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| Bauhaus – Bela Lugosi's Dead Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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I agree with the idea that this song mirrors Bela Lugosi's actual life. For a pretty simplistic song, there is a lot of good imput here. :)
Just a side note... according to Bela Lugosi Jr., it was he and his mother's decision to bury Bela in one of his Dracula capes. Not sure if that really makes a difference in reference to the song...
I know many people are saying that the song was sort of a spoof Bauhaus did on their own goth image, but I still think there is something a little chilling and tragic about it. Like some people were saying, the "undead undead undead" part can mean how he's not really dead because he still has a lot of fans. What's sad is that he is such a perfect example of post mortem fame... he started off doing A list films and then was pushed down to poverty row stuff due largely to typecasting, became addicted to morphine, and died faded out and poor. It's a shame that he won't ever know how famous he actually is now. So even if the song is supposed to be lame, I still think it's meaningful.
Also... the line about "the virginal brides file past his tomb" reminds me of his movie "The Corpse Vanishes"... but now I am really looking too far into it. :) |
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| Orgy – Blue Monday Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Anyone know what the inspiration for the video was? I'm not sure if it really had anything to do with the song or not, but it was a really cool video. |
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| Orgy – Where's Gerrold Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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If you've ever seen or met Gerald before (which I have) he's this raver looking guy who wears really loud industrial kind of outfits, which seems to fit all the color references in the song. |
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| Orgy – Revival Lyrics
| 18 years ago
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Building on what simiankolya said... I think the song describes humanity being conditioned by religion but even when we try to think outside the box, we end up just being controlled by our own progress. It starts off describing how people are made to believe that they are higher beings due to religion and there's a kind of conformity that must exist in order to force people to believe that. I think then that the candyman just represents scientific knowledge and truth in general. It's something that the church didn't want anyone to have. Eventually, the song seems to describe more and more people becoming disastisfied with religion being the center of their lives. As for the rest of the song, I'm really not sure, but I think it would seem to mean that now that people rely on science and technology more, it still comes at a price ("just a test tube life away" seems to describe a typical futuristic dystopic setting as a result of human progress). And at that point, you come to the dismal realization that your progress has actually failed you, just like how organized religion kept people in the dark ages. The chorus seems to suggest this, with "so you see I try, I cannot ever displace, you see I'm jaded at times from nowhere leaving this place" meaning that no matter how humanity tries to gain control and think like individuals, it will never work out. I don't know, that's just my opinion on the whole thing... I'm usually bad at analyzing symbolism. |
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