Liferollson37 Hit it the nail on the head.. Song about coming of age and realizing all your dreams were squandered day by day having our free will stripped to a certain extent by the society we live in or how we were raised and who we were raised by. Lamenting on our parents who we eventually forgot about in pursuit of our own lives. Reminiscing about childhood and how everyone is just fated to pretend .. We see it even clearer with social media everyone seems to have picture perfect lives or avatars theyre fated to pretend to live. Truly...
Liferollson37 Hit it the nail on the head.. Song about coming of age and realizing all your dreams were squandered day by day having our free will stripped to a certain extent by the society we live in or how we were raised and who we were raised by. Lamenting on our parents who we eventually forgot about in pursuit of our own lives. Reminiscing about childhood and how everyone is just fated to pretend .. We see it even clearer with social media everyone seems to have picture perfect lives or avatars theyre fated to pretend to live. Truly amazing song one of the best
This song is basically a reply to the entire last album as the Strokes love making connections to their previous work "He's gonna let you down" for "Cuz I've got you to let me down" and this leads onto the next song Reptilia (me realising I don't have any more points to make, haha). I guess this is a well-suited song for Marie Antoinette because it's very much a narcissistic song. The "culture" line could be referring to the new "garage rock revival" that The Strokes are constantly being moshed in with? But like any bands put in that "culture,"...
This song is basically a reply to the entire last album as the Strokes love making connections to their previous work "He's gonna let you down" for "Cuz I've got you to let me down" and this leads onto the next song Reptilia (me realising I don't have any more points to make, haha). I guess this is a well-suited song for Marie Antoinette because it's very much a narcissistic song. The "culture" line could be referring to the new "garage rock revival" that The Strokes are constantly being moshed in with? But like any bands put in that "culture," they don't assimilate...
This song sounds like 'The End Has No End' by the Strokes, which is an interpolation of 'Sweet Child O' Mine' by Guns and Roses. This is exactly the effect No Cities To Love is going for - and that's why I love it. It's purposely borrowing from popular songs of the day as many fans have pointed out, but for the sake of demonstrating that damage that other bands have done by 'stealing' verses and solos from music in the past. This is why Sleater-Kinney is art.
This song sounds like 'The End Has No End' by the Strokes, which is an interpolation of 'Sweet Child O' Mine' by Guns and Roses. This is exactly the effect No Cities To Love is going for - and that's why I love it. It's purposely borrowing from popular songs of the day as many fans have pointed out, but for the sake of demonstrating that damage that other bands have done by 'stealing' verses and solos from music in the past. This is why Sleater-Kinney is art.
"Stargazers ride through the ancient realms" is about the astronomist (the stargazers) who see the light of stars emitted bilions years ago taking long time to reach the Earth. So they're actually time travelling seeing things of "ancient realms"
"Stargazers ride through the ancient realms" is about the astronomist (the stargazers) who see the light of stars emitted bilions years ago taking long time to reach the Earth. So they're actually time travelling seeing things of "ancient realms"
Haha here I am on a dead thread with comments older than me but here we go.
Haha here I am on a dead thread with comments older than me but here we go.
I don’t feel that this song is meant to describe a very nice relationship you should aspire to have. Rather a superficial one.
I don’t feel that this song is meant to describe a very nice relationship you should aspire to have. Rather a superficial one.
So come on down and walk with me, and tell me I'm your man I only want to know a couple of things about you
So come on down and walk with me, and tell me I'm your man I only want to know a couple of things about you
Again the speaker is depicted as just interested in being called someone’s “man” he specifically just wants that romantic identifier. He only wants to know a couple of things about the girl, he...
Again the speaker is depicted as just interested in being called someone’s “man” he specifically just wants that romantic identifier. He only wants to know a couple of things about the girl, he isn’t interested truly in who she is, just this dynamic of being her man and being in a relationship. It’s superficial.
Where were you when I was in so much trouble with myself? And do you still believe in me like I believe?
He sees this girl as an answer to his problems, maybe problems about self esteem? Almost blaming. He seems self-conscious that she doesn’t “believe” in him and will leave him.
