| Soft Cell – Tainted Love Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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"the cure never did a cover the cure doesnt do covers...they like to keep orignal " The Cure have done quite a few covers, actually. They've done stuff by Roxy Music, Hendrix, Depeche Mode and others. |
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| Regina Spektor – Prisoners Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I think "and someday i will remember" means that she'll wake up, still little, with none of that ever having happened. I'd also like to add the lyric "dirt" is wrong it's supposed to be "and though I do swallow". |
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| Regina Spektor – Better Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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That's an interesting idea about the adoptive relatives... I always (making it sound like I didn't only hear this late last year) thought that "Born like sisters to this world" was an indication of similar wavelengths and "And if you never say your name out loud to anyone, They never ever call you by it" is avoiding connection, or ever being close to anyone. To me this song (now called "better" on the new album Begin to Hope btw) is about trying to get close to someone and not knowing if it'll ever make a bit of difference to the other person (and clearly going to anyway). Having been close to (grown up with/raised by) *severely* depressed people and trying to help them through though it made absolutely no difference, I appreciate it this way. And sisters of this world kinda hinting at the effect it has on the kisser (maybe why they are doing it?). That Regina sings it in a way that she's still trying to help is really heartbreaking. It's hard to analyze a song when it gets you emotionally. :) |
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| Regina Spektor – Poor Little Rich Boy Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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"But they wanna kiss and they got homes of their own Poor little rich boy all the couples have gone, they’ve gone, they’ve gone" I feel sad for the poor little rich boy here (and it reminds me of being alone on the beach in Folding Chair sometimes). I'm not sure I entirely take Regina's word for it on this one. He MIGHT love his mother later, even if he doesn't now. Although I'd still catch sight of someone reading The Great Gatsby in a cafe or someplace and like them instantly (much like the characters becoming friends over it in Murakami's Norwegian Wood). It's too bad it's a stigma. It's too bad that someone can carry around a popular novel and people assume the guy is reading it to look smart instead of talking about how great it is. I love that she always sounds like she cares about the poor little rich boy. That's what makes the song great for me. It's the magical happy place where you can say things about your family members and it's always known that you still love them anyway. |
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| Regina Spektor – Carbon Monoxide Lyrics | 20 years ago |
| It means different things to me at different times, but I always kinda think it's Regina's answer to There is a Light That Never Goes Out. | |
| Regina Spektor – Sailor Song Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I don't think that Mary Ann is the ship. She's more likely the girl back home that will kiss but won't have sex with them (the old stereotype about horn dog sailors). She's a bitch because she's a tease. From the perspective of the guy, of course. Mary Ann may not be a bitch from any other angle (unless you really just want her to put out and help out morale). Anyway, I do believe it's "anger" not "anchor" reaching the bottom of a bathtub (when in doubt go with the better lyric). |
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