| Nirvana – Dumb Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| This seems like the pretty standard drug imagery and other literary devices, but I think the "I'm dumb" and "I'm happy" (and again, at the end, "I'm dumb") comes from his emotions towards using drugs. In the beginning, he doesn't want to use them, and he says "I'm dumb" with regret. Then the drug hits and he reflects "Maybe I'm just happy." At the end, he regrets doing drugs, and ends the song feeling the same he did at the beginning of the song. | |
| Steely Dan – FM (No Static at All) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Okay let's cut the bullshit - the first chorus Faigan says "Give her some fucked up music," right??? I mean, I try to hear "funked up music" (and I can, the second time), but man it just doesn't work. He's f-bombing right? | |
| Sublime – Minor Threat Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Rubberband is incorrect in what he said. A long time ago, I had the entire WBCN interview on my hard drive, downloaded off of the now-defunct sublimearchive.com (this was many years ago). When the DJ asked if Sublime would play Date Rape, they do, in fact, play Date Rape (and, amusingly, self-edit the lyrics.) Later the DJ asks if they would play "one more" and that's when they played Minor Threat. The MP3 you are hearing I have heard before, and between the DJ asking to play Date Rape and the colliding of the drum sticks, you can clearly here where the tape was "cut." The funniest part is that Sublime self-edited themselves on Date Rape, but said "fucking" several times in the Minor Threat song. Afterwards, the DJ remarked that "He couldn't hear the singing but he could hear the instruments, and it sounded good." He emphasized the fact that he could not hear the singing, and this was an obvious lie. He was trying to protect his job and the station for Brad saying "fuck repeatedly." It is a fairly amusing bit and if you could find the interview it is definitely worth a listen. By the way, there are a lot of lyrics wrong on this page. |
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| Chicago – I'm A Man Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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The song was originally written by Steve Winwood and performed by Spencer Davis Group when Winwood was still with them. On a side note, I hate Steve Winwood haters. Ditto for Chicago haters. |
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| The Who – We're Not Gonna Take It Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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My introduction to Tommy was the Broadway musical, and there are several differences between the broadway production and the original Who work that REALLY irritates me. From Go To The Mirror The Who He seems to be completely unreceptive The tests I give him SHOW no sense at all The broadway version He seems to be completely unreceptive The tests I give him MAKE no sense at all Butchering great writing, in my opinion. The other occurrence is this song, the first verse: The Who Welcome to the camp, I guess you all know why we're here My name is Tommy, and I became aware this year I became aware ... he was aware through his senses and other people became aware of him. Pure genius. But the broadway production really screwed it up... The broadway production Welcome to the camp, I think I now know why you're here So you want to be like Tommy, I'm glad you're not I hope that's clear |
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| The Who – Go To The Mirror Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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My introduction to Tommy was the Broadway musical, and there are several differences between the broadway production and the original Who work that REALLY irritates me. The one in this song is: The Who He seems to be completely unreceptive The tests I give him SHOW no sense at all The broadway version He seems to be completely unreceptive The tests I give him MAKE no sense at all Butchering great writing, in my opinion. The other occurrence is in the finale, the first verse: The Who Welcome to the camp, I guess you all know why we're here My name is Tommy, and I became aware this year I became aware ... he was aware through his senses and other people became aware of him. Pure genius. But the broadway production really screwed it up... The broadway production Welcome to the camp, I think I now know why you're here So you want to be like Tommy, I'm glad you're not I hope that's clear |
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| The Who – 1921 Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| IF TOMMY WAS 7 IN 1921 HOW WAS HE A PINBALL WIZARD IN HIS TEENS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THIS MAKES NO SENSE. | |
| Neil Young – The Needle And The Damage Done Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| just to throw in a pop culture reference, the greatest sitcom of all time - Newsradio - had a line where Jimmy James was responding to Dave's comment about wanting coffee and Jimmy James says something like, "Yes I've seen the bean and the damage done myself." | |
| Bob Dylan – Tangled Up in Blue Lyrics | 19 years ago |
| Also I thought that the shoe lace tying thing was a common symbol for marriage? | |
| Bob Dylan – Tangled Up in Blue Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I disagree with some of the lyrics as they are written on the page. For instance, I hear "was lucky enough to be employed" rather than "happened to be employed." The only one that is significant though, is in the beginning I think he says "Her folks they SET our life together," as in an arranged marriage. If that were the case, this could be about a couple centuries ago or in some other part of the world where arranged marriages were common. The rest of the song is consistent with this, except for "we drove that car as far as we could." (Also, the concept of a mathematician didn't exist, but I don't think that would be well-known). But didn't people refer to horse-and-carriage as "cars?" Then abandoning the car could just mean setting the horse free, or the horse had died. I think this whole story was set a long time ago because of the archaic references: mama's homemade bread, papa's bank book (i.e. for a dowry), dealing with slaves, and the jobs are traditional "old" jobs like being a cook and working on a fishing boat. |
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