I've been thinking good, good things about you Cool and warm, good, good things about you If you've been thinking good, good things about me
This part seems sweet on its own, but with the rest of the lyrics I don’t read it that way. “Good, good things” is pretty vague, “good” and “things” I feel it only stresses the superficiality of this romance. We have this motif of “cool” and “warm” throughout the song, a contrast. Some kinda conflict in the relationship or within the speaker. First verse, “Cooling my blood, warming my heart” hmmm odd image. Maybe it means this relationship is emotionally fulfilling in some way, he thinks this is what he wants and it’s making him happy, but it’s “cooling [his] blood,” I can only think of reptiles and how “cold-blooded” is used. This relationship is also just making him emotionally callous, probably because it’s not real. He’s thinking “cool and warm” things about the girl, he’s conflicted with her and how he feels about her. and! We get an “If” in the start of the third line. “If you’ve been thinking, good, good things about me” what is this if attached to? The lines above. The speaker is only thinking all of these good things about the girl if she also is. He seems so dependent on feeling attraction and care for her only if she also is. Hmmmmmmmm.
On my own, I know where you go
So when the speaker is alone, not with his girlfriend, he is saying he knows where she goes, as if where she goes is some sort of secret. Maybe when he’s not with his girl she’s cheating on him, but he knowsss. It could be real unfaithfulness or just what he’s thinking, but there’s jealousy and turbulence.
Living the lie, in your eyes
They’re living a lie of this superficial romance, and it’s emphasized how it’s in the girls eyes. Yknow staring into someone’s eyes all romantic, but this romantic environment they’re in is one of a lie.
Let's see if I can get it right with you this time around I'm not afraid of losing you, my little girl But do you still believe in me like I believe?
So we wants to get it right this time around, meaning they’ve broken up before. The “let’s see” is so flippant, when if you truly cared for somebody you’d be so dedicated to doing it right! He even says, “I’m not afraid of losing you” he’s trying to display himself as not super interested in keeping her and getting her back. key word, “display.” The speaker, and probably his girlfriend too, are in this weird performance of caring and uncaring all based on the other’s level of care. It just feels spiteful. It’s an act of this uncaring macho man. “Little girl” is kinda weird too. I think it adds to this image of who the speaker is trying to act like, and addressing his girlfriend as a “little girl” only emphasizes this dynamic he wants. But then he goes back to this insecurity, because he needs reassurance from her that she still believes in him. It’s ironic!
I’d say this song isn’t meant to be romantic, it’s just showing a superficial relationship that only acts, mainly, to make the speaker feel better about himself. He wants to be her man, he wants to be in a relationship, he wants to be all strong and tough enough that he doesn’t care about his girlfriend, he wants her to be the little girl in comparison to him. He wants this relationship because he’s deeply insecure in himself. He’s just performing.
I don’t think this song is from the perspective of Bill Stevenson, it’s clearly very self-aware and intentional in its irony. But yes I don’t read it as romantic. It’s still a classic and I think the song’s absolutely wonderful, and I don’t think it not being romantic should take away any real enjoyment or be in conflict with the awesomeness of the song.
Yes, the lyrics quite obviously are about sex with a 16-year-old, notwithstanding all the efforts to downplay that. But that's not what the song is about. When it rains, the sea changes color, but it does not change. What color does the sea become? It goes grey. The song is about aging.
Yes, the lyrics quite obviously are about sex with a 16-year-old, notwithstanding all the efforts to downplay that. But that's not what the song is about. When it rains, the sea changes color, but it does not change. What color does the sea become? It goes grey. The song is about aging.
Edge of Seventeen was released in 1981. Stevie was born in 48 - she would have been 33. Her tumultuous 20's over, the Fleetwood Mac sex betrayal sagas becoming a thing of the past. The music scene full of babies doing New Wave. Fleetwood Mac and Stevie...
Edge of Seventeen was released in 1981. Stevie was born in 48 - she would have been 33. Her tumultuous 20's over, the Fleetwood Mac sex betrayal sagas becoming a thing of the past. The music scene full of babies doing New Wave. Fleetwood Mac and Stevie still very beloved artists, but their fans beginning to age.
It comes earlier for women than for men. At 33, a woman is still a sexual person, still able to have a child. But the end is in sight. One day, it's mostly all over. The storms of life come and go, we go grey eventually. It comes as a surprise, even though we should expect it. Yet even so - the sea does not change. I'm still me, still the same person.
