Imaginos/Half Life Time

[Ted Jackson jr. s2h2]

> From:          Steven Tice <StevenTice at AOL.COM>
>
> Half Life Time
>
[Amazing lyrics snipped]

Well, doesn't this speak volumes about BOC's songwriting doldrums?
The double whammy of SP and Al departing the band left a huge lyric
void that never was filled.  Imagine going from great stuff like this
to 'Make Rock Not War' or 'Beat 'em Up!'

Sure, occasional flashes of lyric inspiration [c.f. Harvest Moon]
bust through the murk, but damn!, SP's lyrics really had such a huge
impact on the mystery that swirled around BOC's first 3 great albums.
The music has always been uniformly great, but the lyrics never
seemed to recapture those early days...

theo