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| Pavement – Cut Your Hair Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I've always thought it was:
Charge it like a puzzle
Hitmen wearin' muzzles
Hesitate, you die
I love that imagery, of hitmen wearing muzzles- and it fits really well with 'hesitate, you die'.
And it's definitely:
i don't remember lyin'
i don't remember a line
i don't remember a word
but i don't care... |
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| Pavement – Home Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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It's interesting to hear the difference between the original recorded version and the live one on the luxe and reluxe bonus disc- with the laid-back flat noise of the original and the raw, more emotionally driven performance on luxe. Personally I prefer the latter, but the original is also great. |
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| Pavement – So Stark (You're a Skyscraper) Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I have no idea how I never made the spiral stairs connection. I will hit myself.
I think it might be about a girl who has humble begins but blossoms (she's a real debutante) into a social-ladder climbing golddigger but then finds that her life of luxury leaves her bored and empty, |
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| Pavement – Elevate Me Later Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I always thought the first line was
"Well you're greeted with tokens and stamps"
and
"I'd like to check out your bumbling protest"
But I guess I'm probably wrong. |
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| The Cure – Trap Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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i totally disagree with jancsibohoc. It probably works for both men and women. It's the feeling of being in a relationship where the partner has been consumed with setting little traps, 'testing' the other's love and waiting around to pounce on every mistake. It's the feeling of being pushed away by such behaviour and ceasing to give a fuck. |
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| Pavement – Secret Knowledge of Backroads Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I tried to be as accurate as possible with these lyrics, but corrections are welcome. Really thought it deserved to be up here cos it's probably among the most beautiful songs pavement ever did, it's got a great melancholy quality to it. Lyrically it's standard cryptic SM, but it seems to allude to a musician who's success is all behind him and is on a downward spiral or something. |
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| The Cure – Bananafishbones Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I think that makes 2 salinger references on the top... in the title track smith sings "walking these gorgeous blocks", which I think is paraphrased from Catcher in the Rye. |
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| The Cure – Club America Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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This is definitely my favourite song from WMS, the guitar during "you're such a wonderful person...etc" sounds a lot like 'The Man Who Sold the World' by David Bowie. |
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| Pavement – Transport Is Arranged Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I like how absurd it is to suggest that SM has ever been taught by a voice coach, that line makes me laugh every time. This is one of my favourite pavement songs. |
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| Damon Albarn – Herculean Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I think it's "standing on the dark canal", it's part of the 'dirty old town' reference in the first two lines. On the site, it actually says 'old canal', which is directly out of DOT, but it definitely sounds more like dark canal. |
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| Graham Coxon – You & I Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I love graham Coxon. This isn't the best song off his new album, but then again every one is briliant. |
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| Pulp – Wickerman Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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This song is just amazing. He's following the river through the passage of his life. There's a certain amount of child-like fascination that the river is even there. It's so beautifu; and life-affirming. |
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| Blur – Death of a Party Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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There are some clear references to AIDS:
The death of the teenager
Standing on his own
Why did he bother?
Should have slept alone
But I don't think that's all it's about. |
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| Blur – Day Upon Day Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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I really want to do a cover of this song, only make it sound better (it's not blur's finest hour). |
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| Blur – I Know Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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This is quite a nice song that I just discovered on the US version of Leisure, it's no substitute for Sing, though ('Sing' isn't on the US version). |
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| Gorillaz – Slow Country Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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This is my favourite Gorillaz song. It almost has a reggae feel but I hate reggae, it 's like reggae, trip hop and music hall all in one. Damon is a genius. |
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| Blur – Look Inside America Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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And the whole world
Could pass through me
But I don't know if it means much to me
The way Damon sings that is just brill. |
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| Blur – You're So Great Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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He has to, it's te law. Think Tank was brilliant but I doon't think they could do something like that again. |
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| Blur – M.O.R. Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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It's about both those thing, it's about sticking with blur as mates throughout the highs and lows of the music industry. Wish Graham would listen to this... |
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| The Cure – A Forest Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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This sogn has a very german feel to it. In the clip Robert has no make-up and his trademark hair is absent. |
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| The Cure – The Walk Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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I always thought it was about a relationship between two people in a mental assylum (passed the howling woman). The narrator simply has some sort of dementia, whereas the firl has down's syndrome (I saw you look like a japanese baby). Although people with down's syndrome don't generally go to assylums. |
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| Blur – Sing Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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It's on Leisure, but I think they were asked to write it for trainspotting a bit before the film was made. |
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| Blur – Coffee & TV Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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Graham's vocals really add a certain vulnerability you couldn't get with Damon. |
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| Blur – Oily Water Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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Woah, this is hands-down my least favourite blur song ever. It would be a nice trip if graham did his usual brilliant job of blowing it open but he doesn't, it's just far too long and really doesn't fit on MLIR at all. |
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| Blur – Coffee & TV Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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The organ piece at the end doesn't work if you're not listening to it on the album or watching the video. I think the organ piece is brilliant and works very well if you are listening to the album, which is probably why they cut it for Best Of. |
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| Blur – Crazy Beat Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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I reckon 'Me, White Noise' shouldn't have been a secret track and would have made an excellent single. |
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| Blur – Crazy Beat Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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This, along with maybe gene by gene, is one of the weakest tracks on an otherwise brilliant record. It's an alright song, but not representative of the album at all. |
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| Blur – Bang Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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Blur hate this song, having written it in 15 minutes after they were asked to write another hit. Whatever problems it has, it feels very Stephen Street and is in some ways an indication of their future lyrical direction. |
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| Blur – Caramel Lyrics
| 20 years ago
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Like just about every song on 13 (and most blur songs) this is really beautiful. It seems to be about trying to reach a better state after the end of a relationship but also holding on to it in a way (like when you eat a rolo and still have a bit of caramel left on your collar, even though the rolo is finished). |
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