New Wave Outpost Forum

I suck at these, but here's my first feeble attempt. Anyone else care to toss their hat in?! Predictable choice of topic, I know. [:I]


With dark singer pass'd
Could an order spring anew
and dreams never end?

As the seagulls flock,
so far away I ran,
with feelings of lameness.[:D]

"Never give a sucker an even break, or smarten up a chump" W.C. Fields

HAHAHAHAHAH! Ho shit, maybe mine didn't suck so bad after all. [:D][:D][:D]

Eliot and Greg
Are in Utopia now.
Let the good times roll.

Virgins and Philistines
Huge hit in the Philippines
Bland Nancyboy crap


[:D][}:)]

To all haters w/o a sense of humor - It's on topic so bite me.

Actually, there are a ton of new wave lyrics that follow the proper [b]5-7-5[/b] format of a haiku. Here’s a sample:

There's an army on
the dance floor, it's a fashion
with a gun my love.

Nowhere girl, what you
had you need, nowhere girl, all
functional and neat.

But there’s something in
your eyes that says maybe that’s
never say never.

I know what boys like
I know what guys want, I know
what boys like boys like…

There’s fodder for the
cannons, and the guilty ones
can all sleep safely.

Relax don't do it,
When you want to go to it,
Relax don't do it.

Nothing ever lasts
forever, everybody
wants to rule the world.

A couple that are stretching it…

The father, son and
holy ghost, is just somebo-
dy’s unholy hoax.
(breaking apart a multi-syllable word is probably against Haiku rules)

Don’t drink don’t smoke, what
do you do, (you) don’t drink don’t
smoke, what do you do?
(throw that extra “you” in there and it works)

Your own personal
Jesus, someone to hear your
prayers, someone who cares.
(if you say “prayers” really fast it sounds like one syllable…)

Heh, great stuff iposse. I don't know how practical it would be to insist on absolute strict haiku. Even the 5-7-5 [i]onji[/i] or syllable requirement is tough since that word doesn't really translate directly to syllable but rather "sound". Many of our words with multiple hard sounds would probably get blown out into way more [i]onji[/i] than syllables.

It would probably also be bad form to break apart every phrase among all three lines. I've heard each should have a distinct thought of its own, or at the very least one line should while the other two could be split or have a joined thought.

The coolest guidance I saw was that it must at least convey "an experience captured in clear images." Something expressing the human condition. Based on that, your new wave lyrics really nail it - very emotive as my favorite new wave lyrics usually are.


PS. Hilarious Motors. Ahem, strictly from a haiku point of view that is. [8D]

Motors, you've given me a new appreciation for Haiku.

Given the choice of thinking about this or doing work...guess which wins out.

Bleach Blonde Cartoon Girl
One Way Or Another
Let Your Brown Roots Show

Musical wasteland -
'tis the landscape of today.
The Outpost saves us!

That Scottish accent
See those eyes, Gregory's girl
Happy birthday, Clare
[:I]

Oh... this is difficult (especially because I'm not used to count syllables in English):
Red smile and black hair,
you make me fly in the air,
goth with endless flair.

Dedicated to R. Smith. [:D]

Mercedes

New wave tunes of ours
Skinny ties and checkered Vans
Imprinted on us.