| Cake – Frank Sinatra Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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It's great to read all of your comments, there are some excellent interpretations here and of course none are wrong. Even if CAKE had a certain intention for a specific message to be taken, if you take another it simply adds to the song's meaning. My interpretation is rather simple. The old man is collecting old artefacts in the knowledge that 'he'll be rich someday'. The old man has lived long enough to know that history repeats itself, akin to the 'old skipping record' , therefore his collections will one day be of high value. Cross reference with 'Sad Songs and Waltzes' in which CAKE tell of a cheating lover whose crimes won't be listened to because 'sad songs and waltzes aren't selling this year' and it's a warning that even if people try to hide the truth, in the end there will be a moment when someone will be listening the truth will out. I agree with the interpretations already made of the radio signal, but would like to add my own. The source of the signal, like a collapsed star, may have ceased long ago or may play completely new music at the same time that Frank Sinatra has reached stars far away. I apply this to the old man, who may die soon but he will leave a legacy. Summary: art/music/collections of fine things are a way to become immortal (this is of course partially self-referential on CAKE's behalf). |
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| Motion City Soundtrack – Don't Call It A Comeback Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| "By will alone we set our minds in motion", Is a paraphrase of a line from the film Dune. I haven't read the book so couldn't tell you if it's in there or not. Just a random factoid. | |
| I Mother Earth – I Is Us Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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This song is about the closely-linked natures of sex and violence. As all members of the band are male, one would expect any comments made on sexual partners to be comments on females. The lines 'You make me so/Mysogynous/When I is us' imply that the violent desires brewing in the male lover are the fault of the female. The male lover seems caught in a mixture of an angel/demon dichotomic view of those he becomes 'us' with. I think it's too easy to only see this song through a feminist view as outlined above. In the first verse, the writer seems to view the whole World as an endangerment disguised within beauty - assholes in wonder. It is only within the encasement of another that he gains safety. It is also too easy to see this song as about the male getting sadomasochistic control over the female. The images of his 'blue eyes rolled over', his sweat, not being able to 'shout' or 'roll over' are those of a human being tortured. It's more about masochism than misogyny really. I Mother Earth would never sink to woman-hating. |
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