| Gob – Soda Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Several years ago National Review magazine ran an article that listed the 50 Greatest Conservative rock songs of all-time. And while Soda didn't make that list, it should have. The lyrics could easily have been written and sung in the 1950's - and that's actually why I like this song. He and his girl have found pure, true love. They aren't smoking crack or getting hammered together and fighting, or sharing needles; they're drinking soda! I just love that. I mean that to me is pure love, and it makes him so happy he just wants to go...jump in a lake! I hope that some day all of us may find that pure, innocent love where just being with that person and staring into their eyes while sharing a soda could be enough. | |
| Boyz II Men – It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I spent a couple hours searching the net for songs to help me through my break-up with my gf. This one tells my sentiment exactly which is why it made me cry. To me, it's about a guy breaking up with a girl not because he wants to, but because he comes to the harsh realization that he has to. The acapella makes it that much more soulful. | |
| The Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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One of the most powerful and coolest songs ever written. Just look at how many posts there are about this song compared to the other Stones songs! Anyways, I heard this song on the radio today and realised that it references a very cool book im reading, "Crime and Punishment" by Dostoevsky (it's considered a literary classic, first published in 1866 in Russia). I may be going out on a limb here but I believe the line, "Stuck around St. Petersburg when I saw it was a time for a change Killed the Tzar and his ministers" is a reference to the character of Raskolnikov in the book, as well as the entire group of Russian Nihilists (whom Raskolnikov is meant to represent) of the 1860's. Someone earlier said the song references the Bolshevik Revolution which is not quite accurate - the Russian Nihilists preceeded the Bolsheviks by quite a bit. Anyways, in the book Raskolnikov hangs around St.Petersburg for a while when he decides to kill someone. As I understand it, one of the events that inspired the author to write the book was when one young dissafected Russian youth attempted to assasinate the czar. Though he didn't succeed, it was evident that there was something "evil" at work within some of the young people of the day. Dostoevsky examines the morality of killing in his book (amongst several other things) which like the song can in some parts leave you with an unsettled feeling. The same spirit that drove the other evils mentioned in the song is at work again in Crime and Punishment. |
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| Queen – Sail Away Sweet Sister Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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This song is definitely NOT about a 'sister' in the literal sense. "What would YOUR mother say"... Also, he is clearly "in love" with the girl, which is a lot different than simply loving someone. I believe he calls her 'sister', possibly because she is a Christian, which would explain the lines; "Hot child don't you know you're young You got your whole life ahead of you? And you can throw it away too soon Her virginity possibly?? We are clearly talking about a girl who is coming of age so to speak. Another possibility is that their relationship was very close, but not physically intimate, creating a dynamic between the two that resembles that of a brother and sister. Maybe he looked out for her the way a brother would his younger sister. It's obviously a very sad song. Axl Rose used to sing the chorus as an intro before Guns N' Roses played sweet child o' mine. He really captures the essence of the song I think. The writer is in great pain coz shes leaving him. Yet he still loves her beyond words. |
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