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Sparks – Tips For Teens Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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I'm pretty sure it's about puberty and its effects of the female body. Listen closely; one of them is singing "tits for teens" during the chorus; also, the whole thing about "tight sweaters", "D cup", et. al.
Typical Mael crudity. |
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Killing Joke – Wintergardens Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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Sounds like it's about nuclear winter; the lyrics are fairly oblique, but every other KJ song is about nuclear war in some way or another, and I feel this is the most likely interpretation. |
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The Damned – In Dulce Decorum Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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Probably about World War I. "Dulce et Decorum Est" was a poem by Wilfred Owen written during WWI, to which I'm sure this is a reference. |
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Tears for Fears – Mothers Talk Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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I think it's a combination of a nuclear war song, and one of their paeans to record company pressure a la The Working Hour. "It's not that you're not good enough; it's just that we can make you better" is probably something some Mercury suit told them after The Hurting. Most of the song is just oblique references to nuclear destruction. |
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Echo and the Bunnymen – Bombers Bay Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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I think it's about the British experience in World War II. Berlin to Bomber's Bay (Bombay, India). Mandalay is in Burma, which was the scene of the British contribution to the Pacific War. |
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Gene Loves Jezebel – Twenty Killer Hurts Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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I interpret this to be about cocaine addiction. "She's got a headful of snow"; "I'm gonna burn, burn, burn...I'll do it again"; "you're on a roller coaster...you'd better stop".
Really, it's the only thing that makes sense. |
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Siouxsie and the Banshees – Arabian Knights Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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In addition to the comment about the visit to the Middle East (also the inspiration for Swimming Horses), I'm pretty sure it also vaguely references Siouxsie's molestation by the "Candyman"--the Arabic candy store owner. |
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Echo and the Bunnymen – Never Stop Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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According to "Rip It Up And Start Again", this was written in response to Thatcher's victory in the 1983 general election; the first verse, for example, is a diatribe towards those who voted for her. |
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