Hi folks,

Pramods post gave me an idea. We should certainly discuss general things on this while it's going on (what we liked and didn't like etc..) as long as (and this is VERY important!!!) we keep the comments general and don't refer to a specific entry or writer. (Or hint around at one..).

Something I noticed (and have gotten the most email about) was the large number of 9-11 songs. We got 100's of 9-11 tribute type songs and though I think writing one is a good therapy, I hate to say that some of the very weakest material we got was in the tribute form. If you are going to write about such a universally tragic and well known event, cliche's will stick out 10 times more and people will be very very sensitive to the weaknesses in those types of lyrics (I know I am.) I think many feel that if you are going to deal with such an important topic, it deserves a higher level of care or in some cases it will leave the listener (for the full songs) feeling worse rather than better after hearing it.

So, my thought is that every topic is fair game to write about, but if you are going to take on a challenge of a topic that is so important and personal to so many people, you need to rise to the challenge, or keep it as your own private response.

But in this case, that's just my opinion and there is no clear or definitive right or wrong.

Anyone else have a thought on that?

Brian

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