| Klaxons – Gravity's Rainbow Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I have read Gravity's Rainbow, I don't really see any similarity between the song and the novel... Klaxon's version seems to be more about what the book represents culturally. | |
| O.A.R. – That Was A Crazy Game Of Poker (34th and 8th) Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| They're actually a rather sub-par band. What would you say that this song is about. It seems like self promotion, and nothing more. | |
| Dan Le Sac vs. Scroobius Pip – Thou Shalt Always Kill Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I first interpreted "kill" as "I just killed that performance" as well. The phoenix thing is in step with the rest of the song. The author is saying that you should do what makes sense, and not listen to what a higher authority says is correct (for their own abitrary reasons). I like "the four elements" of hip-hop part. | |
| Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – The Skin of My Yellow Country Teeth Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I Think this song is also about history of Rock 'n Roll: Its blues and country roots now forgotten... A music witch has lost it origins but eventualy always find a new reason to be, in another places, with another peoples, talking about something else... Well, its my theory: all this album refers to it. Most of time you can listen the songs replacing 'I' by 'Rock n' Roll'. I think they are obcessed by the spirit of Rock 'n roll, its history, and its need of rebirth... But maybe i'm wrong! I actially agree with the music metaphor. The first verse is talking about the blue's redundancy. It exhausted it's own subject matter near the beginning of its cycle, and had begun to rely on false nostalgia over legit ingenuity. "Who will get me to a party Who, do I have yet to meet You, you look a bit like coffee And you taste a little like me How can I keep me from moving Now I need a change of scenery Just listen to me I won't pretend To understand the movement of the wind Or the waves out in the ocean Over the hours I tread softly, slowly, plainly, blindly, oh me!" Party/coffee - African American jazz Taste a bit like me - Elvis borrowing the style of the black jazz musicians Change of scenery / listen to me I wont pretend - Folk music taking foot with honest lyrics and moving singers the movement of the wind - Bob Dylan song, etc Then rock music contines to advance slowly and painfully. I believe that the last two words are them saying that they are the next step. But who knows? |
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| Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Upon This Tidal Wave of Young Blood Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| It's obviously about Iraq. They are condemning the American people for their cowardice, Bush for his arrogance, etc in the war. It's a very good, but shallow song. | |
| Cake – Jesus Wrote A Blank Check Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Yes, I agree with the Tower of Babel reference. The tower was built in order to reach Heaven in our physical bodies to attain proof of its existance, however, God was angered by this (it never took much in the Old Testament) and He destroys the tower, blowing the builders to all corners of the Earth. He then forces them to speak different languages so they can no longer network (hence 'to babel incoharently). In the song I believe that the speaker is is saying that he finds it difficult to have faith and needs proof of God's existance, even though Jesus and his teachings should be all the proof he needs. He continues to lead a 'decadent' life as he burns his earthen fire. | |
| Toploader – Dancing In The Moonlight Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| By the way I was talking about the Elvis Costello version, I've never heard this version. | |
| Toploader – Dancing In The Moonlight Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Try dancing to this song on a date and you'll change your mind about it being terrible. | |
| Elvis Costello – Tramp the Dirt Down Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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"Tramp The Dirt Down" is not a rational protest song, nor is it a well thought-out political manifesto. Its message is simple and direct-- the Margaret Thatcher is evil, and Elvis would take pleasure in her ultimate demise. It was as bitter and savage as anything Costello had ever written, because Costello took the unusual step of actually naming names. When Costello released his anti-Tory diatribe "Pills And Soap" in 1983, he told a concerned BBC censor that the song was about cruelty to animals. There could be no clever parsing of words with this song, which included the memorable line, "When England was the whore of the world, Margaret was her Madam." - Astheygo.com Clearly a cathardic lambasting of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and her policies. Costello has long been a vocal critic of hers and once even remarked that "She doesn't have a soul. She will burn in hell." Powerful. |
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| Elvis Costello – (I Don't Want to Go to) Chelsea Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| In all of Costello's songs, a beautiful girl automatically connotes evil (Watching The Detectives, Lipstick Vogue, etc) for some reason, and I think this song continues that trend. | |
| Elvis Costello – Watching the Detectives Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Motown, imo, is correct. Also, I'd like to comment on the superb drumming in this (especially the opening), Tokyo Storm Warning and Lipstick Vogue. Wow. | |
| Elvis Costello – Watching the Detectives Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Motown, imo, is correct. Also, I'd like to comment on the superb drumming in this (especially the opening), Tokyo Storm Warning and Lipstick Vogue. Wow. | |
| John Fogerty – Deja Vu (All Over Again) Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| The song is commenting on the similarities between the Vietnam War and the Iraq War. | |
| John Legend – Stay With You Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I prefer his live, piano-only performance, though. Find it if you can. It begins with John saying, "Is this on?" |
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| John Legend – Stay With You Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Without a doubt his most soulful and possibly his best. | |
| John Legend – Ordinary People Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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This song is very spiritual, meant to convey an emotion. Try not to be so cynical and clinical in dissecting a song. As I was about to say before I saw Ellie's comment, "It's not Bob Dylan. It's not intended to be." I would also say that Legend was strongly influenced by Stevie Wonder, as was his contemorary, Alicia Keys. This is not necessarily a terrible thing. |
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| Bob Dylan – If You See Her, Say Hello Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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'Sundown, yellow moon, I replay the past I know every scene by heart, they all went by so fast' This is such a typical reaction to lost love, I'm surprised more people don't mention it in their songs more often. So typical, but like "Time is a jetplane, it moves too fast," it comes off as incredibly sincere and beautiful. Perfection in verse. |
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| The Black Eyed Peas – They Don't Want Music Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Kind of ironic concidering that this song was released on the same album as "My Humps." "They Don't Want Music" is basically (emphasis on basically) a social commentary on the degradation of music to a simple array of generic beats and loops. The song has a very Run-DMC-esque feel to it, obviously an homage to the so-called "music" of the past. In my opinion, the Black Eyed Peas are mediocre at best and wouldn't know real music if Prince and Bob Dylan both showed up to lay down the perfect song. It's a shame. | |
| Eric Clapton – Wonderful Tonight Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Can absolutely relate to this song 100%. | |
| Bob Dylan – Shelter from the Storm Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| I think this song is at least loosely based on the Robert Johnson song "Come On In My Kitchen" but written from the opposite viewpoint. | |
| Oasis – Don't Look Back in Anger Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I think it's about John Lennon's death. Think about it, the opening riff is clearly a tribute to 'Imagine,' 'So I start a revolution from my bed 'Cause you said the brains I have went to my head' is also a reference to Lennon and finally, he is saying that when we die, we should not look back in anger at our death because we are headed to a much happier place than this. Sally can wait as her soul slides away. |
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| Joan Osborne – One Of Us Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Not nearly as profound a thought as people seem to believe. | |
| John Mayer – Daughters Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| This song was inspired by a nationally syndacated call-in radio show 'Loveline,' which often deals with unresolved issues from childhood. John Mayer himself is a known fan of the show and once commented that the song was written to the men who had fallen for girls who would do nothing but break their hearts without knowing what they were doing because they were cursed to act out their abandoning past. It's a beautiful song. | |
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