Their lyrics, by Roy Alfred ( who later co-wrote the 1955 hit "( The ) Rock and Roll Waltz "), were mildly sexually suggestive, and one teenager from Philadelphia said " That Hucklebuck was a very nasty dance ".

Their early music was also characterised by the growling vocals and sometimes misanthropic lyrics of both Jean-Jacques Burnel and Hugh Cornwell.

Their lyrics tended to be straight-out poetry ; comparisons to Charles Bukowski and Raymond Chandler were made from the start.

Their lyrics often gave evidence of band's humor and thematically focus on personal experiences and sexual innuendos.

Their first album, Let Them Eat Bingo, included the number one single " Dub Be Good to Me ", which caused a legal dispute revolving around allegations of infringement of copyright through the liberal use of unauthorised samples: the bassline was a note-for-note lift from " The Guns of Brixton " by The Clash and the lyrics borrowed heavily from " Just Be Good to Me " by The S. O. S.

Their next album, 13 ( 1999 ) saw the band members experimenting with electronic and gospel music, and featured more personal lyrics from Albarn.

Their lyrics focus on pain and personal alienation rather than traditional heavy metal themes.

" Their lyrics are sung exclusively in Swedish instead of the Finnish language " apparently because this language was better to evoke the trollish spirit ", even though the real reason for this lies in the band's original vocalist belonging to the Swedish-speaking minority.

Their early music was typified by slow and grinding guitar noise, and pounding drums, punctuated by Gira's morbid and violent lyrics ( inspired by Jean Genet and the Marquis de Sade ), usually barked or shouted.

Their music and lyrics are inspired by Ancient Egyptian / Near Eastern mysticism, history, religion, and art, as well as stories by H. P. Lovecraft.

Lengthy sleeve notes are included with the albums Black Seeds of Vengeance, In Their Darkened Shrines, Annihilation of the Wicked and Those Whom the Gods Detest, explaining the inspiration or source for the lyrics of each song.

Their music is similar to early symphonic progressive rock groups such as Yes, marked by sharp dynamic changes, polyrhythmics, heavy bass, vocal harmonies, abstract and occasionally nonsensical lyrics, and extended song lengths.

Their songs typically have humorous and off-beat, satirical lyrics that often deal with sexual subjects and contain many puns and innuendos.

Their lyrics range from the personal to the political, in some of the latter cases attacking Eurocentrism and racism in America.

Their debut single "( We Don't Need This ) Fascist Groove Thang " attracted some attention and, due to its overtly left-wing political lyrics, was banned by BBC Radio 1 DJ Mike Read ( who is a staunch supporter of the Conservative Party ), and neither this nor any other of the four singles taken from the band's debut album Penthouse and Pavement managed to reach the Top 40 in the UK Singles Chart.

Their most notable song " Death and the Maiden " features in its lyrics Paul Verlaine, the shooting of Rimbaud, and repeats the word " Verlaine " numerous times.

Their music emphasized boogie rhythms and fast guitar leads with lyrics extolling the values, aspirations-and excesses-of Southern working-class young adults, not unlike the outlaw country movement.

Their songwriting efforts had Pomus write the lyrics and Shuman the melody, although quite often they worked on both.

Their lyrics often relate to matters of social responsibility.

Their combination of androgynous glam punk imagery and critical social lyrics about " culture, alienation, boredom and despair " soon gained them a loyal following and cult status.

Their guitar-driven sound, inspired by the Soukous guitarist Dr. Nico, combined highly melodic rumba with lyrics sung in Swahili.

Their song lyrics are written in the dialect of the Hallingdal area, and has a large description that reflect Norwegian citizens, and their surrounding life.

Their usual tongue-in-cheek humor and sarcastic lyrics remain intact, but the album's overall sound is quite different from any of their others.

Their MySpace page first described the project as " a lushly orchestrated mix of eclectic songwriting that is sure to conjure up memories of 1997's When the Red King Comes " and stressed its " more mature approach to arrangements, lyrics, and instrumentation.

