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| The Lucksmiths – Great Lengths Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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A delightful pop gem about the virtues of persistance and self-awareness from a woefully underappreciated band. Also perhaps the best and most seamless mention of a Volvo in pop history... |
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| The New Pornographers – Chump Change Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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A great song,indeed -- as would be any song that manages to refer to two towering achievements of 20th century art and thought (Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase AND Wittgenstein's Tractatus ("The world is that which is the case)) while just plain kicking ass. Does pop music get any better than this? |
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| Elvis Costello – New Lace Sleeves Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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One of my favorite Elvis songs, replete with typical EC double entendre:
he wants to be one of the socialite sisters / he wants to be one of their problems; the 'white lies' the teacher tells are benevolent fibs / the 'white lies' are the lies that dominate history books written by white folks. |
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| Talking Heads – Wild Wild Life Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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DB seems to like the financial services metaphors: in addition to this song's "Check out Mr. Businessman", there's "Stockbroker make a bad investment when love has come to town" from (what else?) "Love Has Come to Town." |
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