| Dirty Projectors – See What She Seeing Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I don't think you know what the word "whose" means. | |
| Spoon – Metal Detektor Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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There are two ways I can see this song going: 1) Its about the struggle of poverty and a (of course) botched attempt to carry out the plan. It's about how the people who are pushed to desperate measures are the ones who can't actually carry out those best-laid plans in the first place. It's a sadly funny image: the guy who plans the solve his problems by holding up a bank, but can't even get through the front door without setting off an alarm. 2) Desperation in a kid who dreams of robbing banks, but all he can do is shoplift petty shit. I like this interpretation better. There are so many banks mentioned, it sounds like a 13-year-old's big fantastic dreams: "I'm gonna do this, this, and this! Just you watch!" And that too makes it sad. Either way, I think it's the best song on my favorite album of theirs. I like the newer stuff, but this is one of those moderately rare times when BD was writing amazing lyrics to go with his regularly awesome music. |
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| Talk Talk – Eden Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| Agreed. | |
| Big Star – Take Care Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Most of Third has that feel, if you ask me, and that's what I love so much about it. Radio City has some enormous riffs and huge choruses, and #1 Record just might be a bit overrated for all its power-pop gravitas -- Third? A perfect artistic statement by the most overlooked band in guitar-rock history. | |
| Battles – Atlas Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Frightening song. | |
| Yo La Tengo – Take Care (Big Star cover) Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| As much as I love YLT's other covers ("Here Comes My Baby" is a huge improvement, IMO), Big Star's version is near perfect. YLT stripped this song down a bit too much. They almost sound like Velvet Underground with Nico on this one. Not a bad thing, but Alex Chilton emotes so well on Big Star's version. A truly underrated farewell song. | |
| The Clientele – Reflections After Jane Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| The final verse is so depressing. Melodrama rarely touches me this much. | |
| Senses Fail – Free Fall Without A Parachute Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| These are the absolute worst lyrics I have ever encountered in my life. Anyone who likes this song should put a bullet into their mouth via gunfire. | |
| Spoon – The Figures of Art Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| AWESOME SONG | |
| Spoon – Loss Leaders Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| one of the most underappreciated spoon songs. unbelievable melody. | |
| Spoon – The Guestlist/The Execution Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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underage person at show trying to order drinks, gets shot down, says "but i'm on the guest list," which is the execution of the game. but then again, who knows? i can't believe no one else has commented on this song. one of the best 2 minutes in rock and roll |
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| Spoon – All the Pretty Girls Go to the City Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| why does there have to be a subtext to it? i think he's just saying, "all the pretty girls go to the city." my band was staying in NYC for a couple of weeks to put some tracks down and every time i walked down the street in astoria i'd be floored by how many unbelievable girls there are there. i live about two hours north of the city, and yes, all the pretty girls from my area go to the city. well, a lot of them. why does this have to be about hookers? why not just "pretty girls?" britt daniels isn't much for social commentary. dude just writes, and well. | |
| Logh – In Cold Blood Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| in cold blood is a very famous book by truman capote. perhaps some relation? | |
| Jeff Buckley – Vancouver Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| amazing melody. unfinished or not, this song is incredible. | |
| Guided by Voices – The Goldheart Mountaintop Queen Directory Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| "the goldheart mountaintop queen directory"... what the FUCK does that mean | |
| Guided by Voices – Game Of Pricks Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| one of the best pop songs i've ever heard (the alien lanes version is superior to the slickly produced one, as well) | |
| My Bloody Valentine – (Please) Lose Yourself in Me Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| song is amazing | |
| My Bloody Valentine – Soft as Snow (But Warm Inside) Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| sex sex sex | |
| 12 Rods – Red Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| what an amazing song. ozzy comparisons aside, this band was simply great. | |
| My Bloody Valentine – Sueisfine Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| molofan is so on point. very interesting observation. | |
| My Bloody Valentine – Sometimes Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| but he doesn't actually give up, he just relegates himself to existing "over there," where he waits in isolation. this song just makes me feel so heavy and light all at once. | |
| My Bloody Valentine – Sometimes Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| pushing and pulling, and eventually he gives up and she understands the pain of completely loving someone who will not give the love in return. you can see, now, the way i do. | |
| My Bloody Valentine – Lose My Breath Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| first time i heard this song i listened to it on repeat for 3 hours. absolutely amazing. | |
| My Bloody Valentine – All I Need Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| this song makes my heart explode | |
| Pavement – Shady Lane Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| you know, looking back, i think it's just kinda safe to say it's about a bad date. nothing else. too crazy. | |
| Pavement – Stereo Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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the first verse is about being in an upscale restaurant and watching a jock's card get checked. the second one is way more cryptic, but i think it's about geddy lee. |
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| Pavement – Shady Lane Lyrics | 19 years ago |
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i think that summer babe is assigning value to these lyrics without warrant. referring to her analysis of the first verse, she is filling in the gaps in the narrative way too liberally. "in fact" it is one of the only "straight narratives" in the pavement discog. really? in fact? come on. firstly, summer babe instantly assumes that malkmus is speaking from the first person, but under a different persona. justification given by summerbabe? none. i'm not going to critique it line by line, but i'll offer my (much simpler) opinion: a blind date is taking a chance. his date is a person who likes taking chances. chancer. easy. it also rhymes. double easy. why did they go dutch? because malkmus (the redneck, wait, no) is poor? no. because when you have an awful blind date, you split the check, which is the civil thing to do. a redder shade of neck on a whiter shade of trash describes the date -- likely a back-home, deep-south kinda girl. a fundamentalist christian, maybe? the emory board is giving him a rash. ever try to talk to a lovely lady who is being completely disrespectful during an argument and pulls out her filing board to work on her nails instead of looking at you? classic female move to divert her attention. i'm... flat out (classic malkmus thought fragment/misdirection). you're so beautiful to look at when you cry (kinda cryptic, i'm not really sure. it's obvious she's upset with stephen.) the movie adaptation line -- the date was a scene from a movie? or is she being quiet, refusing to continue their argument, thereby becoming an extra? this interpretation ties in with my interpretation of the chorus. i believe the chorus mocks what the argument is about: stephen's use of the phrase "oh my god" during the date. he sings "oh my god, oh your god, oh his god, oh her god" trying to emphasize the silliness of the "lord's name in vain" rule that she's trying to hold him to. moral imposition. the shady lane signifies personal comfort. he goes on this date looking for his shady lane, and so does she. what they find is that their world's collide, and all he ever wanted was a pepsi -- or no, wait, just a shady lane. the date was ruined because of the phrase "oh my god" and she, like so many christians i know, refused to argue, saying, "that's my belief, you don't have to agree with me." all that he wants is a shady lane. check out my band, www.myspace.com/countessofpersia also, this is an interpretation. it very possibly is wrong. in all likelihood, it probably is. |
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