| Dan Deacon – Ohio Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think this song is about Dan's Ska band he tried creating in high school and how he now realizes that Ska is a silly and hopeless genre. "We're talking 16 ska bands... We're talking 19 ska bands..." (Back then Ska was the "cool" scene, and teenage ska bands were more of a commodity than pedophiles on myspace) "We're talking rudie suits and rudie boots..." (suits and boots that ska kids or "rudies" wear. Suits usually bought at thrift stores and boots usually Doc Martins) "And hooty flutes too" (I imagine he's talking about the horn sections?) All the other non sensical lyrics are just silly absurd visual devices, and ultimately a catalyst to get people talking about Dan Deacon and his music. |
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| Modest Mouse – Steam Engenius Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Ive been a modest mouse fan for years specifically for the reason that modest mouse is such a creative and provocative band. But after hearing this song I was really let down... I can't believe that no one recognizes that the guitar riff in this song is ripped off directly from a pink floyd song off of the division bell album... does anyone else recognize that?? |
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| Modest Mouse – Fire It Up Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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and another irony; "Fire it up, fire it up When we fix the carburetor Then we'll push off once again In an hour or so later" You will never fully understand this unless your a stoner that has made a homemade bong out of a soda bottle with a fucked up carb on it. A "carb" on a pipe is a hole in which you plug with your finger while taking the hit, and opening it to let oxygen flow in when you clear the smoke out of the pipe, much like the "carburetor" in a car engine. Now it could just be me, but this sounds an awful lot like a guy that has a dilema with his carb, but is trying to get it fixed so in about an hour everyone can "push off" once again... |
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| Modest Mouse – Fire It Up Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Maybe Brock wrote the song while getting stoned on a road trip or traveling on tour. It's really ironic how road trips often involce getting stoned, to those that travel with friends that smoke at least. Earlier in the summer a few friends and I took a road trip across TX and this really was our "stoner anthem". |
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| Modest Mouse – Float On Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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This song is about dead bodies floating in outer orbit of earth. There's a theory that in the growing populous of the future, every square inch of land will be occupied by structural buildings, so when we die, if we wish not to be burned to ashes, the only other option will be to have your corpse shot into space. The message of the song is FUCK IT! WE'RE GONNA DIE ANYWAYS! and pretty soon we'll all float on. |
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| Modest Mouse – The Stars Are Projectors Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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I think it's about the personal struggle with the theory and belief of a god, and with the human mind not being able to provide its own information, the mind drifts into randomness and starts forming theories. The stars being projectors is actually an ancient aztech belief. They also believed that the earth sat in a woven basket with a hole in the top where light would shine through, and at night god plugged the hole up with the moon and the only visible light was what was shining through the cracks in the basket... Trippy shit eh? |
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| Modest Mouse – Life Like Weeds Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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To me, this song is about what binds every human being in life. It's about the only thing that keeps people moving everyday. True loving friendships. It seems like Brock is trying to say that he loves his friends and that the comradery they have given him is what keeps him alive, but he's too ashamed to admit it. They say that when you die your life flashes before your eyes... "And on the day that you die, you'll see the people you’d met" |
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| Modest Mouse – Interlude (Milo) Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Although without lyrics, this song has wonderful meaning. The tune that's being played on the achordian and cello is a classical love song called It Must Be Love. The baby that babbles is symbolic to the idea that a child is the only item or object on this planet that is worthy of such love and compassion. Not any member of the opposite sex, not any secular possesion, but an infant human being. |
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| Modest Mouse – Alone Down There Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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If you're familiar with the history of Modest Mouse then it would be a legitimate theory that this song is about Isaac's struggle as an independent musician entering the world of the corporate music industry. For example, the line, "The Devil's apprentice, he gave me some credit. He fed me a line and I'll probably regret it." could be a metaphor for the corporate music producer that persuaded Brock to sign the contract, with Brock aware that the decision he made would most likely bite him in the ass. This theory also shows relativity to the previously released album art for Everywhere And His Nasty Parlour Tricks. If you notice carefully, the cover shows two men shaking hands (as they would making some sort of a deal) and in one of the men's hand there is something hidden that the other innocent man isn't aware of. Ironically, that album was the first to be released bearing the Capitol Records logo. But I don't know, maybe this all makes sence to me more than it does anyone else. Interpret Modest Mouse as you will. Everyone has their own different theories. |
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