| Kyprios – Never Say Goodbye Lyrics | 16 years ago |
|
I interpret this as Kyprios speaking from the perspective of a deceased person; talking to a loved one from up above and telling them to dry their eyes and live their life to the fullest. Reassuring the one who lost him that death is just a natural part of life. "...first the sun then the night falls we're all on borrowed time..." A beautiful, hopeful song. |
|
| k-os – Crabbuckit Lyrics | 20 years ago |
|
Here is a part of a transcript from a recent interview Much Music had with k-os. It explains what "Crabbuckit" is about. ------------------------------------------ > Matte: NICE, MAN, NICE. SO-- AND SPEAKING ABOUT YOUR MUSIC AND "CRABBUCKIT," I THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF WEIRD-- WELL, NOT WEIRD-- SHOULD I SAY I WOULDN'T EXPECT THE SONG TO BE SUNG BY A CANADIAN BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE TERM ORIGINATED FROM LOUISIANA, RIGHT? WHAT WERE YOUR MOTIVATIONS ON THAT TRACK? > I MEAN, I HAD ALWAYS HEARD, I SAW THAT-- I SAW THAT TERM IN THE MOVIE "BAMBOOZLED." WATCH "BAMBOOZLED"; IT'S A GOOD MOVIE. BUT I SAW HIM TALKING ABOUT THAT, CRABS IN A BUCKET, BUT I THINK THAT'S JUST HOW I FELT AFTER I GOT OFF TOUR WITH THE ROOTS AND I CAME BACK TO TORONTO. EVEN THOUGH I WASN'T GOING OUT A LOT, I GOT THIS VIBE THAT-- I DIDN'T WANT-- IT'S ALMOST LIKE IN TORONTO SOMETIMES ARTISTS DON'T WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO START DISSING THEM-- LIKE THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE-- IT'S LIKE PEOPLE SORT OF FEEL LIKE THEY WOULD RATHER GET FIVE-- FIVE STARS IN AN INDEPENDENT MAGAZINE THAN ACTUALLY TAKE THEIR CAREER TO THE NEXT LEVEL. AND I FELT THAT THAT WAS HOLDING ME BACK IN A WAY. I FELT LIKE TORONTO IS SUCH A COOL CITY. THERE'S NO MAINSTREAM IN TORONTO, SO BASICALLY WHY WOULD YOU TRY TO MAKE A RECORD THAT, YOU KNOW, WAS COMMERCIAL? YOU CAN JUST BASICALLY STILL GET LOVE FROM PEOPLE BY DOING SOMETHING THAT'S VERY OBSCURE AND UNDERGROUND. WELL, I SORT OF WANTED TO JUMP PAST THAT, LIKE THAT WAS HOLDING ME BACK FROM MAKING THE MUSIC THAT I REALLY LOVED, WHETHER INSPIRED BY THE POLICE OR THE BEATLES OR BOB DYLAN OR, YOU KNOW, DURAN DURAN OR LIKE BOBBY McFERRIN. I DON'T REALLY CARE. I JUST LIKE LOVE EVERYTHING. SO THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. I FELT THAT THE CRAB IN THE BUCKET WAS NOT JUST-- EVERYBODY, WAS MYSELF, WAS MY WHOLE THING, MENTALITY OF GROWING UP IN CANADA AND THINKING THAT I COULD ONLY MAKE MUSIC THAT SOUNDED LIKE THIS, OR I WANT TO BE SO COOL ALL THE TIME. LIKE FORGET ABOUT BEING COOL. IT'S LIKE YOU CAN BE COOL AND NEVER ACTUALLY MAKE MUSIC THAT'S PROLIFIC, BUT I WOULD RATHER BE LIKE OUT THERE AND DOING WHAT I DO AND HAVE PEOPLE QUESTION WHAT I DO BUT BE LOVING WHAT I DO AND DO A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT THINGS. |
|
* This information can be up to 15 minutes delayed.