| Spoon – Lafitte, Don't Fail Me Now Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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this is interesting http://letterstolookforwardto.blogspot.com/2008/05/dear-ron-lafitte.html |
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| Beulah – A Good Man Is Easy To Kill Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Flannery O'Connor is one of Miles Kurosky's favorite writers. | |
| The Elected – Desiree Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| euphemisms galore. | |
| Okkervil River – Plus Ones Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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This is a minor correction: instead of "green point bar," I think it's actually "Greenpoint bar." Greenpoint is a neighborhood in Brooklyn. I could, of course, be missing some other reference. My apologies if that's the case. |
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| Okkervil River – So Come Back, I Am Waiting Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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This song has always reminded of Joyce Carol Oates's "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" It's a really good short story (about 12 pages, if I remember correctly) that can be read here if anyone's interested: http://www.usfca.edu/~southerr/wgoing2.html She actually dedicated the story to Bob Dylan, because his song "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" inspired her to write it, and I think the story was also inspired by a kidnapping, which seems to be a prominent theme for the BSB album as a whole (with a few exceptions, perhaps), specifically in "So Come Back, I Am Waiting." |
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| Okkervil River – The President's Dead Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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I think when Jagjaguwar refers to the narrator as a young republican (this is assuming they spell republican with a lowercase r), they mean this (from Wikipedia): In political science, a republican (lowercase r) is a person who advocates the establishment of a republic as a form of government, in contrast to a monarchist and focused more on republican ideals than democratic. The values expressed in the song are very American. Will creates an image of a happy couple in a house or apartment of their own, young, working hard to one day have a family. Respect is shown for the fallen President -- even if he wasn't a good man, that's ignored for the time being. Ultimately, I think it is a-political -- this isn't about our current President, or any specific President; and it's less about the President himself or the current state of affairs than it is about the impact it has on the narrator or society. I think it's an amazing song. Will really managed to write a song that is easy to relate to and empathize with despite a person's political believes. When it comes down to it, I think most people respect the old American values that are expressed in this song, and these lyrics appear to recollect a "simpler" time in American society, when these values held more weight. |
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