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| The Magnetic Fields – Punk Love Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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Through the use of multiple voices and contrasting rhythm schemes, Merritt is making a postmodern statement about the decentering of subjectivity. Simply by overlapping the various words, he is deconstructing the western ontology that holds these words to represent different entities. Either that or it's about punk love; punk rock love. |
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| Bush – The Disease of the Dancing Cats Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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This song reminds me of the Pixies' "Monkey Gone to Heaven." Although it names New York and New Jersey (not Minamata) as the setting, it deals with the issue of sea pollution and refers to people as mokeys. |
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| Minus the Bear – Pachuca Sunrise Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I just have a few things to add. The scenario of two lovers separated seems spot on, with the speaker being in the Mediterranean at midnight and his lover being in Mexico at sunrise. I find it moving that although the two are a world away, they are linked by the light of the sun which is simultaneously lighting the sky in Pachuca and reflecting off the moon in the Mediterrenean. Also, this song brings up the ability of music to communicate experience across great distances; when the speaker sings "Is it possible to put this night to tune and move it to you?" he refers to putting his experience into song and being able to "move" an entire night landscape to his lover. A great song and a testament to the power of song. |
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| Alexisonfire – Polaroids of Polar Bears Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I think this is a comment on artists exploiting their personal traumas for material in their work.
The song begins with "raped by my childhood", a line that refers to the motif of childhood trauma present in numerous songs/movies/literature. However, the singer then reveals that he has not experienced any such rape, that as an artist it is just "fun to pretend" to be damaged and novel, and that using a bad experience for artistic fodder "cheapens an event." Accounts of trauma and self-detruction have been used by artists so much that they are now "boring" and "cliche". The background singing is obviously about a traumatic event, but like in many songs, it is so generic that it could mean any number of things or nothing at all. This constant stream of artists giving their accounts of their personal damage renders the emotional impact impotent, and what is left are cheap copies of something that is supposed to be exotic and amazing, like a polaroid picture of a Polar Bear.
The only thing that doesn't fit well in this meaning is the ending lyrics about boxes of cats and geometry. Any suggestions? |
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