| Ted Leo and the Pharmacists – Better Dead Than Lead Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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"Trick of the Light" = Who song "Light as a Feather" = Chick Corea song "The Kids are Alright" = Who song "We Will All Go Down Together" = Billy Joel song |
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| Björk – Harm Of Will Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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As has been noted, the song was written by Harmony Korine, a mutual friend of Bjork and Will Oldham. It seems to me like the song is written from Harmony's perspective; Bjork is the "she" and Oldham is the "he." Evidently, there was a romantic encounter of some sort between Will and Bjork. (Apparently, Harmony introduced the two, and she gave him a tour of Iceland. In his words, "It was very cool, she was a very good hostess.") Seems like Harmony was unhappy with this encounter, and wrote this song. Harmony says the lyrics "loosely sketch the tale of a troubadour and libertine who takes commitment-free sexual pleasure from his conquests," which describes fairly clearly what happened. The relationship between the three seems to have been quite strained. From an interview with Oldham: I also heard that Björk wants to cover one of your songs? I don’t know about that. For one thing, on Vespertine, there’s a song called “Harm of Will” that our mutual friend Harmony Korine wrote the words for. And then she talked about if we wanted to make songs together. But the last time she talked about that, she had a baby. |
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| Sleater-Kinney – The Swimmer Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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This song reminds me of The Awakening by Kate Chopin, but I'm not sure the reference is conscious (although S-K does seem like a pretty literate band). The song seems to have a somewhat similar theme, as that book: that independence and solitude are inherently linked. Of course, in the end of The Awakening, Edna ends up drowning herself...Yeah, maybe it has nothing to do with The Awakening. Good song, though. |
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| Radiohead – A Wolf at the Door (It Girl. Rag Doll) Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| I heard that this was about when he was physically assaulted 3 years ago. Kinda would make sense.. | |
| The Dismemberment Plan – A Life of Possibilities Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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Here's what the great Travis Morrsion says about this song... "A couple of years ago, when I was 23/24, things got very interesting in my life. My dad, who was very important to me, passed away, and there was a host of other family craziness at the same time which is none of your business. I suppose it was what you could call character-building, and it had a really big effect on the lyrics I was writing. I suddenly became completely allergic to 99% of what constitutes punk and emo lyrics because they suddenly sounded hopelessly self-absorbed and adolescent and self-pitying. "I started listening to old soul and country lyrics closely: Songs written for, by and about adults about family, community, trust, communication, and songs written with some sense of perspective and not from deep within one's own butt (the vantage point of most rock lyrics.) I also started appreciating songs that genuinely sounded like they wanted everything to be better, even if they couldn't be; let's face it, most punk and rock lyrics wallow in misery and heartbreak. "A common trope of rock words is the celebration of the open road, of adventure, of individualism -- "Freebird" -- but it seems kind of rare that rock lyrics deal with the wages of adventure and individualism, especially when taken too far. That stuff has its price; everything has its price, actually, which is perhaps the single hardest lesson of growing up. I wanted to write a song about the price of running away, of changing one's environs continually, of declining to commit -- something that I see a lot in many of my peers, for whatever reason -- and so, voila." I've noticed this tendency in myself sometimes, and putting this song on always seems to help... |
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| The Dismemberment Plan – A Life of Possibilities Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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Here's what the great Travis Morrsion says about this song... "A couple of years ago, when I was 23/24, things got very interesting in my life. My dad, who was very important to me, passed away, and there was a host of other family craziness at the same time which is none of your business. I suppose it was what you could call character-building, and it had a really big effect on the lyrics I was writing. I suddenly became completely allergic to 99% of what constitutes punk and emo lyrics because they suddenly sounded hopelessly self-absorbed and adolescent and self-pitying. "I started listening to old soul and country lyrics closely: Songs written for, by and about adults about family, community, trust, communication, and songs written with some sense of perspective and not from deep within one's own butt (the vantage point of most rock lyrics.) I also started appreciating songs that genuinely sounded like they wanted everything to be better, even if they couldn't be; let's face it, most punk and rock lyrics wallow in misery and heartbreak. "A common trope of rock words is the celebration of the open road, of adventure, of individualism -- "Freebird" -- but it seems kind of rare that rock lyrics deal with the wages of adventure and individualism, especially when taken too far. That stuff has its price; everything has its price, actually, which is perhaps the single hardest lesson of growing up. I wanted to write a song about the price of running away, of changing one's environs continually, of declining to commit -- something that I see a lot in many of my peers, for whatever reason -- and so, voila." I've noticed this tendency in myself sometimes, and putting this song on always seems to help... |
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| J-Kwon – Tipsy Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| J-Kwon is 18 years old. If he tried to buy a drink in a club, that bitch would get IDed. What the fuck? | |
| Cat Power – I Don't Blame You Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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Ooops...I posted twice... :-[ ::hides:: |
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| Limbeck – Honk + Wave Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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They're on tour, which is why all the songs on this CD are about driving and the meanings are really obvious. I love their music, but their lyrics ain't nothin special. |
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| The Dismemberment Plan – The Ice of Boston Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| I think it's "butt naked," not "buck naked." | |
| Pavement – Summer Babe (Winter Version) Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| I thought it was a girl he was dating in the summer, but then she dumped him, and now it's winter...huntmstr's explanation makes sense too, though. | |
| Pavement – Cut Your Hair Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| i always thought it was "hitmen wearing muzzles" and "i don't remember lying, i don't remember a line, i don't remember a word" (or maybe the first is "line" like the second, i can't really tell). He is talking about a band, after all. | |
| Cat Power – Maybe Not Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| I think so, but none of my friends seem to. | |
| Cat Power – I Don't Blame You Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| I'm 90% certain she's talking about Kurt Cobain. | |
| Cat Power – I Don't Blame You Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| I'm 90% certain she's talking about Kurt Cobain. | |
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