| Beulah – Popular Mechanics For Lovers Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Popular mechanics is a famous science and technology magazine. In the 40s-50s, they published sci-fi stories and 'weird science' (flying cars, jet backpacks, etc) articles. Add this to all said above, plus the many references to scripting, film stunts, and movie editing and we have a story of a nerdy guy bitching about love lost. And though I cannot say I like the OC, I absolutely LOVE this song! |
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| Catatonia – I Am The Mob Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| I always thought this one was dedicated to the recording industry. | |
| Catatonia – Goldfish And Paracetamol Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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My sister and I spent hours trying to figure out what this song meant back then in the late 90s... ok, here's the result of our research: This song is told from the POV of a dead woman. A ghost. During a depression, she mixed pills and alcohol and took the car for a drive. She crashed and now she's dead, 'lying next to someone', and surrounded by the spirits of other dead people 'don't mention the war, don't question where we stand, or where we fall'. She somehow feels sorry for what she did, and finally, she warns us from the afterlife 'don't believe the hype, expectancy will always spoil the party', meaning the 'other side' might not be like we believe or imagine it to be. Now, that IS a far fetched interpretation! |
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| Catatonia – Shoot the Messenger Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Hehehe... probably one of the best 'revenge' songs ever written... It's twisted, malevolent, wretched, purely EVIL!. Cerys pulls a real Cruella DeVile in this one!. I love it! BTW... You can hear someone typing in the beginning of this song... maybe the said ex-boyfriend found his new love online?. What if the messenger Cerys is so desperately trying to shoot was MSN Messenger?... I'm not sure, but it'd be fun if it was. |
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| Catatonia – Don’t Need The Sunshine Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| This song reminds me of my college days! | |
| Catatonia – Dead From the Waist Down Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Hmmm... IMHO this song is about sexual, and also emotional, abstinence. About people who, perhaps after a broken relationship or a bad experience, refrain themselves from the good and bad things love can bring, and choose to live in a state of blissful apathy. "There's no contracts binding, No bad scene beyond repair, But when you're dead from the waist down, You're too far gone to even care. We stole the songs from birds in trees, Bought us time on easy street, Now our paths, they never meet, We chose to court and flatter greed, ego disposability, I caught a glimpse and it's not me" I think those lines prove it... Btw, don't mix politics into the bag, I'm not saying i'm seeing pro-life issues in this song!. In my oppinion, she's singing about the 'bah-I-don't-give-a-damn-about-sex-n-stuff' kind of abstinence rather than about the 'god-says-I-must-remain-pure-until-marriage' one, if you know what I mean... |
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| Freezepop – Stakeout Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Freezepop songs are pretty straightforward, actually. I love this song, though maybe I like the remix by Inter:Sect better. Donnerschlag rmx it's labeled, I think. And what's wrong with stalking anyways? :D |
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| Andrew Bird – Measuring Cups Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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'When the tales of brothers Grimm and Gorey have been outlawed' One of my favorite lines in this song... Sounds so Ray Bradbury to me... |
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