| Radiohead – Sit Down. Stand Up. (Snakes & Ladders.) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| To me it always kinda seemed to be a satire and a mockery of the proverbial "rat race," the repetition of the sit-down-stand-up with the slow, mechanical sound of the first part of the song makes me think of the mundanity of the whole modern day worker lemming lifestyle. The later part with the rain drops picks up in speed and that kinda makes me think of the pace of life going on very quickly, rushing you and disorienting you. | |
| Tom Waits – No One Knows I'm Gone Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Very pretty song, doesn't seem to fit with the "Alice" theme the rest of the album has, but a very pretty song nontheless. | |
| Lou Reed – The Bells Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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It is a truly amazing piece of music, I think the moody instrumental section lends alot more meaning to this song than the words themselves. I think its kindof a looking back type song for Lou, kindof like a midlife crisis, looking back and realizing he was getting old, and that all the parties and the sex and the drugs were no longer possible, maybe? I don't know, definitely one of his more introspective songs. I think that "the Bells" are supposed to bbe something to the effect of his past catching up with him. |
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| Rage Against the Machine – Renegades of Funk (Afrika Bambaataa cover) Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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"From a different solar system many many galaxies away We are the force of another creation A new musical revelation And we're on this musical mission to help the others listen And groove from land to land singin' electronic chants" I think that particular verse is a direct reference to Parliament Funkadelic (the REAL renegades of funk, if George Clinton wasn't a renegade then nobody was) anyone else think so? Their whole theme involved aliens bringing the greatness of funk to Earth. I really want to hear the original version of this song. |
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| Beck – The Golden Age Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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This album does not go unnoticed, its generally considered to be up there with his best Rightfully so of course, |
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| Beck – Nausea Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Beck is freakin' awesome, I just got his album and it is completely tits. I don't think it has any super-complex deep meaning or anything, but it does jsut seem to be a song about a situation in which everything is just going wrong, a cluster-fuck of sorts. I love it. |
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| System of a Down – Soldier Side Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Also, to whoever earlier said that this song was about the Armenian genocide and not about Iraq, or any other war, you fuggin' iddiot. Has it occurred to you that PERHAPS a band can write a song that is about MORE THAN ONE THING? Perhaps it is comparing the genocide and Iraq, who knows. As for SOAD's religious alignment, I really think thats irrelevant. I don't think there's any need to talk about it and I don't think it matters, they are free to believe as they wish and so are you,k don't bitch about what other people believe in. And to kantochamp, no shit sherlock |
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| System of a Down – Soldier Side Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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This song is brilliant. I think its one of my favorite story-songs of all time. It tells the story of a man, standing on a hill, just surveying the area and reflecting on how he got here (in the intro, from the first disc) and then the song starts, and it tells the story of how the boys from his town were all called to war, and they went off to fight in this war, not knowing why they did so. They fought against enemies who may have felt the same way. In the end, the man is the only one left surviving on the hilltop (the song doesn't say anything about hills, I just like that imageryt, sorry) looking at all the corpses saying "welcome to the Soldier Side (I saw it spelled Soldiercide in an interview once, seems appropriate) there is no one here but me," I'm the only one left ,everyone else is dead. The lines about God in black may be a reference that this could be a religious war, and the god of whatever religion they were fighting for would not want them to be fighting as they were. |
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| Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Californication to me seems to be about peoples lives being taken over by fantasy, by the Hollywood illusion put forth in movies, and those fantasies coming forward in real life. It seems so great at first, all the glitz and the glam, but after awhile everyone is too deeply ingrained in it all, when "tidal waves couldn't save the world from Californication." I was gonna say something else but I forgot what it was... |
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| System of a Down – Lost In Hollywood Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Well, I read in an interview that Daron spent his childhood living in the slums of LA, across the street from a sleasy hotel where prostitutes did their business. He said alot of stuff about how he saw all the girls who came to be actresses and ended up strippers and all the boys who came to be in a rock band and ended up selling CD's in a shitty store. This seems to me like one of the old despondent people whose dreams have already died, telling someone new who came iin, someone who came in with dreams of fame and glory, that they should just give up because the dream is dead. Very great song, very depressing, but great. Beautiful | |
| Primus – Coattails of a Dead Man (feat. Martina Topley-Bird & Tom Waits) Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| That last part is "the Heckler," its a bonus track song from early Primus. | |
| Funkadelic – Maggot Brain Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Thats the problem with becoming a rockstar, suddenly you have a lot of free time, a lot of extra money to spend, and yes-men praising your every move. It is easy to lose self control. The drugs, sad as it is, also have the effect of sometimes allowing musicians their true potential, but this is only because they cause people to drop their inhibitions, something that can be done on your own without any chemical assistance, and in the end the price is too great to risk |
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| Marilyn Manson – Fundamentally Loathsome Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Hey, a Manson song that doesn't suck the cock, what a surprise | |
| Frank Zappa – Porn Wars Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I haven't heard this song befor ebut it looks like everything is a quote from the Senate hearing Frank attended, I do own a transcript of that and I have read it several times. What album is this on? |
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| Frank Zappa – Rudy Wants To Buy Yez A Drink Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| If you've read "the Real Frank Zappa Book" this should make more sense to you. Frank did not like union workers because often he would have to pay thousands in union fees just to have a few guys stand around and do nothing. He would even have to pay them if he was using his own equipment and hired his own people. | |
| Elvis Costello – When I Was Cruel Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Excellent song, a great tribute to his lyrical skill. Which album is this song on? I know "when I was Cruel no. 2" is on the album When I was Cruel, but I haven't been able to find which album this one is on, can anybody hel? |
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| Cake – Nugget Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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He says it without the up sometimes because it fits. I agree with Tunasandwich, its about people who do nothing but whine and complain about whats wrong with things and never try to find a better solution or move towards it. |
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| Frank Zappa – Mom & Dad Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Its an interesting story, I think, about some parents hearing the story of some police killing some protestors (presumably Kent State, though its never specified) and the parents basically saying "its a shame that they forced the Police to ac t like that, but they DID have waht was coming to them." and then they learn that their own daughter was killed there as well. Tragic story. It also talks about Zappa's distaste for uninvolved parents and families |
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| Primus – Those Damned Blue-Collar Tweekers Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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the Quintissential Primus song, or at least as close as you could et to one. I'm not sure if its praising blue-collar workers or mocking them |
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| Primus – Jerry Was a Race Car Driver Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Poor Entwhistle...he always gets out because he's older. As for best bassist, it really all depends on personal preferences. Claypool is certainly the most unique of them, Wooten can probably baeat him out for speed and improv, wheras Fleaa has the funkiest style. I think John Entwhistle never gtes the credit he deserves though, largely because unlike the other guys, he usually stayed to the back, not quite as in-your-face as the other members of teh Who. Watch the Quadrophenia Live tour DVD, I don't remember which song it isg, but Entwhistle pulls off this amazing fretless solo that completely blew my mind. So remember to keep him in your thoughts |
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| Primus – Wynona's Big Brown Beaver Lyrics | 20 years ago |
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I honestly can't tell if this song is obscene, or just plain weird. Clearly the best music vid ever though... Buck Nekkid... |
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