Where do you go from there? I don't think this song really presents an answer.
I've always liked this song a lot. Even sings more care free than most Jimmy songs but still hits home. And I always thought it was melancholy gooey-based but it appears to be some sort of French word, I could look it up but I'm too lazy.
I've always liked this song a lot. Even sings more care free than most Jimmy songs but still hits home. And I always thought it was melancholy gooey-based but it appears to be some sort of French word, I could look it up but I'm too lazy.
Also maybe about losing your ego, packing your bag of mysteries, he's the man that gave up his own name in the roll of cosmic dice you win one hard you lose it twice, touching on a common theme of escaping the drag
Also maybe about losing your ego, packing your bag of mysteries, he's the man that gave up his own name in the roll of cosmic dice you win one hard you lose it twice, touching on a common theme of escaping the drag
quitting your job, becoming a bartender, starting over and realizing...
quitting your job, becoming a bartender, starting over and realizing it's just the same! Incident or accident, some of it's magic, some of it's tragic, hopefully you had some fun along the way
To everyone that has posted that they think that the freezer is referring to where you store your L & that tweezers are the correct tool to handle L with: While I do agree that you should probably handle your tabs of L with tweezers, you you're all not doing yourself any favors keeping your tabs in the freezer, in fact your destroying it. Let me quickly explain why for all of your benefit and so you do not waste your stuff. When you keep your tabs in the freezer condensation begins the very moment you remove them from the freezer due to...
To everyone that has posted that they think that the freezer is referring to where you store your L & that tweezers are the correct tool to handle L with: While I do agree that you should probably handle your tabs of L with tweezers, you you're all not doing yourself any favors keeping your tabs in the freezer, in fact your destroying it. Let me quickly explain why for all of your benefit and so you do not waste your stuff. When you keep your tabs in the freezer condensation begins the very moment you remove them from the freezer due to the extreme temperature change. No matter if your stuff is vacuum sealed or in any other packaging, the very moment any moisture is introduced to your tabs it begins to soak it up and dilute your stuff. The longer it's collecting condensation the more diluted your stuff will be. In quite a short period of time it will become less effective every second that passes, until you have ruined the L that you had been storing and it will not work at all. I am quite well versed in this subject, I was taught well by very informed people, plus this ain't my first rodeo. If you have paper you need to store, find the most air tight container you can. Store at room temperature in the air tight container, preferably in a darker area like a closet or in a clothing drawer for maximum efficiency over quite a long period of time. If you are already storing your tabs in the freezer, leave them there and make sure they are in an area where when the freezer is opened the change in temperature will not effect it. If you've planning to take them you can't travel with them they will be destroyed in a short period of time, the best sh*t ever will be as good as buying bunk. So if you want to use it plan ahead and MOVE FAST! As soon as you remove them from the freezer open your package as freakin fast as humanly possible & immediately tune in, turn on & drop out. Have a nice trip🫶🏻 You're All Very Welcome.
It's about the cabal who controls the world (Deep state, illuminati, freemasons, etc.) the silent majority (us) waking people up to what they have been doing to us for many years, most of their songs are about rising up against the new world order, they never went mainstream, never took the ticket and that is why pennywise holds a special place in my heart, no symbolism, no triangle or all seeing eye symbols, just them screaming, "WAKE UP".
It's about the cabal who controls the world (Deep state, illuminati, freemasons, etc.) the silent majority (us) waking people up to what they have been doing to us for many years, most of their songs are about rising up against the new world order, they never went mainstream, never took the ticket and that is why pennywise holds a special place in my heart, no symbolism, no triangle or all seeing eye symbols, just them screaming, "WAKE UP".
The most existential analysis of life ever put to music. This song almost crests the silver lining of Edith Piaf, but she was far too French to understand the true gritted reality of existence. James Osterberg will live forever as our artistic bastion, leading us into the wild woods of life, like the Pied Piper he's always been.
The most existential analysis of life ever put to music. This song almost crests the silver lining of Edith Piaf, but she was far too French to understand the true gritted reality of existence. James Osterberg will live forever as our artistic bastion, leading us into the wild woods of life, like the Pied Piper he's always been.