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| Ladytron – Flicking Your Switch Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Maybe it's not S&M but there is a sexual undertone to this song I think. "flicking the switch" is slang for, uh, a girl doing what girls do best... |
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| Steely Dan – Dont Take Me Alive Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I definately get the 'android' vide from this too. Especialyl in lines like "a man of my mind can't do anything," "I'm a book-keeper's son" (the first computers were used for glorified sorting procedures) and the "mechanized hum of another world."
As a side note, William Gibson (coiner of the term "cyberspace") said he listened to a lot of Steely Dan when he wrote, and I can see that in some of their songs. |
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| Guano Apes – Big in Japan Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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In addition to the most obvious (that she's on a trip to forget a bad relationship), I think there's also kinda a sarcastic subtext because many American rock bands are big in Japan after their popularity in the 'states wanes. |
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| Golden Earring – Twilight Zone Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I'm not so sure about the spy thing, but it's definately about a desperate man driven to desperate lengths, and he just killed someone, he might not even know why, he just went too far. For some reason this song and The Cure's "Killing an Arab" (which was based on Camus' "the Stranger", despite the uproar over alleged racism) are inextricably linked in my mind.
I love the pulp-noir feeling the song has, it's one of their best in my opinion.
I absolutely |
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| Peaches – Kick It Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I love the interplay in this one between Peaches and Iggy, especially the in-references to each other's songs.
It's fairly obvious what it's about I think, a pair of rockers hitting on one another... |
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| Peaches – Sex Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I actually like this version better, the Berlin version has some moments of horrible accent...
That said, it's better as a duet. |
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| Tonic – Bigot Sunshine Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I interpreted it as the opposit precious, that he realized how bigoted his hometown was and can't go back. |
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| Tonic – Mountain Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Absolutely phenomenal song, I didn't think much of it at first, but on a second listen I took a liking to it.
It's got a heavy metaphoric kinda element, but it's about someone who's drawn uncontrollably to a girl, and she's going to be very bad for him. He tries to stand his ground but can't resist in the end. |
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| The Cure – Burn Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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I think everyone's hit it pretty well, I'd only add, I think that this song fits EVERY relationship that you wish hadn't ended badly... I know it reminds me of an ex of mine. |
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| Rob Zombie – More Human Than Human Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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Specifically a Nexus-1 would have been the first series of replicants, by the time of Blade Runner they're up to nexus 5 and 6, and 7 is rumored at. So, the narrator is saying he's the first line of artificial humanoid essentially. |
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