| Misfits – Don't Open 'Til Doomsday Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Well, I personally feel that this songs is about what a large number of Misfits songs are about, and old movie. If anyone is familiar with the Planet of the Apes movie, you'll notice that the phrase "Don't open 'til Doomsday, you may not like what you find" is very similar to a quote from the end of the first movie where Col. Taylor wonders about the history of the ape/human questions, Zaius tells him "Don't look for it Taylor, you may not like what you find." Also, the song seems like it could reference the events of the other three movies, especially Beneath the Planet of the Apes, in which the mutated humans have worship the Alpha-Omega device, a leftover nuclear device with the power to destroy the entire planet.. Specific Lyrical References: "Buried beneath the statue the answer lies" Could be referencing the appearence of the Statue of Liberty in the end of the Planet of the Apes, and how it represents the answer to Taylor's question about the history of apes and man. "We were warned of this coming so long ago Immortal secrets... man shouldn't know Entering a realm where we just don't belong" This seems to reference the "Forbidden Zone" and the immortal secret, which is the truth about man and apes history. |
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| Creedence Clearwater Revival – Bad Moon Rising Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Your all wrong, Badd Moon Rising is a song about how righteous and kick-ass Creedence Clearwater is. The line "Bad Moon on The Rise", when translated in Gaelic, means "John Fogerty is My Hero". | |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival – Lodi Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I think it's kind of neat being a CCR fan and living really close to one of the Lodis. You can always have that fleeting hope that Fogerty is singing about your Lodi. I live in Ohio, about 45 minutes south of Lodi #5, and I have to say the Ohio Lodi sucks a pretty big one, all there is is a crappy mall and an old woman in a rusty gray Cadillac. Great song John. | |
| David Bowie – Space Oddity Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I think this song was written to do what many songs are written to do, evoke a certain feeling or emotion from those listening. This song does a great job of giving it's listeners that feeling of anticipation, then wonder, and the hoplessness. My current band and I use this to great effect when we play. Play a depressing or sad song, and immediately following it up with an uplifting song. Or a fast, angry, fighting song followed by a slower, happier, victorious song. This works well as most of our songs are written in the form of stories, much like space oddity. It's a great feeling when the crowd is clapping and cheering throughout your whole set, but it's a level beyond that when the crowd is completely silent, eye's fixed onstage, latching onto your every word. More than once there has been one or two women in the crowd with tears in their eyes. After a number of shows we've been told our gigs play out like a good movie. Enough rambling though, my band on our best day couldn't hold a candle to Bowie on his worst day. He's a lyrical and musical genius, and should be revered as such. | |
| White Lion – Little Fighter Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Actually RainMaker, this song is written about a Greenpeace ship by the name of "Rainbow Warrior" which was sunk in 1985. During a mission to Mururoa Atoll in French Polynesia to protest French nuclear testing on the island, Greenpeace had planned to moniter the effects of the testing on the environment by placing protesters on the island, against French law of course. The French government infiltrated Greenpeace and discovered these plans. While moored in the port of Auckland, New Zealand, six French agents placed two explosive devices on the 40 meter crafts hull and detonated them. Of the twelve on board, only one was killed, a photographer named Fernando Pereira, when he tried to retrieve his equipment. This caused a massive uproar and resulted in the arrest and incarceration of two of the six bombers. Many of White Lions songs have obvious (and not-so-obvious) political under-pinnings, and none of the groups members were ever shy about revealing political views or affilliations. | |
| Blue Öyster Cult – Don't Fear The Reaper Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I have two personal interpretations of this song, neither involve suicide (atleast real suicide). My first is this is an abstraction of Romeo and Juliet. The final stanza plays out fairly accurately the final bit of R&J. My other interpretation is simply this is a song about not fearing death, because, in a sense, death is not death, only a transition to anothers, better life. | |
