| Skunk Anansie – Intellectualise My Blackness Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| This sounds like it was very much based on personal experiences. I wonder who she is singing about? | |
| Elton John – I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I reckon it's about sex! I think 'blue' has a double meaning here. Obviously he misses this girl (I'm assuming we're talking about a girl here, if the lyrics are by Bernie, are they?), and so the blues obviously refer to that, but the song seems particularly centered on the physical aspects of being with someone. So I'm thinking the title of the song is based on making a connection between the blues of missing someone and the blue in 'blue movie'. He misses the physical. Hmmm, just my opinion. | |
| Hüsker Dü – New Day Rising Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Do not underestimate this song. This is the opener to New Day Rising, and it sets the scene nicely. A wall of sound consisting of distorted guitars, breakneck drums, and some from-the-bowels screaming, all building up to a crescendo, then pulling back, then building up again. I love it when the instruments cut out intermittently and the rythm takes over. Sends shiver down my spine and leads magnificently into 'The Girl From Heaven Hill'. No-one but the Huskers could make such a visceral song from shouting and noise. A thing of beauty. | |
| Snow Patrol – Ways and Means Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| Definitely a break-up. the relationship's ran its course and it's difficult for him to convince himself otherwise. As for the looking away, if, like me, you're a rubbish liar, you just don't say anything, look away, keep the other person from seeing what your eyes could betray. | |
| Hüsker Dü – No Promise Have I Made Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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It's impossible to decide which of HD's two scribes, Hart and Mould, are the more versatile. I think this is one of Hart's best. This is a deeply affecting balland, and it's all the more admirable for its candour. It seems to combine genuine affection with resignation to an imminent breakup, and it does this well, treading a difficult line between mawkishness and disinterest. (at least that's my interpretation) If you consider this this alongside 'The Girl of Heaven Hill', a frenetic tour de force in power punk, you can begin to see how much range Grant had, and if anything, he was the minor contributor to the group alongside Mould, who is also rather talented. This goes part of the way to explaining how influential HD were. It's amazing how much of alternative rock and even mainstream rock, owes to what they produced in their brief but prolific career. I hope many fans of contemporary alternative rock rediscover Husker Du alongside other bands like The Replacements and Sonic Youth. They're very underappreciated. |
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| Hüsker Dü – No Promise Have I Made Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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It's impossible to decide which of HD's two scribes, Hart and Mould, are the more versatile. I think this is one of Hart's best. This is a deeply affecting balland, and it's all the more admirable for its candour. It seems to combine genuine affection with resignation to an imminent breakup, and it does this well, treading a difficult line between mawkishness and disinterest. (at least that's my interpretation) If you consider this this alongside 'The Girl of Heaven Hill', a frenetic tour de force in power punk, you can begin to see how much range Grant had, and if anything, he was the minor contributor to the group alongside Mould, who is also rather talented. This goes part of the way to explaining how influential HD were. It's amazing how much of alternative rock and even mainstream rock, owes to what they produced in their brief but prolific career. I hope many fans of contemporary alternative rock rediscover Husker Du alongside other bands like The Replacements and Sonic Youth. They're very underappreciated. |
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