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| Bob Dylan – Precious Angel Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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You're the queen of my flesh, girl, you're my woman, you're my delight
You're the lamb of my soul, girl, and you touch up the night
Should be
You're the queen of my flesh, girl, you're my one, you're my delight
You're the lamp of my soul, girl, and you torch up the night |
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| Siouxsie and the Banshees – Painted Bird Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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A couple more points: the album "Painted Bird" is from "A Kiss In The Dreamhouse" has many references to the work of Gustav Klimt - for instance the cover and title are a reference to his most famous painting, "The Kiss". As depicted in the above mentioned book "The Painted Bird", the Nazis destroyed several of Klimt's paintings as they retreated in 1945.
"A coquette in fur" is a reference to the novella "Venus In Furs" by Leopold von Sacher-Masoch, who lends his name to the word masochism. There are other references to "Venus In Furs" throughout the album, such as a reference to the main character of the novella, Severin, in "Melt!". Steve Severin also assumed his name from this character. |
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| Scorpions – Polar Nights Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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Uli Jon Roth gave the Scorps a distinct psychedelic feel in this era, never more typified than this song with funky bass and Uli's jamming lead. |
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| The Sisters of Mercy – Nine While Nine Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Oh hey, I just had a thought. Maybe he's already snorted a line which would certainly get him to lose "all sense of the world outside" then crashed again - there's no bleaker time - and is looking for another hit, "waiting for the train". Maybe that's a stretch. It's so easy to over think Andrew's lyrics - but then again it's not over thinking because he really is ~that~ clever. |
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| The Sisters of Mercy – Nine While Nine Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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A friend and I used to argue about the interpretation of Sisters songs for hours on end back in the day.
Trains and cars are a running theme throughout Sisters songs; they were used by Andrew at the simplest level to signify change, both in lyric and video (see the song "Train" or the lyrics and video for "Lucretia My Reflection" for instance). With Andrew's lyrics there can be more than one level of meaning however. Death would certainly be one form of change and it's not out of the question that he's hinting towards suicide here.
My friend also believed that they were used to symbolize the rush of a drug taking one to another state of consciousness. Andrew's drug of choice was meth - see "Lucretia My Reflection" again for blatant meth reference in conjunction with trains as well as industrial machinery. It is thus possible that he's walking through the rain waiting for the rush to hit him and take him away from the emotional pain he's feeling (and also a form of quasi-suicide) but I don't think that holds up because it could only be the case if he were eating it because other methods of ingestion hit so quick there's no need to "hang on" waiting for it - not that I'm an expert of course.
If the reference to "caught up on the line again" is about a line of drugs, you don't make lines to eat it so wouldn't have to wait thus I really don't think that's the case. In this instance, at least. |
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| Ministry – I Wanted To Tell Her Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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I know that Al has disowned With Sympathy and hates it and all but to me there are several songs on it that to this day make me melt inside. This is one of them. |
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| Leonard Cohen – Famous Blue Raincoat Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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As a couple others have noted "That night you planned to go Clear. Did you ever go Clear?" refers to Leonard's brief involvement with Scientology in New York in 1968. "Clear", in simple layman's terms, is someone who has achieved enlightenment by means of Scientology.
Here's a quote from him from The Jewish Book News of 31 Oct 1994:
"It was a Scientology reference. I looked into a lot of things. Scientology was one of them. It did not last very long. But it is very interesting, as I continue my studies in these matters, to see how really good Scientology was from the point of view of their data, their information, their actual knowledge, their wisdom writings, so to speak. It wasn't bad at all. It is scorned, and I don't know what the organization is like today, but it seems to have all the political residue of any large and growing organization."
The whole article can be found here: http://www.arthurkurzweil.com/downloads/THE%20JEWISH%20BOOK%20NEWS%20INTERVIEW.pdf
I have no reason to think that this was other than a literal question of FBR person. Apparently FBR was also involved to some degree in the Scientology organization in NYC at the same time as Cohen and at some point expressed his intention to seek Scientology-style enlightenment.
