| The Microphones – Headless Horseman Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| This is the story of a Hessian soldier whose head was blown off by a canon in the American Revolutionary War. | |
| The Chap – Carlos, Walter, Wendy, Stanley Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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DrRoy is on the right track. The song is about the beginnings of electronic music. Wendy Carlos (electronic music pioneer) was born Walter Carlos, but later had a sex change: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendy_Carlos (Wendy was the operator later). Stanley is Stanley Kubrick, who used Wendy Carlos' music in A Clockwork Orange and The Shining. Delia is Delia Derbyshire: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delia_Derbyshire or BBC radiophonic music fame. They were making electronic music in the 60's long before digital synths, and even before analog synths by laboriously splicing tape samples. Delia largely stopped making music when it became too "easy" with the introduction of custom built synthesizers. (Delia, said she wasn’t proper, clocked her) That line also maybe makes a play on the distinction between feeding cut tape through a tape machine at different speeds (no clock) vs. the Moog, which used a clock signal to generate its tones. I'm probably missing a lot here, since I don't get the reference to graduation or the degree show. But I would say the lyrics definitely have a significance. |
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| The Microphones – Universe (3) Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| The narrator describes his solitary sisyphean struggle against an uncaring environment and uncertain future, but remains self assured. | |
| Great Lake Swimmers – I Could Be Nothing Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| The artist uses beach imagery, expansive in time and space, to reflect upon ontological elements defined only in opposition to one another. | |
| The Knife – Reindeer Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I think it's "hooves light as feathers," not the moons. Reindeer are able to fly thanks in part to their hooves, which are more aerodynamic than those of other ungulates. It has nothing to do with the moon. That's just ridiculous. | |
| The Microphones – Universe (3) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Isn't the line at the end "and ohhhh how hidden tomorrow morning is" ... It makes a lot more sense. |
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| Holopaw – Abraham Lincoln Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Thanks for posting these. I have a couple suggestions. ... Clouds rush in and lose focus Afraid if he drops his glance into this room ... ... Not to pass any judgment ... ... And the room fills with aquarium light Cursive in a tangle on the wall And the grizzly lies in deep deep slumber Call me crazy, but does it sound like he's saying 'abraham lake,' not 'abraham lincoln'? And I think 'life' should be 'light' It's great music, but I get the feeling the vocals aren't supposed to be deciphered. Ambient muttering and such... |
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