| Bob Dylan – Maggie's Farm Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Was this originally done by Bob Dylan or The Specials? I know Rage Against the Machine covered it [so they obviously believe in the socialist aspect of it]. It's all a matter of opinion. It can be interpreted multiple ways. It's not really one or the other. That's kind of the beauty of words. :/ |
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| Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution – Here's To Life Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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In the lyrics booklet, Kalnoky leaves three dashes where he says "KDC" in the song. It reads like this: "And - - - you were much too young..." I think the reason for doing this is for personal purposes. He's letting any one of you who have lost someone important to suicide (or anything really) replace those dashes with their initials. Because it doesn't only go for Cobain - it goes for anyone who is anyone that's committed suicide that's a hero to someone else. If I'm right in thinking this, and Kalnoky really did intend for this interpretation, I've a newfound love for him. |
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| Streetlight Manifesto – Walking Away Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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They ruined a good song. I do not like the new horns for this song. They're too clean and a bit weak sounding. And I absolutely hate the end of the trumpet-trombone duet. When the trumpet does it's falling notes. It sounds like they gave up. The other version sounds so bright and ends with such pizzaz. I still like the bass in the Catch version too because it has a more of a swing feel to it. Which is what I originally loved about the song. For this song, I'll listen to the Catch verson. |
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| Streetlight Manifesto – Here's To Life Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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| Streetlight Manifesto – Dear Sergio Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| True, I do remember reading that on the BOTAR site, I think. But at least show the decency to put it on the net after the CD is out. I just think it'd ruin the surprise. | |
| Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution – It's A Wonderful Life Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| War destroys everything. Kalnoky, I can see, is strongly against war. Not only the fighting, but the idea that the military is the biggest form of conformity. Everybody is in uniform and no one is seperate from anyone else. No one is unique. He hates to leave everything he has that makes him the way he is to go fight for something he knows absolutely nothing about and turn into just another meat-shield for his seemingly useless fucking country. This, my friend, is not a happy song. On the contrary, it's quite a sad song. All he wants is to be home with his one and only love, his wife. For some reason, in this free country of ours, he can't do that. | |
| Streetlight Manifesto – Dear Sergio Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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Tremendous song. One of my favourites. Especially lyrically. I think it's about a kid who found something he loved. Later lost it, and has sunk into great depression. He tries to find love in fake friends. No one really means anything to him and he means nothing to them. He feels ostracized by society and everything encompassing it. The friends aren't friends. They're just people he can escape to when he's feeling down. They don't help him sort things out, he doesn't talk to them, he simply tries to mesh with the crowd. But they don't see him, don't realise he's there and needs help. "So you act so free, you act so free, everybody's happy because you act so free." Simply put, he's a crowd pleaser. He's putting on a front to make himself feel better and try to earn his respect in the world so he can forget about whatever he lost. Kalnoky sees this and tries to get him to snap out of it ("Hey Sergio, you've gotta get us out of here" and "Well you might fool them, but you can't fool me with your mindless chatter..."). Those last lines, "'I don't need them, I don't need help. I don't even need to see the end,'" explain his eventual fall into seclusion from society. Fed up with everyone and all of his problems once and for all, he's probably going to commit suicide (I don't even need to see the end). One of Kalnoky's biggest themes when he writes his music is anti-suicide. I think, in essence, this is what the song's about. That and what led up to it, all of the problems surrounding him. What is it that he lost that he'll never have again, I don't know. ----------- On a side note, the new CD is out on the net and open for free download by someone that had somehow got a copy of the mp3's. Why do people insist on ruining things for the band? Shame on them. |
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