| Talk Talk – It's My Life Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Considering the overtly spiritual territory of Talk Talk's later albums: It's the internal monologue of God... whether or not to quit on humanity. "It never ends." |
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| The Sugarcubes – Hit Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| "It's Oh So Quiet" part .5 | |
| The Olivia Tremor Control – Jumping Fences Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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It's about making decisions and being unable to stick to them. So instead of a person being "on the fence" about something, he/she makes their stand but ends up doing the opposite later. The world wouldn't make sense if everyone was contradictory. And the song would make a good Scooby Doo youtube video. |
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| Feist – I Feel It All Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| It's a thematic re-imagination of Kate Bush's "Hounds Of Love." Surrendering to the temptation of falling in love, despite knowing the pain and torment it will bring. Some of the vocals also reflect the dramatic elements of Kate's style... which is never a bad thing. | |
| The Walkmen – We've Been Had Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I agree with the comments about fitting in (especially with regards to the "indie" garage rock movement of the early 00's). When people are younger, they often want to fit in. Even when they want to fit in with the "out" crowd, the "non-conformist" sect... that's still conforming to others' expectations. When people get older, some stop caring about fitting an image and just live the way they want to live... at least, hopefully. Also, regarding trends... whatever is cool now will look stupid in a few years. Much later down the timeline, it will probably be "cool" again. That's why, some people look at pictures of themselves when they were younger and cringe (c'mon, high top fades?). I saw the garage revival potshots and thought it was funny, because by 2003, it was already running out of gas and Walkmen were acknowleding it. "We've Been Had" exposes the lies "fitting in" promises. |
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| Billy Bragg – Greetings To The New Brunette Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Oops, didn't get to finish... "Politics and pregnancy/Are debated as we empty our glasses/And how I love those evening classes" Throwing alcohol due to pregnancy and taking lamaze classes. "The people from your church agree/It's not much of a career/Trying the handles of parked cars/Whoops, there goes another year/Whoops, there goes another pint of beer." He's telling her motherhood would be the life they have now, and that love would slowly fade through the years. So there's a twinge of regret there, too. |
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| Billy Bragg – Greetings To The New Brunette Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| A young couple in love. The girl wants to move faster in the relationship than the guy does, as he seems a bit reluctant to grow up and give up the burning romance of young love. But eventually, he matures and welcomes the change in domestic life, complete with baby ("the new brunette"). | |
| Nas – Fast Life Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Off of Kool G Rap's 4, 5, 6 LP. When it comes to Queens Mafioso rap, G Rap is the Vito Corleone and Nas is Michael. |
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| Pavement – Two States Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Possibly about a California split... likely just stream-of-conscious, non-sensical Fall fanaticism. "Two States" resembles The Fall's "Slates" (to a certain extent). And the line "There's no culture," reflects a line from The Fall's "The Classical": "There is no culture is my brag." |
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| Nas – Can't Forget About You Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Nasty Nas (or N as he refers to himself now) reflects on his two musical "parents": Queensbridge and hip-hop. He's indebted and committed to the two, and this song is a way for him to give back and proclaim his love to the communities. The well-placed addition of the Nat King Cole sample at the end shows Nas graciously acknowledging his own accomplishments in hip-hop. Nas will always remember hip-hop... and hip-hop will always remember Nas (Illmatic made sure of that). |
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| Neil Young – Thrasher Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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Neil leaving CSN and the hippie generation as it descended into hopeless depravity, because the ideals had been shattered and there were still plenty of drugs left. While the hippies lost sight of the goal and turned toward their addictions to get them through, Neil searched for the deeper truths by seeking a simpler, more honest life. "I searched out my companions, they were lost in crystal canyons," sounds like a reference to CSN's cocaine habits. The line "They were lost in rock formations," furthers the sentiment. Throughout the song, there are endless references to an earlier return to nature and a more simple life. This song was written long before Rust Never Sleeps, so perhaps he was foreshadowing his future return into the past (ie. Comes A Time as a reprise to Harvest). The line, "When the thrashers come and I'm stuck in the sun like dinosaurs in shrines/Then I'll know the time has come to give what's mine," is loaded with meaning. It sounds like Neil stating he'd rather live an honest, simpler life rather than deal with the huge rock star excess he experienced during the early-mid 70s. He would rather choose a life outside the limelight and articulate his own personal vision (no matter how unpopular), rather than be written down in history books as a faded rock god whose only work will be remembered as an artifact from the 60s/70s ("dinosaurs in shrines"... a huge theme regarding Rust Never Sleeps). And he succeeded in doing his own thing rather than pleasing the critics (see his discography throughout the 80s). Ironically, by rebelling against the norm and never selling out, he became a rock god. Sorry this is long, but this is one of the most loaded songs ever written. |
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