| of Montreal – Suffer for Fashion Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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First of all, I believe it should be "clique clicking" rather than "click clicking". No proof, but I think contextually it makes more sense. Considering that this song kicks off what is generally accepted to be a break-up album. The album seems to chronicle his emotional progression in a loose chronological order, and I'd argue that this song kicks off the story just when he's realizing that the break-up is inevitable and impossible to fight or stave off. The lyrics mock his prior denial. For me, the mythological siren idea is a bit of a stretch. I believe it's a reference to modern-day sirens, such as on emergency vehicles, which naturally go flat (in the musical sense) when they pass by you due to the Doppler Effect. kakeeman's post above is spot-on: "things naturally slow down and wear out, and we need to accept these changes. Sirens fall flat, our hair greys, and our bodies slow down." when he says "pretty sirens don't fall flat" I believe it's with tongue firmly in cheek - demanding that one's siren remains "pretty" is ridiculous considering that the Doppler Effect is a law of nature. |
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| What Made Milwaukee Famous – Self-Destruct Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| You know what? On closer scrutiny, I agree with ka rosko that it's 'clientele'. But I think the intended meaning was strictly lower-case. | |
| What Made Milwaukee Famous – Self-Destruct Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I think if you listen closely you'll find that it's clearly 'cry' and not 'cli'. Also, I strongly doubt that this band would give a "shout-out". In the middle of one of the potential singles on their album. Because that would be tremendously cheesy. That would be as likely as finding a shoutout to Pabst Blue Ribbon elsewhere on the album. This is indie rock, not the latest dope-ass Chamillionaire joint. |
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| What Made Milwaukee Famous – Self-Destruct Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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This is definitely a standout track on the new album I was lucky enough to pick up at a their first show in LA on a tour to support its release. To me this is sort of a confrontation, to someone who ignores that their relationship isn't not working. And even though they've kept it going, and clearly love each other, it's not working, and it's leading both of them to a bad place. It could be a love song but somethign tells me it's about some other type of relationship. Great song, great composition. |
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| What Made Milwaukee Famous – The Jeopardy of Contentment Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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These lyrics, along with the others off this album, are all posted on the official band web site. There's a couple discrepancies... correct lines follow... "So, there you left me standing to fend for myself forever" "Do me a favor, love: let me go, let me lose before it's too late to choose" |
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| What Made Milwaukee Famous – The Jeopardy of Contentment Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Excellent work on the lyrics, and thanks for your work in putting them up here. I tried to decipher them myself when the album first came out and I just couldn't get so much of the song that I gave up. It's a great song without understanding the lyrics, and a thousand times better with them - so thanks so much. This is on my short list of best songs of the year. |
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| Radiohead – Bodysnatchers Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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ALL HAIL the return of the Radiohead rhythm section! The drums and the bass are back! The guitar sounds ballsy again! I absolutely love this song. To me it feels like a frenzied, panicked, full-throttle escape - fleeing something horrible and dangerous that's giving chase. Doubt and fear sets in at the 2-minute mark. Then at the 3-minute mark, a rush of elation, panting with hands on knees, but then the paranoia sets in. this song is not about a zombie any more than a Jackson Pollack painting is specifically about an exact moment or experience. Nor is it "of course" about conformism nor "loosing" one's identity. Radiohead songs are vague emotional landscapes. All of us project something from our own lives onto the sounds and the lyrics - our individual worldviews and states of mind cause us to interpret the lyrics in different ways. In interpretation of their lyrics, the only people who are wrong are the ones who think that there's a definitive Point or Message to their songs. We are guided in a general emotional direction, but the specifics are all going to be conjured from our own psyches. The point isn't to figure out what the song is about, but to understand how it illuminates what it is that you're already thinking/believing/feeling. |
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| Caribou – She's the one Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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thanks for the tip. this is my current favorite album - it's just so well-constructed, without a hint of pretense. I've never listened to his music before, but it's clear that music is a craft for him, because there's so much thought and skill evident in the composition, recording, production, and everything. This and Strawberry Jam by Animal Collective are the best two albums I've heard in the past few years - creative, exploratory, but FUN to listen to. I find something different to appreciate with every listen. Cheers |
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| Caribou – She's the one Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| that makes the most sense. but if it's "strange" then the 'j' sound at the end of the word is clipped, so it sounds more like "straight". | |
| Caribou – She's the one Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I put this up specifically to get help with the missing words. Please help! | |
| Caribou – Melody Day Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| sounds like BJ to me. | |
| The Cribs – Our Bovine Public Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Cheers theprentoshow for the correct lyrics. I'd say it's pretty clear that with this song the band is telling music writers that 1) the band is indifferent to negative critics and press, and 2) music criticism is a sham anyway, because at the end of the day the goal is to "impress" the public (ie rather than writing an honest review, the reviewer goes out of his way to be shocking/dismissive/elitist/cool/intellectual etc) badlydrawn27, I suspect the "year's a long time" comment to be a wry dig against music writers and press who phone them up when their new album's out for interviews and comments as if they were old mates, yet have made no contact with the band since the last album was out. |
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| The Cribs – Our Bovine Public Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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agreed, I've requested the change. good catch. It's tough for us Yanks to decipher Brit vowel sounds, esp with what must be thick regional accents! do you think this bit is accurate... "I heard you felt alert well I'm hoping that it hurt cos you played too much silent grammar " Even after putting this bit on repeat for maybe 5 minutes, I still wasn't 100% confident in both "alert" and "silent grammar". the latter is definitely not a common phrase on this side of the pond, but perhaps they're being poetic. cheers |
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