«Today’s Lyrics Are Pathetically Bad» Rick Beato

@devinplombier +1 on your post. The idea of culture morphing into entertainment and, truthfully, everything being an iteration of Gaming. It's like Taylor Swift timing her album releases to keep other artists off the charts. Everything seems to be a cult of personality race.

My # 1 criteria for good lyrics is: "Does it impress me on any and/or multiple levels?"

I forgot to mention Billy Bragg in my initial post. I submit the following examples, which all come from the same song ("Accident Waiting To Happen"):

Goodbye and good luck to all the rubbish that you've spoken - Goodbye and good luck to all the promises you've broken - Your life has lost its dignity, its beauty and its passion - You're an accident waiting to happen.

One of these nights you're gonna get caught - It'll give you pregnant pause for thought - You're a dedicated swallower of fascism (KINKS reference)

Time up and time out for all the liberties you've taken - Time up and time out for all the friends that you've forsaken - If you choose to waste away like death is back in fashion - You're an accident waiting to happen.

And my sins are so unoriginal - I have all the self-loathing of a wolf in sheep's clothing - In this carnival of carnivores, Heaven help me.

@devinplombier

That beato character appears to be a bit controversial. Perhaps some folks reacted to him rather than to the questions you posed, which are very good questions indeed.

Maybe, you’re on to something? But I will tell you this, if you lead with a negative (negativity).

«Today’s Lyrics Are Pathetically Bad» Rick Beato

Don’t be surprised when you get a negative (negativity) thrown right back at you. It doesn’t matter who you are. It could me, Rick Beato or even our good friend @mahgister.

Karma, the Universe or whatever you want to call it/her, has a way of bounding back at you. It’s a simple universal truth. It has nothing to do with culture, education, taste, lyrics, music or even the internet. It just is... A simple universal truth. Period, full stop. There's no need to philosophize.

Now again, maybe/if when we/you lead with (positivity) something positive like this.

Rick Beato - The Album That Changed My Life

We all can/could have more (positivity) positive responses to the subject at hand and to each other.

A negative motivated in a clear proposition can induce  intelligent discussion...

I think all responses were polite and interesting even those beside the thread question...

Beato is not a negative person but an enthusiast...

I like his posts because of his honesty, right or wrong, he is humorous and plain as Amish bread...

Yeah, your right about the plain Amish bread. I grew up around the Indiana/Ohio state Amish community. Good stuff and good people. You see, you get what you put out...And I don’t agree that being enthusiastic equates to being pathetic. Pathetic is a harsh word and carries a very negative vibration with it. And with all due respect, who is he to judge.