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Kelli · 12-05-2012, 08:08 PM

Favorite lyrics would have to be all of the song Dialogue (l & ll) by Chicago. Okay, I know it might seem a bit cheesy and certainly not the best lyrics of all time but I think it's great. It's basically a back and forth conversation with two people whose opinions clash because they have different views on the world - one thinks that everything is wrong with the world (the pessimistic guy) and the other thinks everything is fine (the happily ignorant guy). The song is two parts, the first basically the "conversation" and the second part a kind of agreement where they realize they can work together and change the world for the better. I wrote a nice little essay about the elements of this song and the lyrics my senior year of high school, but you pretty much get the gist of it.

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My other favorite lyrics would have to be Live Forever by Oasis. I'll still blast that in my car every now and then and feel pretty limitless. The Definitely Maybe album means enough to me for Slide Away to be among my fave lyrics too. Other ones that come to mind are Gold Soundz by Pavement and Won't Get Fooled Again by The Who. Yeah, totally unrelated by whatever. I like 'em.

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Kelli custom user title Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 304	Favorite lyrics would have to be all of the song Dialogue (l & ll) by Chicago. Okay, I know it might seem a bit cheesy and certainly not the best lyrics of all time but I think it's great. It's basically a back and forth conversation with two people whose opinions clash because they have different views on the world - one thinks that everything is wrong with the world (the pessimistic guy) and the other thinks everything is fine (the happily ignorant guy). The song is two parts, the first basically the "conversation" and the second part a kind of agreement where they realize they can work together and change the world for the better. I wrote a nice little essay about the elements of this song and the lyrics my senior year of high school, but you pretty much get the gist of it. [YOUTUBE] Spoiler for lyrics and youtube link for anyone who cares: CHICAGO - Dialogue (Part I and II) - YouTube Terry: Are you optimistic 'bout the way that things are going? Pete: No, I never ever think of it at all. Terry: Don't you ever worry when you see what's going down? Pete: Well, I try to mind my business, that is, no business at all. Terry: When it's time to function as a feeling human being, will your Bachelor of Arts help you get by? Pete: I hope to study further, a few more years or so. I also hope to keep a steady high. Terry: Will you try to change things, use the power that you have, The power of a million new ideas? Pete: What is this power you speak of and the need for things to change? I always thought that everything was fine, everything is fine. Terry: Don't you feel repression just closing in around? Pete: No, the campus here is very very free. Terry: Does it make you angry the way war is dragging on? Pete: Well I hope the President knows what he's into, I don't know. Oh I just don't know. Terry: Don't you see starvation in the city where you live, all the needless hunger, all the needless pain? Pete: I haven't been there lately, the country is so fine, but my neighbors don't seem hungry 'cause they haven't got the time, Haven't got the time. Terry: Thank you for the talk, you know you really eased my mind, I was troubled by the shapes of things to come. Pete: Well, if you had my outlook, your feelings would be numb, You'd always think that everything was fine. Every thing is fine. (Part 2) All: We can make it better (x3) Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! We can change the world now (x3) We can save the children (x3) We can make it happen (x3) My other favorite lyrics would have to be Live Forever by Oasis. I'll still blast that in my car every now and then and feel pretty limitless. The Definitely Maybe album means enough to me for Slide Away to be among my fave lyrics too. Other ones that come to mind are Gold Soundz by Pavement and Won't Get Fooled Again by The Who. Yeah, totally unrelated by whatever. I like 'em.