| Red Hot Chili Peppers – Dani California Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| MCR is terrible. Just look at their audience. 90% of them are teenage girls. They're like a pale version of the backstreet boys except the backstreet boys had songs with memorable melodies. | |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers – Dani California Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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This is a great song by the Chili Peppers. What I took away from the lyrics is that this song seems to have personified rock-n-roll music into a woman named Dani California. The first verse seems to convey the roots and exploration of rock-n-roll, yet there is still little understanding of its great potential. (1950s rock-n-roll) 'Gettin' born in the state of Mississippi' -Rock music originating from the Mississippi delta blues 'Poppa was a copper and her momma was a hippie' -Contradicting forces. Something that rock music thrives upon. 'She never knew that there was anything more than poor' -The potential of rock music isn't foreseen. Nobody understood the great power that it would have on the human race. It was rather seen as just something to be perfomed in order to make a buck. The second verse conveys more of a dangerous/watchful tone of rock and its effect on society. (1960s psychedelic rock) 'She's a runner, rebel and a stunner Condemed everywhere saying baby what you gonna' - The attitude toward rock was one of rebellion and was denounced by the older generation. 'Lookin' down the barrel of a hot metal .45 Just another way to survive' - The sentiment during the '60s rock was one of extreme rebellion. Often to protest even if you were facing dangerous weapons. The next verse conveys another, different description of rock (1970s progressive/folk/punk rock) 'She's a lover, baby and a fighter' - By this time rock music has become warmer and more introspective as well and less turbulant and confrontational 'Should've seen her coming when it got a little brighter With a name like Dani California Day was gonna come when I was gonna mourn ya' - A foreshadowing of rock music's future. The next verse seems to be some sort of campy falsetto based sing-song (1980s hairspray rock) The last verse is my personal favorite showing the last great rock music of our time (1990s alternative rock) 'Never made it, Up to Minnessota North Dakota man was a gunnin' for the quota' - Rock music was based primarily on the coasts on the eastern seaboard or the west (california) but rarely from obscure places like Minnessota or North Dakota. 'Down in the badlands she was saving the best for last' - The last and best wave of pure rock (grunge) came from the badlands of the pacific northwest 'Gone too fast' - Perhaps this might be the band's opinion on grunge rock's premature death? The music video captures this song very well and makes it relatively easy to understand where, I think, they're coming from. I enjoyed the melody and guitar solos in the song, but if you agree with my analysis of the song lyrics you'll notice that this isn't a very happy song but one of conceding to the fact that rock music is dead. PS. In the video- the band never dressed up in eyeliner or dyed their hair jet black in an asymmetrical fasion (maybe a subconscious nod to what they think about 'emo' as rock music) |
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| DMX – Who We Be Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Most underrated rap song, ever. | |
| D4L – Laffy Taffy Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I can't wait to hear the remix. Shake that juju bean. Shake that juju bean. Anyone else remember when music was artistic expression and not mindless drivel? | |
| D4L – Laffy Taffy Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| I can't wait to hear the remix to this, shake that juju bean! Shake that juju bean! Anyone else remember when music was an outlet for artistic expression and not mindless drivle? | |
| Lil Jon – Get Low Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I can see why people enjoy this song. It has an infectious bass and alot of incoherent shouting. Where to begin with such a masterpiece? Well, it's certainly nice to see the fruits of forty years of African American struggle for equality and justice come to bear in 'Get Low'. Malcolm X and MLK must be spinning in their graves. After years and years of the black populace's constant, real grievances with the media of portraying them in a stereotyped light, what does lil jon(an upperclass kid from the Atlanta 'burbs) and so many of the other cookie-cutter rappers do? They wear gold-plated retainers, jewel encrusted oversized crosses and can't go 3 words with swearing. They play right into the stereotypes! In a time where African-Americans have more power in society than ever before, many of the current crop of black 'artists' revert back to some of the most damaging stereotypes (uneducated, hypersexed, violent) to blacks in order to make a buck. What's sad is that in the current world many poor blacks look to rap as a way out of poverty. This glamorization of idiocy just perpetuates the negative stereotypes and makes it more difficult for African-Americans who aren't pimps and don't curse a blue streak advance in society and climb the social ladder. Thanks to BET and MTV for speeding up the process. There was a time when black artists rebelled against such ugly stereotypes: Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley, and Tupac come to mind as well as many more. They did not want to be portrayed as simple minded fools. In fact I can't remeber the last time black artists strived to be portrayed this way-- oh right, I forgot, the minstrel shows. It's funny that this song is titled 'Get Low', since this seems like a new low for music. |
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