.

McMurderson · 07-18-2005, 02:46 PM

You remind me of that leak in...

my soul...

:erm

TumoraXsault · 07-18-2005, 02:51 PM

blaaaaaaaaaaaank paage was aaaaaaaaaaaaaall the raage

COG · 07-18-2005, 02:51 PM

I'm thinking some people don't understand metaphors around here.

ravenguy2000 · 07-18-2005, 02:58 PM

I actually like that lyric a lot.

Rider · 07-18-2005, 03:05 PM

Yeah I've always loved that lyric.

spank_thru101 · 07-18-2005, 03:05 PM

well...I personally don't mind the lyrics that lead up to that line or follow it, but c'mon..."take a day plant some trees" I think he could have come up with something a bit better. Quit trying to pretend that you are pretentious enough to accept those lyrics as genius.

Rockin' Cherub · 07-18-2005, 03:14 PM

fuck you, this is one of the best moments the pumpkins ever created, don't dare to say anything bad about it.

Quiet · 07-18-2005, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by spank_thru101
well...I personally don't mind the lyrics that lead up to that line or follow it, but c'mon..."take a day plant some trees" I think he could have come up with something a bit better. Quit trying to pretend that you are pretentious enough to accept those lyrics as genius.

You're taking that one line out of context though... you're not looking at the complete thought, which I think is one of the best things he has ever written. There's really nothing "pretentious" about it at all... your use of the word in your post makes me wonder if you even know what it means. I'm sure you could take individual lines out of almost any great historic speech and make the speaker look like an idiot.

spank_thru101 · 07-18-2005, 03:18 PM

your right I am not looking at what he is saying, I am looking at how he says it and I think that it is drab and bland and dumb...he could have use more interesting words to convey what he is trying to say in that line.

spank_thru101 · 03:22 PM

pre·ten·tious

Claiming or demanding a position of distinction or merit, especially when unjustified.

I hope YOU now know what it means. I don't mean to sound like an asshole but my use of that word is justified and relevant to what I was saying. But I do agree with what you stated above...but I still think he could have stressed his brain a bit more on that line, after all he has written some beautiful lines over the years and I feel that this is not one of them.

tcm · 07-18-2005, 03:21 PM

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Originally posted by pee pee colada
it's probably in my top five pumpkins moments.

yeah, really.

tcm · 07-18-2005, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Rockin' Cherub
this is one of the best moments the pumpkins ever created

seriously.

Quiet · 07-18-2005, 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by spank_thru101
Quit trying to pretend that you are pretentious enough to accept those lyrics as genius.

So... if I say those lyrics are genius... I am "pretending that I am unjustifiably demanding a position of distinction or merit"? Yeah, that makes a lot of fucking sense.

spank_thru101 · 07-18-2005, 03:25 PM

FutureEmbrace · 07-18-2005, 03:27 PM

Those three lines are actually my favourite all-time Billy Corgan lyrics. At first I also thought they were some kind of bullshit, but when you finally realize what he's really saying, it's without doubt the most beautiful thing he's ever written. Extremely sad, but at the same time very peaceful.

And because of these three lines (especially "may they shade you from me") Blank Page is one of my all-time favourite SP songs.

BeautifulLoser · 07-18-2005, 03:28 PM

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Originally posted by McMurderson
You remind me of that leak in... my soul...

:erm

Eulogy · 07-18-2005, 04:07 PM

I love that lyric. More than any other lyric ever.

And I hate you. Fuck you.

TuralyonW3 · 07-18-2005, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Corgan Rules

Maybe he means to play some marijuana plants. That's what I always take it as.....hahahahah

Haha that WOULD actually be awesome.

Seriously though, blank page has to be the saddest fucking pumpkins song. Hmm, I think i'll start a new thread....

Firefly · 07-18-2005, 04:18 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Eulogy
I love that lyric. More than any other lyric ever.

And I hate you. Fuck you.

spank_thru101 has a courtney love avatar, what do you expect?

COG · 07-18-2005, 04:30 PM

Why is it that 'pretentious' seems to be the word people on this board love to use to look smart. This is the second guy in a week that has used pretentious to describe something that really wasn't.

TuralyonW3 · 07-18-2005, 04:34 PM

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Originally posted by COG
Why is it that 'pretentious' seems to be the word people on this board love to use to look smart. This is the second guy in a week that has used pretentious to describe something that really wasn't.

Quiet · 07-18-2005, 04:35 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by COG
Why is it that 'pretentious' seems to be the word people on this board love to use to look smart. This is the second guy in a week that has used pretentious to describe something that really wasn't.

Precisely.

Shapan · 07-19-2005, 10:54 PM

that lyric rules, and i love the song as a whole.

the album version has awesome vocals, and the piano is very soothing. this was one of the first pumpkins songs i ever really got into, being that i began really following them moreso when they were on the verge of breaking up.

redbreegull · 07-20-2005, 01:25 AM

This is Billy's most beautiful vocal moment ever. Don't ruin it.

neopryn · 07-20-2005, 02:17 AM

i like it live when he stretches it out "meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaayy" and rips into the 5 minute guitar solo.

the album version is better though.

