| Neil Young – Southern Man Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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No one's going to talk about the song, huh? Just spout racist bullshit? Well, I'll look at its meaning if no one else will. I'm guessing the first section is Neil's modern view of slavery past, asking when will the white man pay them back. The next section seems to be a glimpse at the past. Maybe a white plantation owner confronting a girl, maybe his daughter, who he knows is having sexual relations with a black man/slave. The next time he sees the slave, he's going to kill him or hurt him - "cut him down". Goddamn, this song rocks. No matter how many times I hear it, that piano beat just gets my foot tapping like crazy. The whole album, "After the Gold Rush" is a true masterpiece. Seems pretty easy to me. Now back to our regularly scheduled racist bullshit. =) |
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| Bruce Springsteen – Jackson Cage Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Can't believe no one has commented on this one... This, to me, is one of the few standouts off of the Boss' double-album "The River". The lyrics are gut wrenching... the song seems to tell the story of a woman who cannot escape from the enviornment in which she lives - The Jackson Cage. I guess it's open to interpretation as to what the "Jackson Cage" really is. I like to think of it as a city where all of this happens. My favorite lyric is in the chorus: "You can try with all your might But you're reminded every night That you've been judged, and handed life Down in the Jackson Cage" That line about being "handed life" kinda sums up the life that the two characters are living in this song. |
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