| Pavement – For Sale: The Preston School of Industry Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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One of the catchiest Pavement songs. Please be on the Brighten the Corners reissue! |
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| Pavement – Greenlander Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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One of the loneliest, saddest songs I know. And it makes me feel terrible every time I listen to it. But that's why I love Pavement. |
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| Frank Zappa – You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Zappa never wanted to conform to any sort of scene, and certainly never wanted any of his music to be used as the basis for a scene. Thus, this song is mocking certain social movements in the early 60s. | |
| Frank Zappa – I'm Not Satisfied Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| To me, this song is more satirical than anything else. I think there's an element of seriousness in the composition, but that's exactly what good satire is, right? Emulating the original "source" material. | |
| Frank Zappa – Any Way The Wind Blows Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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The song is about a relationship that's ending for another. It's about being free from the shackles of an oppressive situation, instead replacing it with something better, and moving on. It highlights the fact that when you're knee deep in shit, any way out is better - hence, Any Way the Wind Blows. |
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| Frank Zappa – Bobby Brown Goes Down Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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The meaning of this song was nailed early on, definitely. It was a very tasteless time for Zappa, when he was definitely more concerned with being juvenile over anything else. It's anti-feminist, but to be honest, I don't blame Zappa for this. Around the time of the song, the movement was still strong and also increasingly militant, regardless of the fact that by now many of their main goals had been achieved. The song is definitely funny, but very tasteless. |
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| Pavement – Date With Ikea Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This song, to me, is about something that one wants to leave behind, but just can't. Yeah, that "thing" in this song is the glitzy, fake lifestyle of, say, Southern California. But it goes to a much larger extent. It's about leaving a bad relationship, a bad lifestyle, hell, a bad life, behind when you should fight or fix it. It has to be about getting older too, which fits - the Pavement guys were getting older at the time. |
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| Pavement – Transport Is Arranged Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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The third verse is definitely an allusion to several Biblical stories. First is an unhappy, disgruntled angel, perhaps Lucifer himself. (I swung my fiery sword, I vent my spleen at the Lord). The next, with the "milk and honey" line is a reference to John the Baptist, and the mystery of faith (Jesus is the Lord, the Lord is Jesus). The last is the story of Cain and Abel - he'll walk through the wilderness, just like Cain, with nothing. Well not quite nothing. |
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| Pavement – Shady Lane Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I suppose the song is a personal narrative about a bad date, a bad relationship - one of the two, or both. The chorus though, that's the difficult part. Does it play in the date, or is Malkmus just saying, "Look, when you're having a bad time, you just want it easy," and uses the date as that bad time? Either way, the song has a very reminiscent feel to it. Like a poppy version of the countryish "Range Life". |
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| Pavement – Stereo Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This is just one of those fun Pavement songs. It emphasizes Malkmus' superb abilities as a lyricist. There is something to the song being about life in a band though, and life in Pavement. I think it describes, somewhat, Pavement's rise to fame (if you can really call it that) after the release of Slanted and Enchanted, and then Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain. Suddenly, you have the Wowie Zowie flop (and if they stick they will drown you in a crick in the neck of a woods) and the decline of the band (everybody knows advice that was give out for free). |
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