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Reel Big Fish – Sell Out Lyrics

20 years ago

I love this song. It's the first song I ever remember hearing the jazz combo play when I was a freshman, and I had no idea who it was by. Now I'm in the jazz combo, and I'm trying to learn this song (I play bass) and it's tough to get it up to tempo, but I'm working soooo hard at it because I'm in love with it and desperately want to play it, and if I can't the guy who graduated last year gets to. How cool would it be to play this song in band??

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Counting Crows – St. Robinson In His Cadillac Dream Lyrics

20 years ago

Sometimes I think it was just written to sound nice--and for the imagery of Cadillacs and ballerinas. But I think it could also be about someone whose expectations for himself and for the world are too high, and are never met. "I keep thinking tomorrow is coming today, so I am endlessly waiting." He's waiting for something that's never going to come on time. And "from where you think you'll end up to the state that you're in, your reflection approaches and then recedes again" I think refers to his not being where he wants to be in life.

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The Doors – L.A. Woman Lyrics	20 years ago
My dad and I blew out the speakers in my mom's car playing this song at full blast on the way to my swim practice at 5:00 in the morning.

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The Knack – My Sharona Lyrics

20 years ago

It seems like all of The Knack's songs just perfectly embody what it's like to be a sex-obsessed teenager. Like the whole album, "Get the Knack"--it will probably always remind me of people I knew in high school. And I wouldn't call them a one-hit wonder. Well, maybe The Knack only had one hit song, but the entire album I mentioned is awesome. I actually can't believe that The Knack has only one entry. "Oh Tara," "Good Girls Don't," "Let Me Out," "(She's So) Selfish"....they're all great songs, I thought more people would listen to them! As a side note, I also love Weird Al's "My Bologna."

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Earth, Wind & Fire – Got To Get You Into My Life Lyrics

20 years ago

I agree, I think it's just about being young, happy, and in love. We just got it in one of the jazz bands I'm in at school, and the bass part is a killer for me to play...my director was telling me to watch this video of Earth, Wind, and Fire's bassist and how animated he is and that I should play it like it's a solo, and I just sat there and laughed because I'm more or less the shyest kid in the ensemble, and I'm definately not a showboat kind of bassist. But now I really want to see film of this band performing live!

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Counting Crows – Perfect Blue Buildings Lyrics

20 years ago

I always kinda thought it was about dying...I'm not that good at analyzing lyrics though. That's just what it sounds like to me, because perfect blue buildings sound peaceful, like heaven, and "get me a little oblivion" makes it seem like he's intending to die. Or maybe not something so drastic, maybe it'd be more like an emotional death. But because he says, "help me stay awake," I think he wants something more to live for.

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They Might Be Giants – Another First Kiss Lyrics

20 years ago

It makes me happy because it makes it seem like even when you run out of things to say, give it enough time and there can be a new beginning. I found it comforting, because I just broke up (or "am taking a break" if that even means anything) with the person that I had my first kiss for that reason, that the romance just wasn't interesting anymore. But we're still friends, and I'm hoping that eventually we'll be able to have another first kiss.

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Third Eye Blind – Semi-Charmed Life Lyrics

20 years ago

This is my swim meet anthem...I always go faster when I play it in my mind during and before a race. I guess I always kind of knew it was about drugs and sex, though I definately didn't catch all the references...but I choose to pretend it's about the insanity of life, where nothing's ever as good as you want it to be but you keep going and keep smiling anyway...and you look for motivation in yourself to get through it, sometimes you can, sometimes you can't. I know that's not what it's about, but that's what it feels like to me. I can pretend.

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