| Simon and Garfunkel – Scarborough Fair/Canticle Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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The first verse is a homage to Dylan's ' Girl From The North Country ' .... "Remember me to one who lives there, she once was a true love of mine." They even place the line in the exact same place it first appears in Dylan's song. I'm not sure if the line impacts the song's meaning so much as it is merely placed there as a tribute to Bob. Interestingly enough, for those who feel this song ties in with anti-war or protest messages from the era, ' Girl From The North Country ', appears right before Dylan's ' Masters of War ' on his album Freewheelin', which remains to this day one of the most powerful statements against Vietnam. Of course that may be reading a little too much into Simon's tribute. Either way a clever little tip of the hat to Dylan, one of Simon's obvious influences. |
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| At the Drive-In – One Armed Scissor Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| No matter how hard we try we'll never be able to figure out what the hell Cedric was saying exactly with this. Even his band members used to say they didn't want to know exactly what his words meant cause they liked to draw thier own conclusions. The song is more personal that way. Broadly i would say that the war/helicopter theory is pretty good but i think those references are more of an analogy for the long tours the band used to embark on. For them it was like going to war, heading out into the unconverted masses without taking prisoners. Its one of the things that eventually killed them cause its just too hard to do for too long. Great song, even better band. | |
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