| Pink Floyd – See-Saw Lyrics | 9 months ago |
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Did anyone else get a melancholy meaning from the song, a meaning of being left behind? 1. a younger brother getting left behind by the older sister as she grows up and meets boyfriends, leaving the brother behind (" She grows up for another man, and he's down"). 2. A similar theme with platonic male and female childhood friends, with the boy (the kind of boy who girls will tell him that he is like a brother to them) getting left behind as the girl becomes interested in other young men. 3. Syd Barrett getting left behind as well. At the time of Richard Wright composing this and the band recording this, Syd was going insane. |
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| Rush – New World Man Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| @[declan1000:39360] But THIS song undeniably is.... | |
| Neil Young – Change Your Mind Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| Neil Young heard about (read?) Kurt Cobain's suicide note, where Kurt Cobain quoted a line from Neil Young's song "My My, Hey Hey", Kurt Cobain writing that "It's better to burn out, than to fade away." Neil Young was horrified at this, and if I recall correctly, "Change Your Mind" was written as what Neil wished he could have told Kurt before Kurt chose to end his life. | |
| Rush – New World Man Lyrics | 7 years ago |
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This song is *clearly* about the USA. Consider the time it was written, 1982, when the Cold War was still raging. Terms like "Old World" and "Third World" definitely refer to other countries. "Third World" had an especially potent meaning in 1982. It was the developing and often unstable part of the world that the USA and the USSR were fighting over. America as the "New World Man", full of power "with weapons on patrol", admired and yet resented by other nations, trying to save the day (from Soviet aggression) for the Old World (Western European) Man, and trying to pave the way (a way other than, and away from, Communism) for the Third World Man. Culturally he (it?) often was (and still is) seen as primitive by the Old World Man, and imperious by the Third World Man. Is the song pro-USA? In the sense that it is upbeat, yes. However, the lyrics also contain admonitions and warnings of how the USA, with all its power, could blunder terribly, and even do evil. The New World Man, for all his nobility, still has problems with his power and poisons. Neil Peart, a Canadian, viewed the USA quite positively, while still acknowledging its flaws. |
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| t.A.T.u. – How Soon Is Now? Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Now I'm not a Moz purist, and covers of songs can be very interesting. But seriously, with all due respect....does anyone remember those "Chipmunk Punk" and "Urban Chipmunk" novelty albums in the late 1970's-early 1980's??? (Note to non-USA readers: there was a cartoon called Alvin And The Chipmunks, featuring, you guessed it, pet anthropomorphic chipmunk performers, and their manager / owner, Dave.) I was wondering if someone had rediscovered the idea. Can you just see TATU's manager acting like "Dave"? "Pay attention, Yulia ... YULIA ... YULIA!!!" |
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| The Bravery – Time Won't Let Me Go Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Yah, it is all about regrets. The whole Generation X thing--life has been disappointing, a wishing to go back and do it differently. | |
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