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| Neil Young – The Needle And The Damage Done Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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such a powerful song. it seems like this was one of the first songs about the negative and detrimental impact drugs were having on great people, just after hendrix, morrison and joplin had died and the 60s mood was over. for me anyway its one of the first times neil young was really brutally honest and heartbreaking in his songwriting, he doesnt care that this may not be commercially viable song material ("i know that some of you don't understand"). by rejecting the popular fanbase and success he'd acheived and just pouring out what he needed to say makes this song seem to me like a precursor to TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT - in my view his best album |
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| Tom Jones – She's a Lady Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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canadian paul anka actually wrote this song which jones released in 1971 and, as a product of its time, it would now definitely be considered sexist. in my opinion such lyrics as "she always knows her place" and "she's never in the way" are saying that she doesn't intervene in the more important "men's business" but remains submissive and ignorant. "i can leave her on her own" is pretty patronising, and at other points the lady is objectified and effectively owned by the singer "that little lady... is mine". basically the song's intentions are positive and complimentary, and i've got nothing against tom jones (i'm welsh :D) but you can't help but feel like the underlying attitudes are badly behind the times |
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