| Regurgitator – Crush the Losers Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Apparently they were approached to provide an entry for an actual Olympics 'tribute album' of sorts, and recorded this in response. Needless to say, the organisers weren't fond of it... | |
| Talking Heads – Animals Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I love the idea of a man utterly crushed by society, outraged and jealous at the freedom of animals, and trying to somehow socially reprimand them ("they're setting a bad example! Think of the children! You'd better stop what you're doing, cats, or you'll never get work in this town again!") for their 'bad behaviour' in a society that they don't even know exists. | |
| Mr. Bungle – Retrovertigo Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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It puts me in mind of seeing the starving on TV, and feeling distanced from them, safely ensconced in privilege ("I'm sheltered by my channel-surfing" "Staring into glassy eyes, mesmerised" "Every famine virtual"). "Is it fashion or disease? / Post-ironic, remains a mouth to feed...", people sneer at ads for charities to feed the Third World starving, but the hungry are still there. "Now I'm finding truth is a ruin / Nauseous end that nobody is pursuing" -- those who clothe themselves in irony are in denial about what they know, and have given up on the ugly 'truth'. The concept of 'retrovertigo' could tie into that ironic detachment -- the enormity of the terrible truth towering in front of you makes you 'dizzy', and you retreat by emotionally detaching yourself. Meanwhile, to gain any benefit, these starving people must be 'advertised', and in a way, 'sell the rights to their blight'. I don't think every line in the song could be tied to a single cohesive theme, but it's interesting to try. Bloody great tune, my favourite Mr Bungle song. |
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| Hunters & Collectors – Holy Grail Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I like Kailassa's description quite a bit; it's just a shame the song came out in 1992! | |
| Pulp – Do You Remember The First Time? Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| 'Straight', as Jarvis uses it, tends to have a meaning more like 'square', or otherwise un-groovy. 'it must be great to be straight', in this context, would refer to his envying the security that she feels, now that her life has become more dull and routine after settling down. | |
| Talking Heads – (Nothing But) Flowers Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I think the song could be taken as a meditation on the twisting of our 'human nature' by civilisation; a post-apocalyptic paradise has arisen, and we should all be joyful that we, and the Earth, have been given a second chance; instead, the narrator pines for the old conveniences he had before the fall. It's quite cute, really; the petty little things he misses, the microwaves, Dairy Queens and 7-11s -- heck, I know I'd miss my insulin if I were in his position! "I can't get used to this lifestyle!" |
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