Shapan · 07-20-2005, 02:26 AM

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Originally posted by neopryn
i like it live when he stretches it out "meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaayy" and rips into the 5 minute guitar solo.

the album version is better though.

ive only heard a live version of it off the sacred and profane tour, just billy. i can imagine that solo would be pretty cool, billy is a very underrated guitarist.

i think darcy's voice is pretty important to this song and so many pumpkins songs. seeing them playing and singing this together would probably have me in a trance.

07-18-2005, 02:36 PM	#1
spank_thru101 Ownz Location: In a van down by the river Posts: 523	take a day, plant some trees!? Yeah I know there have been a million posts on stupid lyrics that Mr. Corgan has sung over the years but this line (from Blank Page...which is a decent song) I have always felt was the worst.

07-18-2005, 03:20 PM	#14
spank_thru101 Ownz Location: In a van down by the river Posts: 523	pre·ten·tious Claiming or demanding a position of distinction or merit, especially when unjustified. I hope YOU now know what it means. I don't mean to sound like an asshole but my use of that word is justified and relevant to what I was saying. But I do agree with what you stated above...but I still think he could have stressed his brain a bit more on that line, after all he has written some beautiful lines over the years and I feel that this is not one of them. Last edited by spank_thru101 : 07-18-2005 at 03:22 PM.

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07-18-2005, 02:41 PM	#2
COG Apocalyptic Poster Location: At the scene of the crime, looking for clues Posts: 2,437	What do you find so disagreeable about it? I like it

07-18-2005, 02:45 PM	#4
pee pee colada Demi-God Location: gayville!hahahahaha Posts: 424	its not really stupid at all. the lines after it make it more significant i guess. take a day, plant some trees may they shade you from me may your children play beneath it's probably in my top five pumpkins moments.

07-18-2005, 02:46 PM	#5
McMurderson Demi-God Location: Location: Location: Posts: 439	You remind me of that leak in... my soul... :erm

07-18-2005, 02:51 PM	#6
TumoraXsault Apocalyptic Poster Posts: 1,020	blaaaaaaaaaaaank paage was aaaaaaaaaaaaaall the raage

07-18-2005, 02:58 PM	#8
ravenguy2000 NO FATS Location: NO FEMS Posts: 29,003	I actually like that lyric a lot.

07-18-2005, 03:05 PM	#9
Rider Minion of Satan Location: I was born a snake handler, and I'll die a snake handler Posts: 9,517	Yeah I've always loved that lyric.

07-18-2005, 03:14 PM	#11
Rockin' Cherub Braindead Location: the amazing year 400 million Posts: 18,188	fuck you, this is one of the best moments the pumpkins ever created, don't dare to say anything bad about it.

07-18-2005, 03:18 PM	#13
spank_thru101 Ownz Location: In a van down by the river Posts: 523	your right I am not looking at what he is saying, I am looking at how he says it and I think that it is drab and bland and dumb...he could have use more interesting words to convey what he is trying to say in that line.

07-18-2005, 03:27 PM	#19
FutureEmbrace Amish Rake Fighter Location: DK Posts: 13	Those three lines are actually my favourite all-time Billy Corgan lyrics. At first I also thought they were some kind of bullshit, but when you finally realize what he's really saying, it's without doubt the most beautiful thing he's ever written. Extremely sad, but at the same time very peaceful. And because of these three lines (especially "may they shade you from me") Blank Page is one of my all-time favourite SP songs.

07-18-2005, 04:07 PM	#21
Eulogy huh Posts: 62,456	I love that lyric. More than any other lyric ever. And I hate you. Fuck you.

07-18-2005, 04:30 PM	#24
COG Apocalyptic Poster Location: At the scene of the crime, looking for clues Posts: 2,437	Why is it that 'pretentious' seems to be the word people on this board love to use to look smart. This is the second guy in a week that has used pretentious to describe something that really wasn't.

07-19-2005, 10:54 PM	#27
Shapan Socialphobic Location: intellectual hobo Posts: 11,794	that lyric rules, and i love the song as a whole. the album version has awesome vocals, and the piano is very soothing. this was one of the first pumpkins songs i ever really got into, being that i began really following them moreso when they were on the verge of breaking up.

07-20-2005, 01:25 AM	#28
redbreegull Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: N3t4Euh Haus Posts: 32,749	This is Billy's most beautiful vocal moment ever. Don't ruin it.

07-20-2005, 02:17 AM	#29
neopryn let's see your penis! Location: i had a few beers, but i'm cool to drive Posts: 31,847	i like it live when he stretches it out "meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaayy" and rips into the 5 minute guitar solo. the album version is better though.