| Dire Straits – Walk Of Life Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| To me, this song is about you quintessential subway guitarist. Johnnys down in the tunnels trying to make it pay, just trying to get noticed. "Backbeat, the talkin' blues" suggests a blues song, which is spoken rather than sung, and only has a quiet, simple guitar beat, but deep, meaningful lyrics. "The Walk of Life" could have a few interpretations. One being that "Walk of Life" is this subway guitarists greatest song, and the keyboard bit played after ...Do the Walk of Life..." is a brief representation of this song. This seems appropriate when you take into account Dire Straits pentiant for working subtle redundancy into their songs, i.e. a song written about itself, or a song about a band who is, in many ways, Dire Straits themselves. Another interpretation is that the Walk of Life is the cycle this young guitarist is going through, waiting to be noticed. Waking up, hitting the tunnels, playing his thing, and going home. | |
| Ramones – Blitzkrieg Bop Lyrics | 21 years ago |
| Ok, one thing, no disrespect but Morrison was a hippie, The Dolls were awsome rock, and Iggy was just fucking insane. The Ramones were the first true state-side punks. The whole punk thing originated in the UK as a was of expressing disdain for the government and the economic situation in the UK at the time. Blitzkreig translates roughly to Flash War or Fast War, something to that effect though Lightning Strike, Lightning War, and Lightning War are other common translations. I feel Blitzkrieg Bop was a song about the only punk-defined dance there was at the time, which was Mosh. Moshing was typically done somewhat to the beat of the song and with the "lightning" quick pace of Blitzkrieg Bop I bet from stage it looked like a high-speed brawl in the crowd. This I think is the meaning of the song | |
| Metallica – Whiskey in the Jar (Thin Lizzy cover) Lyrics | 21 years ago |
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Maybe this will help everyone, I love metal, but being Irish I love Irish Folk songs too, Here I will list all the differences between the Metallica and Folk versions Metallica: "...Cork and Kerry Mountains... Folk: "...Far Famed Kerry Mountains Metallica: "...or the devil he may take ya..." Folk: "...For ye were a bold deciever..." Metallica: "I took all of his money and it was a pretty penny" Folk: "I counted out his money and it made a pretty penny" Metallica: "I took all of his money yeah I took it home to Molly" Folk: I put it in me pocket and I took it home to Jenny" Metallica: "She swore that she'd love me, never would she leave me" Folk: "She sidled and she swore that she never would decieve me" Metallica: "But the devil take that woman for you know she treat me easy" Folk: "But the devil take the women for they never can be easy" Metallica: "Whack for the daddy-o" Folk: "Whack Fol-de-dol-de-o" Metallica: "Being drunk and weary I went to Molly's chamber Takin' my money with me and I never knew the danger For about six or maybe seven in walked Captain Farrell I jumped up, fired off my pistols and I shot him with both barrels" Folk: "I went into my chamber all for to take a slumber I dreamt of gold and jewels and for sure it was no wonder That Jenny drew me charges and she filled 'em up with water Then sent for Captain Farrell to be ready for the slaughter" Metallica:-Nothing- Folk: " 'Twas early in the morning just before I rose to travel Up comes a band of thug men and likewise Captain Farrell I first produced me pistol for she'd stolen away me rapier but I couldn't shoot the water so a prisoner I was taken" Metallica: "Now some men like the fishin' and some men like the fowlin' And some men like ta hear, ta hear cannon ball a roarin' Me I like sleepin' specially in my Molly's chamber But here I am in prison, here I am with a ball and chain yeah" Folk: "Now there's some take delight in the carriages a rollin' and others take delight in the harley and the bowling but I take delight in the juice of the barley and courting pretty fair maids in the morning bright and early" Metallica: -Nothing- Folk: "If anyone can aid me, tis me brother in the army If I can find his station in Cork or in Killarney and if he'll go with we'll go rovin' in Killkenney and I'm sure he'll treat me better than me only sporting Jenny" Maybe these difference will help you decipher the true meaning of this song. Hope I helped. |
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