| They Might Be Giants – Minimum Wage Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Ahaha yeah, same. | |
| Devo – Gates Of Steel Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Beautiful song indeed. One of the best social commentaries of what us humans are. "half a goon and half a god" is a perfect description of what us humans are. What are humans if not beings trying to be perfect, but end up acting stupid. We keep repeating and we still fail. That's because we shouldn't try to be perfect. We're real, not made of steel. |
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| Devo – Growing Pains Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Really great song. "So young so strong, ignorance is bliss" Boy do I know how that feels. When you grow up in a religious/emotionally suppressed/old traditionalist environment you become so ignorant. We're simply a problem of biology. And it's a "choice you never make". Your parents have complete control of what you think. In that sense maybe it's saying many of us are still being forced to grow up in these old traditions. "Big people set the trap for you Using you-know-what for brains You're just another lab experiment And you're easy to replace" Talking about corporations maybe, and how to them we're just a guinea pig. |
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| Devo – Big Mess Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I love this song. I think it's really just showcasing an example of a devolved being. | |
| Devo – Speed Racer Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I really am not sure what this song is about. But I'll attempt to interpret. "i'm speed racer and i drive real fast he's speed racer and he drives real fast drive real fast, i'm gonna last" Dealing with sex? A guy who's "drives" fast, and lasts long? I really don't know :S. "i'm a big pirate and i like to steal he's a big pirate and he likes to steal i like to steal and i like to kill go go go speed racer" A big pirate who likes to steal and kill? lol. "i'm a barbie doll but i got brains she's a barbie doll but she got brains i've got brains and i like sex she's got brains and she likes sex" A mockery of a stupid girl who THINKS she's smart, but is dumb and has promiscuous sex? "i'm your doctor and here's the bill he's your doctor and here's your bill doctor steel and here's your pills he likes to steal so here's the bill " I think it's saying that it's not right for us to pay for healthcare. Therefore doctors "steal". The next part I'm making up without actual support from the lyrics, but I think it could be a possible meaning. Speed Racer and the Barbie Doll had sex and she got pregnant. Barbie Doll was the Big Pirate's girlfriend, and he wants to kill Speed Racer since he found out, hence the "Go Go Go Speed Racer!" The doctor gives her an abortion. Yeah... I really don't know... I might be looking too deep. I really hope someone else comes in with their own interpretation. |
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| Devo – Chango Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Boy, where do I start with this song... there's many ways it could be interpreted. I think it's a story about a man (probably late teens or early twenties), Chango, who snapped and killed many people. Let me set the scene a bit, Chango lives in a tribe, far away from civilization. He one day finds a laser gun in the forest. I think this would make a great scifi/horror b-movie :P. I'm gonna explain in order of what events I think happened first in his life. "my mommy didn't hold me when i was young" His mother neglected him. "she didn't give me breast" She denied him basic needs. "and went insane" This could mean more than one thing. 1. Insane as in she got angry at him a lot for no reason, verbally abused him, beat him, etc. 2. Maybe he witnessed her killing people, herself (though that probably wouldn't affect him much. Unlikely he had much affection for her since she neglected him), or whoever. Witnessing someone murder would obviously contribute to even more trauma in his childhood. 3. Alternatively, he could be referring to how the neglect made HIM go insane. I'll sum this all up in saying that I think Chango is mentally handicapped in some form and/or has physical deformities (Seems likely since DEVO tends to write songs with the subject of "mutants"). THIS is why I think his mother neglected him in the first place. This is also why I go more with number one on that list. Because he was "different", she often got angry at him, beat him, etc. Before the event of him walking up the river, I think something happened. Some people were insulting him so bad that Chango finally snapped, and killed them. "i come up the river like beat man i come up the river like skoke man fly" He's coming up the river, worn out, after finally snapping, he's tired of people cruelly ridiculing him and treating him differently. As for "skoke man fly"... I really don't know what to make of that :S. "i come up the river to kill many people i come up the river with laser gun" He's on his way to kill the people in his village with his laser gun. "dear uncle, dear uncle, dear uncle dear uncle, dear uncle your son just had intercourse with baggy breast your son just had intercourse with death debbie" I think this is more figurative than literal. The boy sounds in a panic. I think this is taking place before Chango has yet to "kill many people". I think the boy secretly witnessed Chango killing the people that were making fun of him as I stated earlier, and runs to the village to warn the father. Intercourse with Baggy Breast and Death Debbie is basically saying he "slept with evil". TL;DR - I think it's a scifi/horror themed surreal commentary of a stereotypical profile/event, "person suffers childhood neglect/trauma, gets bullied, one day kills people". |
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