Their lyrics are informed by a complete disregard for societal norms.

Their plan for rotation of leaders promised a salutary blow at `` bureaucracy '' and would enable `` the people '' to take a more direct and active part in running the country.

Their names and diets were changed to reflect Babylonian culture in an attempt to take away their Jewish identities.

Their major objections ( exceptions ) were: firstly, that it was improper for the lay congregation to take any vocal part in prayer ( as in the Litany or Lord's Prayer ), other than to say " Amen "; secondly, that no set prayer should exclude the option of an extempore alternative from the Minister ; thirdly, that the Minister should have the option to omit part of the set liturgy at his discretion ; fourthly, that short Collects should be replaced by longer prayers and exhortations ; and fifthly, that all surviving " Catholic " ceremonial should be removed.

Their actions could secure the empire for a usurper or take it away.

Their regnal dates as emperor take into account elections and subsequent coronations.

Their hand movements and gestures are also very characteristic of the buoyant movements that their feet take on.

Their contemporaries spent some time attempting to extend the theory but it would take until the 1870s before Joseph Boussinesq and Lord Rayleigh published a theoretical treatment and solutions.

Their licenses have been embraced by many as a way for creators to take control of how they choose to share their intellectual property.

Their intelligence is measured against that of an average biological member of the Culture ; a so-called " 1. 0 value " drone would be considered the mental equal of a biological citizen, whereas lesser drones such as the menial service units of Orbitals are merely proto-sentient ( capable of limited reaction to unprogrammed events, but possessing no consciousness, and thus not considered citizens ; these take care of much of the menial work in the Culture ).

Their proposals were not central to Chilean political debate until 1973, where the debate focused on how best to take developmentalism forward and all three major political parties in the 1970 elections favoured nationalization of the copper mines.

Their curious nature can take them into dangerous places or situations.

Their fossil shells usually take the form of planispirals, although there were some helically-spiraled and non-spiraled forms ( known as heteromorphs ).

Their travels take them through forests, mountains, and snowy fields while striving to avoid the attention of the morthbrood.

Their broad diet allows them to take advantage of many sources of food provided by human habitation such as unsecured food waste ( garbage ) and pet food.

Their aim was to ' democratize ' the desktop and take some of Avid's market.

This law, titled De sanctimonialibus vel viduis et de successionibus earum (" Holy Maidens, Widows, and Their Succession "), imposed a minimum age to take vows of 40 years, considering that at this age the sexual drives of the initiated would be dormant ; the law also granted to women who had been forced to take religious vows, and were subsequently disinherited, the same rights on the legacy of parents as their brothers and sisters.

Their long legs allow them to take strides of up to They are opportunistically nomadic and may travel long distances to find food ; they feed on a variety of plants and insects, but have been known to go for weeks without food.

Their main event is Greek Week, a weeklong celebration of Greek life and team building games that take place each year in April.

Their third son was Japeusá, who was from birth considered a liar, a thief and a trickster, always doing things backwards to confuse people and take advantage of them.

Their farm proved successful and in 1928 they built Blyth Homestead as an outstation a little further south, so their cattle could take advantage of the good grazing among the paperbarks in this area.

Their summer production will take the stage at the Allegan Public Schools Performing Arts Center.

Their ancestor Bess of Hardwick had taken one of her four husbands, the Earl of Shrewsbury, to " take the waters " at Buxton shortly after he became the gaoler of Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1569, and they took Mary there in 1573.

An integral part of the Dee Rocks experience, is the " Styes in Their Eyes " finale when local characters take to the stage to entertain and dazzle the audience with their party pieces.

Their report, presented in October 1888, suggested that the existing locks on the route from Sheffield to Keadby were inadequate, but that the waterway could be upgraded to take 300 to 500 tonne boats by building new locks alongside the old, without disrupting traffic.