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| Moonface – Everyone Is Noah, Everyone Is the Ark Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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‘What is the definition of ‘the boat’? It’s that it doesn’t have roots; it’s rootless; it floats around. That’s the solution. We must really accept how we are rootless. This is, for me, is the meaning of this wonderful metaphor, ‘boat’. ‘Boat’ is the solution. ‘Boat’ in the sense of you accept rootless free floating. You cannot rely on anything. You know it’s not a return to land. Renewal means you cut your roots.’
~Slavoj Žižek
'My boats they go
Into the water, my boats will go...'
~Frog Eyes |
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| T. Rex – Solid Gold Easy Action Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Now, this may be reading a bit much into Marc's lyrics here, but... Could the line 'this girl is a lamb with the thoughts of a tiger' refer to William Blake's poem 'The Tyger', from Songs Of Experience? The poem itself clearly contrasts with his earlier poem, 'The Lamb', from Songs Of Innocense: 'Did he who made the Lamb make thee?'. Also: could the following line, 'moves like a cat but knows how to ride her' refer to the chinese proverb 'he who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount'? Marc was fond of classical poetry from many different cultures, after all. Perhaps he was cleverer than he seemed? |
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| Save Ferris – Christmas Wrapping Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Oi! Obvious to the Jews out there maybe, but seeing as Yiddish makes more sense than Gibberish, a lot of these lyrics are incorrect, such as: 'kugel', rather than 'cougel'; 'goyim', not 'goiant'; 'latke', not 'lackey'; 'tukhus', not 'tush' (although the etymology of 'tush' is itself Yiddish! Hah!). Hilarious. Happy whatever, everybody! 'Tis the season. |
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| Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Black Tongue Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Obviously about cunnilingus. He can keep his black tongue that she found at the mortuary, because he's a dead fish. At FUCKING. He's gonna have a Yeah Yeah Yeah, because she wants some, in the backroom where they'll pack it, like a prison break. A quick one, before the show. FUCKING. |
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| Frog Eyes – Odetta's War Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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I don't know what the source of these lyrics is, because they are incorrect in a few places ('And they move FROM the East', 'No patience for the WAVE nor its crest', and 'Ideal wave' is never sung) as far as the album version goes. But they are certainly punctuated according to Carey's style, with arbitrarily capitalised words, odd hyphenates, an excess of colons and double quotation marks, and very short sentences which don't make rhetorical sense. But: incredible song, is the point, everything about it. Probably the best on the album, and second only to Bushels in their oeuvre, in my opinion. |
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| Frog Eyes – Lear in Love Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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The quotation in this, 'the gate was only made for you', is from the story Before The Law, by Kafka.
Swan Lake apparently wanted to name Enemy Mine, their second album, Before The Law, but decided against it as a way to distance themselves from their 'literary' reputation. |
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| Swan Lake – Spanish Gold, 2044 Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Carey Mercer is both hilarious, and a fucking genius. The image of Palinurus humming 'Bird On A Wire' sums up the meaning of this song in one line, but i wouldn't expect that many understand what that means, nor do i think Mercer would. I don't want to explain, so here are a couple links.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palinurus
http://www.songmeanings.net/songs/view/70180/
But none of that accounts for the incredible pairing, nor the coupling of the word 'humming' with the title of a song, the first word of which is 'bird'. Immortality as literature, right? Gilgamesh. You know he's a highschool English teacher? Figures. |
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| Wolf Parade – Call It a Ritual Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Makes sense.
I'd like to point out, though, the Quixotic reference in the windmill's wings disappearing. And the blatant sexual connotations of swinging swords and turning flower petals. But this fits in with the interpretation of the war theme, i'd say, like 'you put your cock in the air, and you called it a guitar'.
Also, i don't think the desert is so literal as to be the 'Middle-East', but that imagery is certainly topical enough to be especially effective. |
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| Tokyo Police Club – Cut Cut Paste Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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The backing vocals are 'GET! ON! THE LINE!'
I, too, would makeout with them anyway. I've tried in fact, a number of times, but they all have 'girlfriends' or whatever. |
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| Destroyer – Blue Flower/Blue Flame Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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What's in a name? A [blue?] rose by any other name would [not?] smell as sweet... I think he's really exploring the romance of his relationship there, what with the Romeo & Juliet paraphrase and all. Alot of Trouble In Dreams (on only my second listen as i write this) seems to have a recurring theme of years wearing on and monogamy, and how they relate to one another. As well, this song seems to me expressive of European (blues?) imagery, and if i'm not mistaken, Hello Blue Roses began during an extended stay in Spain.
An unrelated point of interest is that the last part is in another song, 'You Gotta Wonder, Snowy', wacky! Bejar's a fucking riddle wrapped in an enigma surrounded by a labyrinth that we'll never get to the centre of, man. |
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| Neil Young – Don't Let It Bring You Down Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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This song was reportedly written in response to Neil Young's first trip to London (hence the use of the word 'lorries' i suppose). Seemingly, he didn't see much of a bright side there, but it seems rather vividly accurate to me.
I always assumed that the 'blind man running through the light of the night' was a preacher, the 'answer in his hand' being God, the answer, so to speak, 'the river of sight' being a sort of duel reference to a church and the Thames.
Obviously, most of the imagery regards the sort of urban decay and dissolution that has always been ubiquitous in London. I think the chorus is about his need to escape that environment, and his yearning for home, the latter being a common theme throoughout his music. |
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| Rilo Kiley – Close Call Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I hope everyone gets that 'her good looks could'a sailed a ship...' is a reference to Helen of Troy ('the face that launched a thousand ships'). Funny what people are saying about the lyrics, stuff like this seems rather mature or sophisticated to me. I think the new album is their best since Take Offs And Landings personally. |
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| Tokyo Police Club – Cut Cut Paste Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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It is definitely 'dreaming of plaslip gigs and classy digs'.
Is it just me, or is this one of their few love songs? However endearingly creepy... |
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| Swan Lake – City Calls Lyrics
| 19 years ago
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'The city calls its many trees, its wild wastes, its fortressed breeze to help'
This song is about some sort of urban dissolution, right? It seems to me they are trying to draw parellels between Christ and some random vagrant in a park. There's definitely a bit of juxtaposition between a Messiah and the modern world, in my opinion.
Probably my favourite song by this brilliant band. So good to see these three giants collaborating. |
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