# Hey songrwriting guys-- shut up!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-songrwriting-guys-shut-up/182488>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 17, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-songrwriting-guys-shut-up/182488 "2003-06-17T16:03:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-songrwriting-guys-shut-up/182488/1 "2003-06-17T16:03:10Z")

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A few months ago i came to Cafe Society to be technomusically diagnosed. The good doctors here diagnosed my electronica affliction as “Big Beat” and recommended some artists to soothe my affliction. Well, the clerks at my local Circuit City never even heard of Basement Jaxx, much less carry them, Dirty Vegas was almost 20 dollars but Moby’s _Play_ was in the reduced bin-- yay!

Now, I adore this CD. Especially with its heavy soul and roots influence but-- Lordamercy Moby-- shut up! Really._The rain parts the buildings and darkness covers the cold_? What the hell does that mean?

Moby and Sting need to not do cocaine and listening to Procol Harum while writing songs. I’d add Erykah Badu but at least her ramblings can be amusing.

Are there any singer/songwriter spoken word lyrics that don’t sound like depressed high school sophmores?

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**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-songrwriting-guys-shut-up/182488/2 "2003-06-17T17:51:48Z")

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_My Sister_ by the Tindersticks is darkly amusing for a spoken word piece.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-songrwriting-guys-shut-up/182488/3 "2003-06-17T17:56:03Z")

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> Are there any singer/songwriter spoken word lyrics that don’t sound like depressed high school sophmores?

Uh… Dylan? The little I’ve heard of Ani DiFranco would keep her out of that category. People tend to peg Tori Amos as a singer/songwriter even though those traditionally play guitar. But she does sing and write and doesn’t sound like anybody in the educational system.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2003, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-songrwriting-guys-shut-up/182488/4 "2003-06-17T18:16:32Z")

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Oh, and Robert Johnson.