Severed Hand vs. Unemployable

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Thu March 23, 2017 9:35 pm

does this close tonight or tomorrow night?

Post by **Jorge** » Thu March 23, 2017 9:36 pm

"Unemployable"'s lyrics are indeed stupid, but I like it much better as a piece of music

wease · Post by **wease** » Thu March 23, 2017 9:36 pm

cutuphalfdead wrote:does this close tonight or tomorrow night?

Tonight.

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Thu March 23, 2017 9:37 pm

In an hour. Maybe. Depending on his kids getting to sleep. I think.

Post by **Jorge** » Thu March 23, 2017 9:38 pm

Ohhhh I get to be the tiebreaker, don't I? Exciting

Post by **Jorge** » Thu March 23, 2017 9:38 pm

Okay, here goes

wease · Post by **wease** » Thu March 23, 2017 9:38 pm

theplatypus wrote:"Unemployable"'s lyrics are indeed stupid, but I like it much better as a piece of music

I don't know how stupid they are. I lost my job just 4 days after I got the album. Felt pretty fucking relatable.

Post by **Jorge** » Thu March 23, 2017 9:38 pm

There.

wease · Post by **wease** » Thu March 23, 2017 9:38 pm

Felt good, didn't it plat?

Post by **Jorge** » Thu March 23, 2017 9:39 pm

Wait, it's tied again!

wease · Post by **wease** » Thu March 23, 2017 9:39 pm

Someone's fucking with us.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Thu March 23, 2017 9:40 pm

theplatypus wrote:There.

Attaboy

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Thu March 23, 2017 9:50 pm

wease wrote:Someone's fucking with us.

It's madness.

Kevin Davis · Post by **Kevin Davis** » Thu March 23, 2017 9:53 pm

wease wrote:
theplatypus wrote:"Unemployable"'s lyrics are indeed stupid, but I like it much better as a piece of music
I don't know how stupid they are. I lost my job just 4 days after I got the album. Felt pretty fucking relatable.

Relatable, sure, but not especially well written, and almost condescendingly caricature-ish in places -- it's like EV is trying to paint-by-numbers his idea of an "average Joe" based on working class stereotypes. Plus a lot of the syntax is really awkward: "a big gold ring what says Jesus saves": "lights a cigarette he's grown to hate" -- just cumbersome phrasing.

Musically it's really solid though. Both it and "Severed Hand" have fallen in my estimation over the years but "Unemployable" had farther to fall so it gets my vote.

Post by **Jorge** » Thu March 23, 2017 9:55 pm

Kevin Davis wrote:Plus a lot of the syntax is really awkward: "a big gold ring what says Jesus saves": "lights a cigarette he's grown to hate" -- just cumbersome phrasing.

S/T is filled with this sort of thing. I think it is probably their weakest albums lyrically.

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Thu March 23, 2017 10:01 pm

I think the lyrics to Unemployable are some of the best in the catalog.

Birds in Hell · Post by **Birds in Hell** » Thu March 23, 2017 10:06 pm

tragabigzanda wrote:I think the lyrics to Unemployable are some of the best in the catalog.

I really like them too.

Post by **Jorge** » Thu March 23, 2017 10:10 pm

There's a lot of clunky lines and straining for a rhyme. I think it's really weak. But I do like the line "I'm scared alive"

Birds in Hell · Post by **Birds in Hell** » Thu March 23, 2017 10:12 pm

guestT wrote:severed hand is everything i hate about most songs where eddie plays electric guitar. you have one of the greatest rhythm guitarists in rock history basically just doubling a part written by a guy who still can't change chords without looking at his fingers. so you end up with two sludgy rhythm parts with mike just aimlessly shredding on top. blah.

You're dead right about the overall sonic effect but Ed's a much better guitarist than you're giving him credit for here.

Post by **stip** » Thu March 23, 2017 10:34 pm

theplatypus wrote:
Kevin Davis wrote:Plus a lot of the syntax is really awkward: "a big gold ring what says Jesus saves": "lights a cigarette he's grown to hate" -- just cumbersome phrasing.
S/T is filled with this sort of thing. I think it is probably their weakest albums lyrically.

I would agree. It's certainly the most heavy handed.

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