| Pulp – Common People Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This song is the 90s. It annoys me that Nirvana will be the 90s from hereon when there was so much more socially and politically important (and plain better) music like Pulp. It makes me think of indie kids in Camden who go for that look of rough working class when bands like Oasis and Pulp had it inherently. Its also ironic to look at how although the lyrics of Pulp and early Oasis were about working class life and wanting to break out, their styles as bands were so grandiose and exhuberant. They were the opposite of the woman in this song, not hesitating to leave the working class in style. |
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| Oasis – Falling Down Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This is my favourite song so far this year, and has got me back into Oasis, who continue to go strong even now (except when someone other than Noel writes the music - see awful previous single 'I'm Outta Time'). It's about feeling distant from your surroundings (both "lost and found") when you realise that your life (simply a "dying dream") is fleeting and unimportant in the grand universe. The line "if you won't save me, please don't waste my time" is especially poignant, because Gallagher has stated in the press that he is an athiest, indicating that talking with God can help stave off the feeling of one's life inevitably ending, but in the end this made-up person just wastes time on this earth. Then again, this is Oasis so it probably means very little. Doesnt matter, it's amazing. |
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| Oasis – Falling Down Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Okay noone has the lyrics exactly right yet. This is as appears in the CD booklet and to my hearing is correct (it also makes more sense than most I've read). The line "in time we'll kiss the world goodbye" is written like that, but the "in" seems to disappear on the record: The summer sun that blows my mind Is falling down on all that I've ever known In time we'll kiss the world goodbye Falling down on all that I've ever known Is all that I've ever known A dying scream makes no sound Calling out to all that have ever known Here am I, lost and found Calling out to all We live a dying dream If you know what I mean All that I've ever known It's all that I've ever known Catch the wheel that breaks the butterfly I cried the rain that fills the ocean wide I tried to talk with God to no avail I called him up in and out of nowhere Said if you won't save me, please don't waste my time All that I've ever known It's all that I've ever known Catch the wheel that breaks the butterfly I cried the rain that fills the ocean wide I tried to talk with God to no avail I called him up in and out of nowhere Said if you won't save me, please don't waste my time The summer sun that blows my mind It's falling down on all that I've ever known In time we'll kiss the world goodbye Falling down on all that I've ever known Is all that I've ever known |
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| Sam Sparro – Black and Gold Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I don't think this song is necessarily skeptical of evolution, if so I am really disappointed in Mr Sparro. The overriding sentiment is simply fear - that his life has no purpose if god does not exist: "Now I'm filled to the top with fear That it's all just a bunch of matter" The religious perspective of evolution at the beginning exemplifies his feeling that everything he learns and experiences makes him doubt his beliefs. I got news for you Sam, any sort of wholesome education can lead you quite clearly to the conclusion that Christianty (and any religion) is baseless. And I went to christian schools... |
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