| Man Man – Poor Jackie Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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To add to what Fadeskillz said, think about life. Everything bad in the world is a direct result of human selfishness and corruption. How is that in any way God's--in whatever form you can possibly think of Him as--fault? Even if you argue that God created humanity, how could someone or something that created the entire universe in its infinite complexity and beauty, and created this tiny little planet where everything is perfect for life to exist in perfect harmony and balance, purposefully instill selfishness in the one form of organism that knows that it is an organism? We were given this perfect place to watch over and prosper, but instead we decided to war and set up petty boundaries so we could destroy the earth and ourselves slowly and painfully. Don't ever say that's God's fault. Now, on to my interpretation... I think this whole album is about a relationship that Honus or one of the other bandmembers had. It starts out in medias res when the main character (alternately talking in first person and third person) is betrayed when his girlfriend whom he thinks is perfect for him, cheats on him at a party. The situation slowly deteriorates as he forces himself to hold on to the relationship and try to help her become a better person, even though he knows it will probably end badly. "Rabbit Habits" (the song) is when he realizes it is futile for two polar opposite people to try to reconcile themselves in a world as dark and evil as the one we live in, which is why he alludes to the atomic bomb. "Top Drawer" further explains this in the ridiculous striving of modern consumerism, and he finally admits that the girl is only destroying him, thus why she makes him feel like a zombie, and he only feels like a "bratwurst in" her "bun" when they have sex. There is no passion. "Poor Jackie" is the climax, when he finally confesses everything he hates about her, but he knows that she has trapped him and all he can do is concede and live with it because he's made too many mistakes to let it go. "Whalebones" is his reflective lamentation on all of his follies, though he knows it was inevitable anyway. The modern human condition explained perfectly. Honus Honus for pres 2012. |
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| Man Man – Whalebones Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| To anyone who likes this song, I would strongly recommend the video game Bioshock. It has the same steampunk/1920's-culture feel to it, with great sad connotations in the storyline. Just like most of Man Man's music in general, really. | |
| Beck – Motorcade Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| It has to have something to do with Scientology; what, however, I have no idea... | |
| Man Man – Banana Ghost Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I'm pretty sure 1:19 is the best guitar solo I've ever heard. | |
| Modest Mouse – Shit Luck Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| All of you who are comparing this song to Led Zeppelin or Black Sabbath, you are very correct. Isaac obviously wrote this song as a simple parody of a mainstream punk rock song just to make fun of how simple and stupid they are. That being said, Modest Mouse is just way too badass to make a song sound sucky on purpose, and this song still rocks in its utter simplicity, especially since the rest of the album it was put on is regular Modest Mouse sound (which is awesome, don't get me wrong) and ballances out the music 'chi' perfectly. | |
| Modest Mouse – Interstate 8 Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I love this song so much, easily my favorite song, better than the new MM stuff in Good News and WWD by far. In my listenings of their music, they seem to have two general kinds of songs: ones that focus on the lyrics and give listeners a new insight into life through Isaac's eyes and ones that focus on the music and tunes, forging the dagger of Modest Mouse that stabs mainstream music in the heart. This song seems to focus a little bit more on the music, especially toward the end, but Isaac didn't leave it without meaning, as this forum has already explained very well. Above all, this is one of the only Modest Mouse songs that I can say truly "rocks", especially towards the end. Check out some videos of MM live playing this song on Youtube, the crowd goes crazy. All in all, the incredible guitarwork, gutbusting drums, and Isaac's unique voice set this song apart, and make me glad I listen to them instead of being some white rap-lover like the rest of America. |
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