| Motörhead – Overkill Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I wonder if the song's title has anything to do with the fact that the song features not one but two false endings. | |
| Rollins Band – Liar Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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The song isn't difficult to figure out, but it is a clever concept. It represents the inner feelings of a guy. It sounds like he's talking to the woman, but I think this is meant metaphorically; it's essentially an inner monologue. And I believe the message is that we are all liars, to some degree; we all misrepresent ourselves in relationships. I enjoy the way this song transitions from a "spoken word" style in the verses to a heavy metal chorus. The blending of styles is flawless, allowing the song to transcend all genre classifications. This is one of the few instances I've ever seen where a song is enhanced significantly by the music video. I myself didn't fully appreciate the song until I saw the video. The song and the video almost exist as a single concept, a rare feat. Finally, I'd like to point out that this song has elements of the classic "liar paradox." |
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| The Beatles – Back in the U.S.S.R. Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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"parody or not, it says that russian boys are lucky and ukrainian girls leave the rest behind. so it's showing sympathy for the russians..." Jeez man, have you ever heard of irony? |
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| XTC – Dear God Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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EnidCaulfield makes the following condescending remark: "It's amazing how people see what they want want to, no matter how clear the message is." Listen. The fact that Andy apparently intended this song as a full-frontal assault on theism, and that many listeners did not interpret it that way, is interesting. But maybe that's not because the listeners failed to see the obvious, but rather that Andy's argument isn't as "obvious" as he thinks it is, and that he's in fact attacking a strawman version of religion that doesn't recognize human suffering, and that he completely fails to comprehend the subtlety of actual religious belief. |
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| The Beatles – Back in the U.S.S.R. Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I have to shake my head at those listeners who interpret this song as in any way pro-Soviet. The main source of humor in the song is the idea of advertising the USSR with rock and roll music, even though such music would never have been permitted to develop under such a government. The song is making fun of the Soviet Union, not promoting it! | |
| The Beatles – Helter Skelter Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I always thought the lyrics had a clear sexual double meaning. It's nothing profound really, and the fact that Manson read anything else into the song only says something about his deranged mind. While there are several contenders for "first heavy metal song," this one has a number of qualities that put it way ahead of its time. First of all, it may well be the loudiest, noisiest rock song of the 1960s. Second of all, most proto-metal songs were rooted in blues, and this may be the first to have a melody that is squarely rock, not blues. Finally, consider the screaming vocals, which would not become a feature of heavy metal until much, much later. Even Black Sabbath, widely regarded as the first true heavy metal band, almost sound restrained by comparison. "Helter Skelter" may not have directly anticipated extreme forms like death metal or black metal, but its misuse by Manson contributed inadvertently to the dark reputation of the genre. |
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| Billy Joel – Only The Good Die Young Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| The controversy surrounding this song has always perplexed me. People seem to be confusing the viewpoint of a song's narrator with the viewpoint of the song itself--definitely not the same thing! The song is telling a story, and the narrator is simply a character in the story. To suggest that this song itself is anti-Catholic is like suggesting that Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Telltale Heart" is advocating murder! | |
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