| Doves – Sea Song Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Trying to decipher the barely audible samples: 2:16 "he used to talk to me all the time... sometimes it (???) 3:55 no idea... but the person speaking sounds on the verge of tears, and it sounds heartbreaking. 4:04 "I just gave up... I just gave up." No reason really for trying to decipher these samples, just for fun. They really intrigue me, though... They add so much more to the song, somehow. It's like they are a part of the story that the song is telling. I love that this song is like the definition of an atmospheric song; it's very reminiscient of the sea. And it does seem to tell a story, one that's told simply through the notes and the atmosphere of the song and not through words. I love it so much. I also like to think of the samples as like a fuzzy flashback in a movie or something. Sort of like when a character sees something that sparks an image in their mind that flashes onscreen for like 2 seconds... It's very unclear but appears to have a lot of meaning. That's how it seems to me with this song, sometimes. |
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| Radiohead – Karma Police Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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After reading some other entries, I'd like to add that for the video, the line 'this is what you get.. when you mess with us' is being directed towards the driver of the car. He thinks karma is on his side (which shows when he slows down the car and seems to 'stare' at the old man, a display of 'cocky'ness), but the karma police prove him wrong; sort of like the law of Entropy. I think Thom is playing the role of the driver's karma; he looks back at him periodically in the song, particularly during the line 'this is what you get.' Now, the driver thinks his karma (Thom) is mocking the old man, and that he is on his side, but as the car burns down, the driver looks back to see that his karma (Thom) is gone, and that he shouldn't have messed with him. The driver messed with karma for believing in it too much, and possibly for going after the old man. The video doesn't just demonstrate the meaning of the line 'this is what you get', the video also portrays the feeling of hate through the driver going after the man in the first place. I had to type this up quick, so excuse any grammatical errors. |
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| Radiohead – Karma Police Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| I'm pretty sure this song is about fate and how it can get back at you. | |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| Also did a little research: apparently, Alderon is referring to Alderon Biosciences Incorporated (www.alderonbiosciences.com), so the verse immediatly following the Cobain/Bowie verse is about how this technology could be a threat to mankind. The possibilites of the negative effects that Alderon could do are endless, but I'm completely lost at what he could be referring to by describing it in such a negative way. | |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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I think I figured this part of the song out: "Cobain can you hear the spheres Singing songs off station to station" First off, background information: Kurt Cobain was considered a legendary rock star in his time in the band Nirvana; his career spanned from 1991-1994, the last year being the year when he killed himself. Before and after his death, he was all over the place, and was a very popular musician. He did a cover of a David Bowie song for his Unplugged rendition; the acoustic concert said to be his greatest performance. David Bowie released an album called "Station to Station." The verse is an attack on many of today's artists; since 1997-1998, a lot of artists with no real talent have been emerging, and being praised for making these 2-chord songs and have been ever since. Some of them are even trying to use Kurt's style of Grunge to get popular, which explains the second half; artists are doing what Kurt did to get popular. They didn't cover anything from David Bowie, but it's metaphorical to the other things they're imitating that Kurt Cobain did. "Station to station" was probably used to throw the listener off, or to make the song sound better. The reason these artists are referred to as "spheres" is because they're all the same. Spheres are the same bland thing; they don't have much depth, and there isn't much to them, much like the music of said artists. Another explanation of the "spheres" is that they are 3D, as opposed to circles. 3D is obviously for appealing to people when it comes to everything; movie special effects, video games, etc., but all it does is make it look better. It doesn't enhance the gameplay or reality of the effect, therefore, referring to them as only viewed by their looks. In a nutshell: Anthony Keidis is attacking the shallow music of artist's today for being an imitation of music considered to be legendary, or by a great artist that had a big impact on the industry. |
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