| Sparks – Eaten By The Monster Of Love Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| One of the greatest "pop" songs of all time. I have to say that this hidden gem is quite possible in the top 10 catchiest of the 80s. I dare you to hear this once and not hum the chorus! | |
| The Shins – The Celibate Life Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| One more thing - anyone else notice that the lyrics spell is "glod plated" but it sounds like he's saying "gold plated"? | |
| The Shins – The Celibate Life Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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A few of my thoughts: - he's describing a someone who he's just finished a brief affair with and I think when he says "rival" he means his equivalent who uses the same means to the get the same ends (sex, drugs, alcohol). - the girl's lead an existence of being a partier/socialite (chemicals danced in your head) and who has used sex to get what she wanted (you led no celibate life) but she's realized she's no longer wanted (your fables are falling tonight). I think he also alludes to it when he says "their taste for your past time is fading" - she's losing the popularity she once had. My favourite line is "you stole the keys to this ride" - in other words, she doesn't deserve the life she's living, she's taken the life without earning it. |
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| Ash – Goldfinger Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Okay, this is "out there" but here it goes: I think this song is about a guy who tells his girlfriend about a rumour/story being spread about her brother. It sounds like he was taken out of school (or kicked out) ("Her brother started school, Again today, a thought to pass the time"). Maybe he was picked on. Once she hears this, she leaves him to go exact her "revenge" or "settle the score" with the person(s) that did this. The rest of the song is the guy sitting by himself and waiting for her to get back (the tenses shifts from "She slips into the night, and she is gone" to "She slips into the night, and she was gone"). Also as he waits, he wonders whether it was a good thing to tell her at all ("Down in the basement, listening to the rain, Thinking things over. I think it over again"). |
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| Sugar – A Good Idea Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I don't think they were playing around. I think she asked him to kill her and he obliged: "I've been waiting for years And I'd rather be dead" "I saw them from the ocean She didn't seem to mind Didn't fight at all She didn't fight it at all" This is one of the those songs you love until you understand the lyrics - now I just think it's very depressing. |
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| Pulp – Razzmatazz Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Jarvis is the king of witty and scathing comments. "Am I talking too fast? Or are you just playing dumb If you want I can write it down" Brilliant. |
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| Morrissey – I Don't Mind If You Forget Me Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I think you're right, AshesInTheSky. The song is about a breakup, and it starts with the person hearing from their "ex" (So now you send me your hardened 'regards', When once you'd send me 'Love') who is just sending a friendly letter. This stirs the person's feelings for the "ex" and they move between depression ("Having learned my lesson, I never left an impression on anyone") to anger they were dumped by them ("REJECTION IS ONE THING, BUT REJECTION FROM A FOOL IS CRUEL"). |
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| Rialto – Brilliant Fake Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I think this song sums up the tele-evangelist religions who claim that they can perform miraculous healings. I love the lines "Just kill the pain and stop the ache, whatever it takes, lie to me, I'm happy" and "But does it matter what is right, if you like what you feel?" |
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