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| Ween – Molly Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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One of the boys (can't remember which one) had a dog called Molly, dunno if he still does. He used to carry a picture of her in his wallet :) |
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| The Streets – Fit But You Know It Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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[quote=brown_polyester]and wots even worse r teh ppl hu tink there smrt but dey rn't. do u no ne thing bout dose ppl, lilrachi? [/quote]
I LOL'd. |
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| Mr Scruff – Fish Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Scruff scours second-hand and charity shops digging out old records (often kids stories on vinyl) that he then mashes up into tracks like "Fish".
This was my #1 favourite for annoying my humourless and dour indie-kid friends, along with Shanty Town. ^_^ |
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| The Pogues – The Irish Rover Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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No idea if the eponymous ship existed or not, but the Irish Rover as a song has been covered many times by a lot of different groups - it's a traditional Irish folk song. :) |
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| Ween – The Rainbow Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Yes, but sometimes people take the "homo" out, presumably to make it less 'offensive'.
People are weird. |
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| Ween – Fluffy Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I always thought the "But big sister penny" line was actually, "The pig says to Penny, get Fluffy back on the porch".
Which would mean some cop told them not to let Fluffy chase the other doggies, so they're all sitting on the porch feeling annoyed. That's the way I always read it. |
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| Ween – Even If You Don't Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Why does it need to be through the perspective of a partner? There's two guys in the band. Gene's been in rehab for drugs. |
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| Ween – I'm Dancing in the Show Tonight Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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The Mollusk sleeve notes say that this tune was stolen outright from "Are My Ears On Straight", which I believe is by Gayla Peevey. It's a song about a doll.
"Are My Ears On Straight, Is my nose in place
Have I got a cute expression on my face?
Are my blue eyes bright, Do I look all right?
To be taken home Christmas Day?" |
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| Ween – Cold Blows The Wind Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Yeah, in the sleeve notes of the Mollusk, it's credited as a "Chinese Spiritual". But it is indeed a British folk song, and you can hear many versions of it on the folk circuit over here. Not sure why Ween have credited it the way they have. |
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| Ween – Candi Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Isn't there shouting in the background of this one? One of the guys shouting the name of the one singing over and over again, like he's trying to get his attention? But the singing one is like, stuffing his face with junk food and is ignoring him or something? |
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| King Missile – Sensitive Artist Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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John wrote this about himself, lolz. Obviously he's being quite tongue-in-cheek - I read an interview in which he said that he does actually behave like this sometimes. Luckily, he's got a good eye for the behaviour of others and himself, so he can recognise it for what it is and laugh at it (and himself in the process). A good poem. |
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| King Missile – Jesus Was Way Cool Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I remember reading an interview with John where he said he liked to take figures that weren't typically 'fashionable' and support them, a sort of subversion of the more usual modern method of saying "f*ck the Man" or whatever. I also recall he did get some abuse at concerts from certain fundy groups who thought he was being sarcastic, which was a real shame. |
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| Sneaker Pimps – Low Place Like Home Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I think it's a song about a silly little teenager. The quote by Liam that Thornykin posted just supports that.
"Oh, I gotta go to school. Oh, I gotta take classes. Oh, I gotta do homework. Aw, life is hard, man!"
And so on. |
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| Morcheeba – Otherwise Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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"They're stressing me like you" stanza should be:
A specimen like you
I would love to obtain
I asked a tedious guy
If he'd tell me your name
I'd love to impress you
With a back somersault... |
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| Morcheeba – Aqualung Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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PS: "You drill at night
Says truth or lies"
Should be:
"Your gelignite
Sets truth alight" |
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| Morcheeba – Aqualung Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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PS: "You drill at night
Says truth or lies"
Should be:
"Your gelignite
Sets truth alight" |
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| Morcheeba – Over And Over Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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It's just about how life can be confusing, but she doesn't regret any of the choices she's made. She'd like, as we all do, to meet a kindred soul. |
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| Morcheeba – Aqualung Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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It's about a couple who're having relationship troubles and battling with each other. The end stanza I think indicates that they're going to make up eventually. |
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| Ween – Waving My Dick In The Wind Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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Of course it has a meaning. It's about a guy who's got really, really drunk (lost in the sauce once again), and is driving drunkenly down the road with a cop car coming up behind him, and it sounds as though he's waving his dick out the car window. At the cop, more than likely.
No idea why the hell Jimmy Wilson comes into it, though. |
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| Ween – The H.I.V. Song Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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I actually think the silly music backing track interspersed with the "AIDS", "HIV" bit is a message for you to have fun, enjoy yourself - but remember there's stuff like AIDS and HIV waiting to trip you up if you're not careful.
Ween also do songs that talk about gay people and the gay community quite frequently (in a sympathetic light, for all the inevitable homophobes reading), and I wouldn't be surprised if this one is connected. |
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| Ween – Spinal Meningitis (Got Me Down) Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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I always skip this one as well.
I do understand that it's a sort of "yeah, thanks a bunch big man jesus, way to go for letting us have shit like this", song.
But, yeah - I don't like to sit and listen to it. |
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| Ween – I'm Holding You Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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My sister is convinced this song is about taking 'shrooms, and she's successfully managed to convince me of the same.
Everything about it really does just scream "I'M TAKING MUSHROOMS AND TALKING RUBBISH!" |
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| Ween – Buckingham Green Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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I do think it's very acid inspired (even if not about acid), even the guitar solo (wich is absolutely incredible, btw) has that hardcore-trippy sort of feel to it. |
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| Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – O'Malley's Bar Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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The themes of flying, swooping, wings and so on also calls to mind Poe's The Raven (he does also mention "raven" in the song as well).
Hadn't really thought of it from the Angel of Death angle, but knowing Cave's influences it makes perfect sense. |
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| Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Loverman Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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I know "Do You Love Me (part 2)" actually *is* about child molestation, having read an interview with Cave that said just that.
On the other hand, I don't think I agree it applies to this one, I don't think it's sinister enough. I think the self-deprecating stuff is aimed at a lifelong partner who knows the flaws of the hero but who accepts him all the same. |
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| Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Lovely Creature Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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He's a nutter. It's as simple as that.
It's as though his favourite persona is this lunatic who sees a woman as a delicate, pretty little flower, then is consumed by some insane rage that leads him to either chop her up into tiny little pieces, or stalk her until she asks the police for a new identity.
The whole song has a fantastic air of madness about it, though, and "oh, the sands, my lovely creature, and the mad moaning winds" verse brings up images that you'd be more likely to have after munching strange cactuses in the desert. Very trippy and engaging. |
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