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| Arctic Monkeys – Brianstorm Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Just seen them at Glastonbury - this song is absolutely awesome live - like being machine gunned into submission. |
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| Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – Julia's Song Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I agree entirely - great song. Interestingly not written by Andy or Paul but by a woman called Julia Kneale, who was a member of The Id and who I believe was Andy's girlfriend at the time. Hence 'Julia's Song'. |
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| Pet Shop Boys – Dreaming Of The Queen Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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The song is about AIDS and its effect on the gay community (before retroviral drugs arrived), hence 'there were no more lovers left alive'. Waking up in a sweat was a symptom of AIDS.
Obviously love never lasted in the Queen's family for other reasons. The song was on 'Very', released in 1994 (three years before Diana died in Paris) - obviously you won't hear it on the radio now which is a great shame because it is an excellent song. |
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| Pet Shop Boys – Dreaming Of The Queen Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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The song is about AIDS and its effect on the gay community (before retroviral drugs arrived), hence 'there were no more lovers left alive'. Waking up in a sweat was a symptom of AIDS.
Obviously love never lasted in the Queen's family for other reasons. The song was on 'Very', released in 1994 (three years before Diana died in Paris) - obviously you won't hear it on the radio now which is a great shame because it is an excellent song. |
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| The Stone Roses – Driving South Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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With all their biblical imagery (I Wanna Be Adored, I Am The Resurrection, Love Spreads), they had to write a song about the devil, didn't they? Kind of covers the same soul-stealing territory as The Devil Went Down To Georgia and Tribute. A great example of what a fantastic rhythm section Mani and Reni were. |
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| Tori Amos – Happy Phantom Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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I think Confucious fits in with the characters she sees because she is dead, and they are all dead too. So she can see Confucious, Judy Garland etc. I always thought the 'seven little men' were the seven dwarves (as in Snow White) although why they'd be there (as cartoon characters) I don't know. Anyway, I think this is one of Tori's gems, mostly because the whole thing just sounds like a slightly silly take on being dead until she throws in the killer lines:
'Will you still call for me when she falls asleep
Or do we soon forget the things we cannot see'
Not that I have experience of this (luckily), but people do sometimes quickly fall in love again after a lover has gone. |
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| The Cure – Catch Lyrics
| 21 years ago
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Sorry, explodinggirl, the lyrics are right - 'And I sometimes even tried to catch her - but never even caught her name' - which the whole point of calling the song 'Catch' don't you think? |
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