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Townes Van Zandt – Pancho & Lefty Lyrics	19 years ago
only 3 posts for this song? I've just barely discovered it like 2 days ago and it's already one of my favorites. beautifully sung and so tragic.

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The Doors – The Soft Parade Lyrics	19 years ago
i have no idea what this song means but i like misanthrope61's explanation the best. I love the "give me santuary" part. Clearly Morrison's desire for isolation. In all the books I've read about him, it's generally said that he was pretty shy. The creepiest line in this song is "carrying babies to the river". For what? A drowning? Anyway, I love this song.

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The Doors – When The Music's Over Lyrics

19 years ago

My favorite line is "I want to hear the scream of the butterfly". I used to imagine that it meant the pain of birth, like when the catapillar emerges from the cocoon, reborn. And I know you all have your own interpretations, and I'd hate to shatter them, but I think some may be interested to know that John Densmore elaborates on this in his book "Riders on the Storm". "The Scream of the Butterfly" was displayed on a marquee above a porno theatre that The Doors drove by. A sexual reference originally, but perhaps Morrison used it to communicate a meaning of his own.

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The Doors – Spanish Caravan Lyrics	19 years ago
I think this is Robbie's best guitar work. I had the pleasure of watching him play it on a DVD I have called "The Doors Live in Europe: 1968". I think he's one of the best guitarists of all time and this is the best example of his work. I think in the studio version he played two guitars and they layered them. You can tell if you listen to this with headphones.

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The Doors – Spanish Caravan Lyrics

19 years ago

When I hear this song I think about the early Spanish explorers in the Americas for the first time. Those early explorers were there for their countries gain and not their own and were miserable in this new strange continent. I read an excerpt from an early explorer who wrote about how the monkeys in the trees (howlers) would sing "melancholy songs" and would deficate on their heads. The writer expressed his unhappiness in this place and longed to return to Spain. Andalusia is a land in Spain. A Galleon is a Spanish ship that was used for trade or warfare between the 16th and 18th century.

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Robert Johnson – Me and the Devil Blues (Take 1) Lyrics

19 years ago

I don't know when or how the legend began, but I think part of Johnson's successful legacy has been due to the story that he met the devil at the crossroads and sold his soul for great musical talent and worldly fame. If there's any truth to it, the devil sure came early enough to collect his due. But I think people will still talk about the legend of Robert Johnson for ages to come. It's men like Johnson that are truly immortal.

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Robert Johnson – Come On In My Kitchen Lyrics	19 years ago
Music back then was much more subtle than today. They couldn't just straight out say: "Cum on into my pussy." They had to be creative and use metaphors. And that was the genius of old time blues musicians like Johnson. For the line "Come on into my kitchen," he immitates a female voice and it's of course a metaphor.

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Bob Dylan – The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest Lyrics

19 years ago

In his 1998 book Don't Think Twice, It's All Right, Andy Gill analysed this song, writing: 'The early verses, in which Frankie agonizes over Judas' offer of money, presumably echo Dylan's recent contractual negotiations, or those earlier in his career: certainly Judas' attempt to rush Frankie into a hasty decision "before [the dollar bills] all disappear" closely reflects standard negotiating practice in the music business. As, indeed, does Judas' dangling of carnal carrots to help sway Frankie's mind, in the form of the brothel in which he eventually exhausts himself. To Frankie, such worldly delights are represented as "Paradise," though the devilish Judas recognizes their true price is "Eternity" - Frankie's mortal soul.'

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Bob Dylan – The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest Lyrics

19 years ago

"With four and twenty windows And a woman's face in ev'ry one." I recall a nursery ryme that goes: "four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie." can this house be the pie and the women are the blackbirds baked into it? If Frankie Lee died of thirst, then he too was "baked" into it. There was also a book written titled: "four and twenty blackbirds" written by someone named "Priest" though I don't know the date it was originally published. Also 24 is considered an unlucky number in Cantonese culture because its pronounication is similar to that of "easy to die". I doubt if this has any real signifigance though. I'm researching this further and will post new facts as I discovery them.

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Bob Dylan – The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest Lyrics	19 years ago
The name "Judas Priest" must have some signifigance. When I hear "Judas" I think of Judas Iscariot the betrayer of Christ. And being an Apostle, he was a mininster which would liken him to being a Priest. He betrayed Christ for money which would explain where he got his roll of tens. Frankie Lee seems to be afraid of Priest. Damn, now I'm more confused than I ever was, what's the meaning here???

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Pink Floyd – The Dogs of War Lyrics

19 years ago

"you must die so that they may live..." This line always gives me chills. It's quintaessential human nature. The lyrics are not too deep, it is pretty straight forward and it does sound like an obvious attempt on Gilmour's part to immitate Waters. But even Gilmour admits he's not a song writer. It's still a good attempt and I think it succeeds in capturing the essence of Floyd better than any other song on this album. I like the vocals, I think they come off strong and even angry as they were meant to. The relentless pounding of the music is like a war drum leading the dogs into battle. This is one world, but each of us are dogs fighting each other to claim it. I think that's what this song says in a nutshell.

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Pink Floyd – Cirrus Minor Lyrics	19 years ago
I love the way his voice reverbs when he sings "saw a crater in the sun, a thousand miles of moonlight later." And I love the British way that he pronounces "saw" as "sawr"

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Pink Floyd – Breathe Lyrics

19 years ago

I tried playing DARK SIDE OF THE MOON to a cartoon made in the '70's called THE HOBBIT, and it was really cool when BREATHE was playing because, right after the part when the rollercoaster plummets and the guy's screaming, as soon as the music begins, GANDALF THE WIZARD jumps out from behind a tree! And during ON THE RUN when it sounds like something's flying around and diving about, they showed a dragon flying around burning a village. I don't know about WIZARD OF OZ, but try listening to this album with THE HOBBIT.

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