| Harry McClintock – Big Rock Candy Mountain Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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This song isn't by Harry McClintock! It's an old hobo ballad, said to lure children into hobo life. In this recording, McClintock left out the last verse, which went like this: "The punk rolled up his big blue eyes And said to the jocker, "Sandy, I've hiked and hiked and wandered too, But I ain't seen any candy. I've hiked and hiked till my feet are sore And I'll be damned if I hike any more To be buggered sore like a hobo's whore In the Big Rock Candy Mountains." |
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| The Donnas – 40 Boys In 40 Nights Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Things change. | |
| MxPx – Sick Boy Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I'm wondering if it has anything thing to do with Sick Boy from Trainspotting, by Irvine Welsh? | |
| Ramones – Judy Is a Punk Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Wow. Looks like you guys have really got down to what he meant when he wrote this song. | |
| X-Ray Spex – Oh Bondage Up Yours! Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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The last two comments are the only right ones. Why do you think Marion Elliot renamed herself Poly Styrene? It was to say to everyone; "Consuming has created me, do you like the product?" |
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| Ramones – 53rd & 3rd Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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This is fucking hilarious and saddening at the same time. "Try listening to some real punk bands like the clash, the ramones and the sex pistols" Here it seems like when people recommend real punk rock, the only three bands they can think of are those three. Who also happen to be the most famous... coincidence? I think not. Jesus Christ, branch out a bit from the stereotipicly well know punk bands. Have you ever heard of the x-rayspex, the dead boys, or the subhumans? Come on. |
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| The Rolling Stones – Under My Thumb Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Right, one more thing. About the last part of your comment. You'd think that the girl would be insulted and embarassed, not complimented, because it's not just him sitting back and laughing at her, it's him telling millions of people how he's taking advantage of you, and you're just going along with it. |
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| The Rolling Stones – Under My Thumb Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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"I wouldn't get offended if a guy sang this to me, because this song just sounds incredible. Whoever he's singing about, the girl had them write a song about her. that's pretty cool if you ask me." Shows how much self respect you have, subterranean summer. Put aside the fact the it's sounds "incredible", the guy has complete control over you, your doing everything he wants, and he's sitting back laughing at you. A few people here have said that this song isn't insulting because it sounds so good. Might I say, WHAY THE HELL? Just because it's got a good beat, that doesn't change the lyrics. And I'm not saying you should hate the song because of the lyrics, I'm just saying you shouldn't disregard them completely. |
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| Nine Inch Nails – Hurt Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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"big fat faggot eaters"? What is this? Second grade? |
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| Elliott Smith – Needle in the Hay Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Just because he wasn't on heroine at that point in his career doesn't rule out the possiblity of the song being about drugs. It could be about past experiences. | |
| Dayglo Abortions – Oh Wendy O Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Obviosly a tribute to Wendy O. Williams of The Plasmatics, who killed herself by shot to the head on April 6, 1998. But you already knew that didn't you? |
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| Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| And squirrellgirl00 is obviosly right, because the book Go Ask Alice was named after the lyrics in this song. | |
| Jefferson Airplane – White Rabbit Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I'm betting a few people have corrected you already but I'm not going to read every single post. Anyways... shauncreaney: I'm not quite sure what you mean when you reffer to the "alice in wonderland acid trip" but the rumour about Lewis Carrol being on acid while he wrote Alice in Wonderland is a myth. He wrote it around the mid 19th century. Acid wasn't invented until 100 years later, and wasn't widely used until the 60's. "If you can remember anything about the sixties, you weren't really there." - Paul Kantner |
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| Elliott Smith – Needle in the Hay Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Someone mentioned (a lot) earlier that they thought that elliot smith likes to make up lines that have two meanings... or refer to two different things. I think that "you ought to be proud that I'm getting good marks" is mainly reffering to grades... He's in denial that he's a junkie and his friends and/ or family are trying to get him to accept that he is... i.e: "The first step to recovering is admitting that you have a problem" But he's sort of saying to them "It's not a problem, I'm still getting good grades even though I'm on heroine.. If I were a junkie I'd be ruining my life wouldn't I? And if I'm doing well in school I'm obviously not ruining my life." Also it's seems like a pun, like a lot of people have mentioned, about track marks. |
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| Nine Inch Nails – Hurt Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Societys_reject37: Just to clarify a few things... The downward spiral: released in '94 Johnny Cash's version was his last song he did, a few months before he died, which was September 12, 2003. As a lot of people have pointed out, this song is not about self mutilation. It's about drugs. The first verse seems to me like he's trying to temporarily block out his pain by shooting up... but it's not working anymore, even though it used to, because his problems have grown to big or he's gotten too used to this way of coping with things. |
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