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| Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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Sorry to dispute you ThatGuitarGuy, but that studio was known as Muscle Shoals. Run "muscle shoals studio" in a search engine and you will see. |
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| Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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Sorry to dispute you ThatGuitarGuy, but that studio was known as Muscle Shoals. Run "muscle shoals studio" in a search engine and you will see. |
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| Bruce Springsteen – 57 Channels Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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Actually stoolhardy it means a lot more than that. The "57 Channels" are merely indicative of the ennui that the character feels. Even though he has it all, he still feels empty and cannot connect with others (including his wife) in a meaningful way. Springsteen uses the television as a metaphor, with it's facade promises and "reality" shows to envince this lack of fufillment and alienation that so many feel. The couple in the song think they can find the answers to their problems by pointing their satellite dish, like a beacon to the gods, "into the stars". But the message that comes back is void of anything genuine. This is what is significant about the Elvis reference. Ostensibly he had everything, but nothing that was emotionally real. |
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| Bruce Springsteen – The Rising Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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Right for the most part res87cue, but it is clear that when he "sees Mary in her garden" he is now a ghost. Sad I know but Springsteen tempers this with the beautiful "dream of life" echos that let us know that the fire fighter's afterlife is one where he will cherish the life that he had and not dwell on his death. The bridge also deals with the spirit world too as the rescuers encounter specters in the stairwell. Springsteen hasn't really dealt with the supernatural before because most of his lyrical prowess comes from existentialism, but here it works. |
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| Lynyrd Skynyrd – Sweet Home Alabama Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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Wow I never knew that so much misinformation could be found on one site:
1. The boys were from Florida, not Lousiana.
2. Muscle Shoals is a famous studio in AL (how can people who claim to know so much about rock music not know this--so many classic records were made there?)
3. The reason Skynyrd choose Alabama to rave about was in response to two Neil Young songs: "Southern Man" and "Alabama", which both dealt with racism in the south. Without a doubt Van Zandt meant this as a swipe at "ol' Neil", but Neil lessened the tension by making light of the lines and claiming to be honored by the mention.
4. Along with John Lennon's "Imagine" this is one of the most recognized songs in which people will sing with glee while having no idea the origins of the true content. "Imagine" is a communist manifesto set to weepy piano chords and this is a pean to segregation. |
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