| Spoon – Eddie's Ragga Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Wow, that is quite the in depth look at things! I don't have much to say here other than to congradulate / agree with you. It's interesting, I always thought the word 'stranger' in "the Stranger Dance" (Monsieur Valntine) was used in the context of 'unusual'. Your explanation tying together the two songs is impossibly clever. | |
| The Weakerthans – Our Retired Explorer (Dines with Michel Foucault in Paris, 1961) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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To ousson, or anyone else not versed in the French: The Babel Fish translation is indeed right about the first phrase ("Comment allez-vous ce soir?", being "How are you this evening?"). "Comme ci comme ça" is an expression meaning "okay", as in "I'm doing all right." Hope I helped clearing up the confusion. |
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| Mad Caddies – Backyard Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| I too had the fear (yes, that's right) that this song might be about weed. But now that ChevyChevySlowSlow (awesome name, by the way) points it out, the "world is your oyster" seems to fit a lot better, and is a lot more preferable explanation for my favourite Mad Caddies song. I guess that 's all that can be said about that. I really love this song, especially since I can play it on trombone! | |
| State Radio – Riddle In Londontown Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I love this song. I just did a presentation in school about it (as a poetic song), so that gave me a chance to think about it A LOT. First off, I agree with the coal mining accident explanation , but I've just got even more metaphors (etc.) to point out: I interpret the second verse as talking about World War One and the Great Depression that followed: "They said they would never fight no more" - WWI was the 'War To End All Wars' "After the day she went away" - Also, the war was one of the leading causes of the Great Depression in the 20's and 30's. So this is talking about unavailability of coal for many people, due to the inflated cost. You could also see it as talking about lack of resources in general, and how that is often the cause of war. "What in the world are we all fighting for If we don't give they're going to take" - Essential anti-war line! This can be talking further about lack of resources, possibly a jab at the current war in Iraq. Keeping with the theme of the mining accident, it could be saying something like: 'why are we arguing about weather there are people alive in the mine; we just need to hope there are and work together to get them out!' Or something. Anyway, that's my (additional) two cents. |
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| State Radio – Black Cab Motorcade Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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You know it's kind of funny; with all the different and varied explanations you guys gave, you all have some elements of the 'official' meaning in them. According to an interview with Chad (which I tried to find again but unfortunately couldn't), Black Cab Motorcade is about the 'Troubles' in Northern Ireland. far side is actually very close in his explanation; just try to imagine what he's saying as applying to Ireland. The posters above me have all made good points (many of which factor into this), so I don't really need to explain it much further. Also, this is the same topic that Chad talks about in Olli Olli, so it seems to be a pretty big issue for them. |
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| State Radio – As With Gladness Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Yeah, I suppose it actually IS a love song, if you think about it. (And yes, I do agree with Duke Banks' explanation) Thanks for the link to the carol as well. |
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| State Radio – The Legacy Of Margaret Brown Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Man, this is such a wicked song! I'm surprised that no one else has commented yet, although it's also one of State Radio's most self-explanatory songs as well. | |
| State Radio – Right Me Up Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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In response to henryp: You make a good point with your thoughts on the 'right me up' idea; I hadn't thought about it like that before. I always thought that the chorus was being told from Manny's perspective, adn therefore talking about support. Like the physical / moral support that Chad and everybody (Manny's friends) was giving him. Buy, as you've just proved, it has multiple meanings. - And to everybody who still thinks that this is about Manny Ramirez: ntuli already explained the correct meaning over a year ago! |
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| State Radio – Wicker Plane Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I seriously doubt that there's any Christian meaning to the song. (Especially considering that they edited the image on the CD cover to get rid of the cross on the crow's bible; just to get rid of the Christian symbolism. [I saw an interview on patchmusic.info where Chad talked about this.]) I think the verse (where you're probably getting that from) "Wherever I am Lord" is using God's name more like in Railway (by Dispatch; "oh Lord, I think I heard you"); more as an expression rather than to convey any religious meaning. I think that verse may be showing the pilot's reaction to the city. (Basically he's in awe of what he's seeing, so he's thinking something like "oh my God, where am I" or "only the Lord knows where I am.") About the song itself: I am given the feeling that this song is talking about technology; like how fast we're making technological advances nowadays and how these new advances are clashing with the "old ways" of people in third-world countries. Like the "wicker-made plane" could be representing the "old fashioned" technology. The part of the song where he "crash landed in the middle of the middle of the city", could be talking about how abruptly new technological advances are changing the world we live in. The line "just hours ago I took off in my wicker-made plane" would then be talking about just how quickly this is happening. The line "this tree is a misfit like you and me" is obviously talking about the environment. (They're saying that the fact that the tree is growing in the middle of the city is just as unusual as the guy still using "archaic" technology and the kid who is helping him out.) So if the stuff I said above is true, then the meaning of the song would be something like "we need to stop focusing on making technological advances for advancements sake" (The part of the song where the pilot "wonders why they didn't lean over and fall" [about the buildings] could be a metaphor for this, talking about all the "bad" ways that our technology could affect us if something goes wrong. [For example you could look at WWI, where so much carnage came out of people not really knowing what to do with all the rapid advancements in military and weapons technology.] I'm not 100% sure that that's right (actually I think it could be horribly wrong), but that's what the song seems to say to me. I also don't really know what the rest might mean, either. |
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| State Radio – Fall of the American Empire Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| The hidden track is called "Sybil II" (Which is, naturally, the sequel to the hidden track on UATC that Chat wrote for his girlfriend.) As for lyrics, I really don't know. I did a google search for the lyrics, as well as checked CCBsayit, but I couldn't find them either. I'd recommend checking State Radio's official forums on their website; I'm sure the guys there have compiled the lyrics for it. | |
| State Radio – Fall of the American Empire Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Surprisingly, queleviebien, there is acctually no deep metaphorical meaning behind this song. (Some of the verses, maybe, but the song's meaning itself is very simple. Bacically this song tells the story of the Great Gatsby. It's about how the US govgernment is screwing everybody else in the country over, and all they're doing about it is having a huge party in the White House. The charachter Sally mentioned in soem of the verses is bacically a whore for all the politiions at said party. This is my new favourite SR song; and I think that it really evokes the sarcastic "we're all going to kill ourselves but we don't care" message in the lyrics really well. ^ That's bacically it in a nutshell. |
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| Citizen Cope – Bullet And A Target Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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As many people said; this song has many meanings. It's a very powerful song indeed, and his voice really compliments the great lyrics. Awesome song. 'Nuff said. |
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| State Radio – CIA Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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To quote Chad: "This song is about Communist paranoia" |
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