WhiteTim Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Carpe Diem isn't a bad song just wasn't recorded the right way... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaïs. Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Carpe Diem isn't a bad song just wasn't recorded the right way... Lyrics. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteTim Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Lyrics. Are overrated lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted April 8, 2014 Author Share Posted April 8, 2014 Lyrics. What about them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 What about them? They're not exactly a shining example of Billie's greatest song-writing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted April 8, 2014 Author Share Posted April 8, 2014 They're not exactly a shining example of Billie's greatest song-writing Well yeah, that's true! I do think it gets unfairly slated though, it's hardly the worst on the Trilogy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhiteTim Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 They're not exactly a shining example of Billie's greatest song-writing There are plenty of songs on every GD album that aren't shining examples of Billie's song writing abilities... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaïs. Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 it's hardly the worst on the Trilogy. That's like saying "Armenia, Darfur, Indonesia—pick which is the worst genocide." Honestly, the painful lack of self-awareness of Billie singing about "living a cliche" before launching into the incredibly cliched chorus is just facepalm-inducing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted April 8, 2014 Author Share Posted April 8, 2014 That's like saying "Armenia, Darfur, Indonesia—pick which is the worst genocide." Honestly, the painful lack of self-awareness of Billie singing about "living a cliche" before launching into the incredibly cliched chorus is just facepalm-inducing. And you don't think that's intentional? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaïs. Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 And you don't think that's intentional? If it were any one of their previous albums I'd be more inclined to give Billie the benefit of the doubt, but the Trilogy as a whole is so full of that lack of self-awareness that I chalk it up to most likely being more of the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted April 8, 2014 Author Share Posted April 8, 2014 If it were any one of their previous albums I'd be more inclined to give Billie the benefit of the doubt, but the Trilogy as a whole is so full of that lack of self-awareness that I chalk it up to most likely being more of the same. Fair enough really, I just think that one's too obvious to not be totally intentional. I hope I'm right, anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Z J Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 There are plenty of songs on every GD album that aren't shining examples of Billie's song writing abilities... None with more than the trilogy that's for sure 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted April 8, 2014 Author Share Posted April 8, 2014 There are plenty of songs on every GD album that aren't shining examples of Billie's song writing abilities... You've never listened to the perfection of Insomniac or American Idiot then? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlissaGoesRAWR Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Fair enough really, I just think that one's too obvious to not be totally intentional. I hope I'm right, anyway Oh come on, how could anyone legitimately argue that WASN'T intentional? Carpe Diem is one of the most obvious clichés there are. It's the hipster version of YOLO. You're right. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted April 8, 2014 Author Share Posted April 8, 2014 Oh come on, how could anyone legitimately argue that WASN'T intentional? Carpe Diem is one of the most obvious clichés there are. It's the hipster version of YOLO. You're right. I thought the hipster version of YOLO was YOLO. I didn't know Latin was hipster, anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlissaGoesRAWR Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 I thought the hipster version of YOLO was YOLO. I didn't know Latin was hipster, anyway. What I meant is Carpe Diem was promoting the YOLO lifestyle before YOLO was even a thing. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted April 8, 2014 Author Share Posted April 8, 2014 What I meant is Carpe Diem was promoting the YOLO lifestyle before YOLO was even a thing. Well at least it didn't do the same thing as 99 Revolutions and bring the whole thing back up months after it stopped being relevant 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlissaGoesRAWR Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Well at least it didn't do the same thing as 99 Revolutions and bring the whole thing back up months after it stopped being relevant I got yelled at in a thread for saying Occupy was lame, but 99 Revolutions like 2 years later was even lamer than that. That's back when everyone was all "TRILOGGGY IS EPIC!!!" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaïs. Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Well at least it didn't do the same thing as 99 Revolutions and bring the whole thing back up months after it stopped being relevant I'm now trying to picture BJA working that phrase into a song. "Let yourself YOLO, let yourself YOLO, let yourself YOOOOOOLOOOOO..." Doesn't quite work, does it? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted April 8, 2014 Author Share Posted April 8, 2014 everyone was all "TRILOGGGY IS EPIC!!!" That happened? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlissaGoesRAWR Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 That happened? When it first came out and a bunch of new people came on the site. (Granted, I was still pretty new too.) I got lectured about how Occupy was the movement of our generation or some shit and was fighting for disadvantaged people, etc. I can't remember for the life of me who said it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted April 8, 2014 Author Share Posted April 8, 2014 When it first came out and a bunch of new people came on the site. (Granted, I was still pretty new too.) I got lectured about how Occupy was the movement of our generation or some shit and was fighting for disadvantaged people, etc. I can't remember for the life of me who said it. Oh wow. #KONY2012 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DookieLukie Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 I got yelled at in a thread for saying Occupy was lame, but 99 Revolutions like 2 years later was even lamer than that. That's back when everyone was all "TRILOGGGY IS EPIC!!!" Ah, I too remember the days of old when everyone loved the Trilogy. Those were the glory days. Cynical people we have become. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anaïs. Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 Ah, I too remember the days of old when everyone loved the Trilogy. Those were the glory days. Cynical people we have become. I prefer "discerning". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mar Posted April 8, 2014 Share Posted April 8, 2014 This thread has almost single-handedly ruined 70 percent of what I liked or was indifferent about on the Trilogy tbh 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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