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 Post subject: help write speech about eisley... anybody?Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 4:10 pm 
howdy y'all... im writing a speech about music i like... does anybody want to write me about a half page of talking up eisley or at least give me some good ideas It's thinking of how cool eisley is, it's more of ... i stink at writing 
but if not thats cool too ( i should add, i have it half done... i just need some fill stuff) _________________ "Let's play chickenball!" http://www.myspace.com/near_harad |
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Joined: 21 Jan 2004 | Posts: 230 | Location: Ankeny, Iowa
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 4:36 pm
you could try to put subliminal messages to get everyone totally obsessed with eisley... maybe there are subliminal messages in the music, and thats why were all so insane. gosh |
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Joined: 09 Feb 2005 | Posts: 1275 | Location: Greenville, SC
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 4:45 pm
haha, oh trust me they WILL love Eisley one way or another!!! _________________ "Let's play chickenball!" http://www.myspace.com/near_harad |
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Joined: 21 Jan 2004 | Posts: 230 | Location: Ankeny, Iowa
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Post subject: ! Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 4:50 pm
lloydobler wrote: you could try to put subliminal messages to get everyone totally obsessed with eisley... maybe there are subliminal messages in the music, and thats why were all so insane. gosh I knew it! I'm blaming Boyd, that dude is just plum crazy and sick enough! |
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Joined: 08 Sep 2004 | Posts: 1335 | Location: COLUMBUS, GA
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 4:57 pm
Talk about their lyrical themes that go far being the "average" subject matter. In other words, not many songs on the top 40 are about dragons and trollywoods. _________________ EisleyForever wrote: you're A-list in my heart! MAKECOLDPLAYHISTORY |
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Joined: 20 Feb 2005 | Posts: 8868 | Location: Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 5:27 pm
DRMS_7888 wrote: Talk about their lyrical themes that go far being the "average" subject matter. In other words, not many songs on the top 40 are about dragons and trollywoods. until now |
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Joined: 09 Feb 2005 | Posts: 1275 | Location: Greenville, SC
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2005 5:38 pm
I only have two words to describe Eisley..."Absolutly fabulous". There is nothing else that can explain them in fewer words. Skabro  _________________ Weston wrote: i spit out a flury of rude language at garron like, "UGH!....DUMMY!" he flips out and crys for the next couple of hours, then we stop at subway my favorite restaurant and buy him a sub and things are cool now. You will be greatly missed Jonathon David Wilson. Great bassist, great guy. *caution* *Myspace-caution* |
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Joined: 25 Jan 2005 | Posts: 931 | Location: Where I currently am.
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2005 5:15 am
When is this speech due? I am a wonderful writer, and would be glad to give it some thought. I have class today until 9pm. I will look at it tomorrow, when I can devote my brain to it. Edit: I also need to know the audience. What sort of people are they? Level of education? JD _________________ "Well, hopefully that's our job, to strap rockets onto everything." - Adam Savage, Mythbusters |
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Joined: 26 Jan 2005 | Posts: 3655 | Location: Waterloo, Tejas
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Mar 03, 2005 5:19 am
Well, this isn’t going to be as useful as it could’ve been since none of my questions were answered. All I will be able to do is to give suggestions instead of anything actually resembling a speech, but, here goes… I would suggest validating Eisley by comparison to someone already recognized as a great artist: Robert Frost. The following is a poem by Robert Frost called “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”. Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year. He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake. The only other sound’s the sweep Of easy wind and downy flake. The woods are lovely, dark and deep, But I have promises to keep, And miles to go before I sleep, And miles to go before I sleep. I wouldn’t suggest you quote the entire poem, but at least the line, “The woods are lovely, dark and deep,” since they are the sort of woods Eisley talk about in their songs. Many people might look at Eisley’s lyrics and see them as childish. Often times we do not listen to a message because of how it is delivered or who delivers it. This is illustrated by how easily accepted an image of a dark and lovely forest might be accepted from Robert Frost in contrast to how the same image would be accepted from a group of teenagers. Each image is valid. I suggest you draw parallels to imagery in Eisley songs. The Eisley fan site Orange, Gold and Green has lyrics for almost every Eisley song in case you have trouble here. It is important here that you ask why the forest is “lovely, dark and deep.” It is not usual for dark and deep forests to be characterized also as lovely. This seems to bring more mystery into the equation, and a certain desire to commune with nature common to both Robert Frost and Eisley. I could keep going, but I am getting hungry. I think you get the idea. There are many other ways to do this. If you want to compare other images of nature in Eisley songs I suggest you draw from the Sarah Orne Jewett work “A White Heron”. These are just suggestions. Do with them as you will. JD _________________ "Well, hopefully that's our job, to strap rockets onto everything." - Adam Savage, Mythbusters |
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