Man, I kind of liked Lakeside Park.

[thebitterguy]

Well, I guess he can't be to everyone's taste.

Blender Magazine has prepared a Worst Lyricists list, and Neil Peart has found himself at #2 (coming in just after Sting).
Blender described Canadian rocker Peart's lyrics as "richly awful tapestries of fantasy and science".
Ouch.

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Comments

[athelind.livejournal.com]

I mock Blender Magazine.

[deven-science.livejournal.com]

tapestries of fantasy and science

Never heard of him, but that sounds cool, to me.

[thebitterguy]

He's the lyricist and drummer for Rush.

[waiwode.livejournal.com]

D'ya think maybe Blender just isn't in touch with prog-rock at all?

I have no love for "Bytor and the Snow-dog," but Peart should be lauded for writing songs about things other than boy-meets-girl-under-silvery-moon and then inevitably wants her back.

Doug.

[bobmungovan.livejournal.com]

I like this title much better than the one you used at yyz. :)

[thebitterguy]

I save the good stuff for my peeps.

[thebitterguy]

Not hard, considering they're Maxim for Teens.

[thebitterguy]

Hey, man, you leave the Snow Dog out of this.

This is just cheap sales/hit boosting tomfoolery, in any case.

[deven-science.livejournal.com]

Oh. Never mind.

Not a fan.

[thebitterguy]

I'll pretend you didn't say that.

[nexstarman.livejournal.com]

Blender Magazine... never heard of it, never will either.

Translation

[neosis.livejournal.com]

Roughly Translated:

"He uses big words and ideas that make our heads hurt."

Frankly, if you change the order of two words you get a much better description:

"awefully rich tapestries of fantasy and science".