| Siouxsie and the Banshees – The Killing Jar Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| All about partying and trying to preserve that precious high...and how ugly that can be. Sins and needles- yes its addiction. The killing jar is for butterflies but its the bottle of beer you're holding! | |
| Kristin Hersh – Static Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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"Your mouth fell out of the sky/ and suddenly I had it memorized" Words that make sense in a spiritual/ abstract way just fall out of the sky and fall into place. This describes KH's writing process. Is this song about songwriting? "But honestly, its like you're dead"- once the words have fallen into place, they become static. "I can't shake off voodoo or your thudding making noise"- Music casts a spell in an irrational way that can be conscious or unconscious "The pearls you cast before swine"-I think she may be offering an example of words falling into place automatically- rhymes and idioms- to demonstrate how this kind of canned/ inert meaning makes musicians "seem alive" and meaningful by offering a reference point. The implication is that from the artist's point of view, as implied in the first verse and reinforced by the line about pigs and swine, you dangle static idioms and music structures like marionettes before your audience to simulate live, meaningful subjective experiences. "a pretty picture of you breathing air and you're just standing there static"- Breathing air as opposed to what? This is a demonstration of a lack of meat in a song that is accepted because on purely aesthetic, musical terms. Air is nice, but there's no "there" there, to quote Gertrude Stein. The "you" in "makes you seem alive" is KH, the musician, speaking informally. "show me how you do it a thousand miles away from here you're one micron away from me"-Another demonstration of using automatic patterns, possibly referring to being far off, abstracted, which, followed closely, unites speaker and listener within a microns length. "your hope is on the wing is on a bus tearing down the road your road is in the dark is in the sun, in the rain and cold you're cold you're made of heat you're made of skin, made of cloth and bone your bones are made of sponge are made of plexiglass, tin and hope " A demonstration of words falling out of the sky into familiar literary chunks: a bus "tearing down the road." Elemental words- Sun, rain, cold- "skin and bone"- offered as a complete example of lyrics animating static concepts. The cool trade-off with herself creates momentum that has nothing to do with the lyrics. Lyrically, it's a pretty picture, but static. IMO KH balances her candid admission of meaninglessness- which applies to many of her turns of phrase- with her idiosyncratic voice/creative process. Even if words just "fall out of the sky" for her, we might still see her as a meaning-imbued personality and see this song as the story of her personal perspective. |
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| Siouxsie and the Banshees – Tenant Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| the tenant- roman polanski film- paranoia and social pressure | |
| Siouxsie and the Banshees – Slowdive Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| dancing! | |
| Siouxsie and the Banshees – Sick Child Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| technology to heal the inner child? | |
| Siouxsie and the Banshees – Placebo Effect Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Alternative and mainsream both benefit from the placebo effect. | |
| Siouxsie and the Banshees – Peek-A-Boo Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| The sex trade is part of all our lives, not even just rock stars. It comes creeping up the back stairs and you're acting for someone putting silver dollars in a hidden window. Why else are you on that diet? | |
| Siouxsie and the Banshees – Overground Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| The deadly allure of an acceptable lifestyle. | |
| Siouxsie and the Banshees – Ornaments Of Gold Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| The futility of materialism- even the ideal, poetic edge of materialism- its lovely, empty. | |
| Siouxsie and the Banshees – O Baby Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Geez. Siouxsie's in love. Great song. | |
| Siouxsie and the Banshees – Melt Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| auto-erotic asphyxiation? | |
| Siouxsie and the Banshees – Lullaby Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Clay spinning on the wheel- consciousness even a baby can shape | |
| Siouxsie and the Banshees – Hybrid Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| I'd say its how participating in a social scene (shoulders form rows) can make you into something that's partly not-you. I love this song. | |
| Siouxsie and the Banshees – Helter Skelter (The Beatles cover) Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| It's Siouxsie. Its a Charles Manson reference. | |
| Siouxsie and the Banshees – Carousel Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Bad trip- your favorite image can turn on you- another cycle of life- likewise what you hate can turn beautiful! one of my favorites |
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| Siouxsie and the Banshees – Cannons Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Some leaders turn to war to revive an ailing country | |
| Siouxsie and the Banshees – Happy House Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Civilization! what a good time had by all. If you are discontent, stay outside. | |
| Siouxsie and the Banshees – Hall of Mirrors Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| A Kraftwerk cover? Great! We all know how fickle the mirror. And you can move it! | |
| Siouxsie and the Banshees – Green Fingers Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| The power of the individual- "rooted" in nature- you make the world you live in. | |
| Siouxsie and the Banshees – Fear (of the Unknown) Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Second worst siouxsie song. But I'm sure it was worth the money. | |
| Siouxsie and the Banshees – Face To Face Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| yes, I think its about Batman and Catwoman. The absolute worst Siouxsie song ever. | |
| Siouxsie and the Banshees – Desert Kisses Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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sand, sand, sand. later:Venus Sands |
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| Siouxsie and the Banshees – Dazzle Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Very cynical. At first I thought there might be something beautiful at the root of this song- but I think its about how hollow a Columbine victory could be. Very, very, hollow. | |
| Siouxsie and the Banshees – Circle Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Cycle of abuse, cycle of poverty, YOUR own cycles. | |
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