A further brief description of Cohen's toe dip into Scientology can be found in the book "Various Positions" by Ira Bruce Nadel if anyone is interested. It reportedly only lasted a few months. |
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| Marissa Nadler – The Whole Is Wide Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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My above comment came out far more negative and snarky than I intended. The guitarist is a fine guitarist and he has a fine voice. The band overall was an excellent accompaniment to her without being overwhelming in any way. Her performance was enthralling. |
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| Marissa Nadler – The Whole Is Wide Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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I saw her play this the other day. There was no piano player so it was a re-worked version with band accompaniment, slowed down a touch. It was nice that way although - how can I say it delicately? - the guitarist probably isn't the best choice for the harmonies. OTOH, as my friend pointed out, how many people would sound good next to her?
She opted not to go for some of the highest notes but still went for some of them and made it look as effortless as most people speak. I paid special attention to the "moon, rune" bit to double check it but couldn't tell any difference so I'm leaving it as is. |
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| Marissa Nadler – The Whole Is Wide Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Marissa's honey voice is showcased especially well on this song, layered richly while accompanied by a simple piano chord progression - and with a voice like hers that's all that's needed.
Lyrically it's about loss and longing.
This is one of my favorite songs from the new cd. |
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| Alphaville – Forever Young Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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This song always reminds me of my freshman year in college in 1985-86. A girl I liked listened to it over and over; she told me it was her favorite song because it reminded her of her little brother who had died in a car accident. I barely even remember her name was Sarah after these years but whenever I hear this even now I think of her and her little brother. |
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| Skye – Love Show Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Skye Edwards has the sweetest, prettiest voice ever. She reminds me of the great jazz singer goddesses of old. This is her hit off her solo cd "Mind How You Go". She used to front Morcheeba. I think the music of Morcheeba was richer and more musically diverse (recommend starting with "Big Calm"), but with a voice this sweet it's hard to go too far wrong. |
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| Joseph Arthur – Black Lexus Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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What a great song. Nothing too allegorical about the lyrics here, I think. Going to LA to seek ones fortune, maybe making it or maybe not... |
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| Yazoo – Only You Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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Sheesh, kids these days...
No, this song was NOT written for the movie Can't Hardly Wait, it was released by Yaz in 1982 on eighties classic "Upstairs at Eric's".
No, *his* voice is not gorgeous, it was sung by Alison Moyet, who does admittedly have a deep voice, smokey for a woman, but is all female. |
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| Alphaville – Forever Young Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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>"this song stickes a knife in hearts of people who are above 30 years old"
That's only too true. One of the sweetest songs from back in the day... it reminds me of a friend back then. Her little brother had died at 16 in a car accident. She would listen to this song over and over. Even now my vision blurs to think of it. |
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| This Mortal Coil – Come Here My Love Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I haven't heard this one for a good 15 years at least, but it was probably the second prettiest - of many exquisitely pretty songs by TMC - after their cover of Song To The Siren. |
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| This Mortal Coil – Song Of The Siren Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I love this song. The Tim Buckley version is beautiful but poorly and unevenly recorded. The This Mortal Coil version featuring Liz Frazier is one of most gorgeous songs ever recorded, imo. |
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| This Mortal Coil – Song Of The Siren Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I love this song. The Tim Buckley version is beautiful but poorly and unevenly recorded. The This Mortal Coil version featuring Liz Frazier is one of most gorgeous songs ever recorded, imo. |
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| Bauhaus – In The Flat Field Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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A couple corrections:
The sixth line should read
"Camera eye flick, shudder within"
and after
"Transfer me to that solid plain"
but before
"Moulding shapes no shame to waste"
comes the line
"Hammer me into blazen pain".
Thanks. |
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| Pixies – River Euphrates Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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On the "tire" "tiger" controversy: though on the B-Sides album and on "Pixies Sell Out" Charles only sings "tire", on the Surfer Rosa version there are several times where it seems he clearly articulates "ti-ger", including the last growled syllables of the song. |
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| Neutral Milk Hotel – Oh Comely Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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>To remember is to recognize something in the past. Anne Frank is in the past, but Mangum is not. This line is terribly confusing and an explanation would be nice,
In Holland, 1945 he remarks about Anne Frank that "Now she's a little boy in Spain Playing pianos filled with flames", so I've always assumed that he's refering to a reincarnated Frank recognizing him. |
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