| Dirty Pretty Things – Blood Thirsty Bastards Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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The song describes the chronology and line of thought of a person's rite of passage. The first of three steps being "seperation" from everyone and the second being liminity. In this song both, for the most part are linked. Liminity means openness and usually arises in a person when there is a lack of meaningful people (The Blood Thirsty Bastards or All the sycophants and vampires or the zombies) around them which causes their seperation and the final stage being integration. The seperation step is told in lines like; I don’t get out so much The world seems out of touch now I never saw before cleanse my hands from lies a rumour in your room The liminity stage is is told in lines like; The world seems out of touch now I don’t feel the same In these bones anymore My loyalties are torn And it hurts less every day Oh I’ve been up for days now (his open eyes represent both the struggle through the rite of passage liminity which means openess) And from these eyes The weary eyes-cum shadows Of a very different man Only now do I see it The rite of passage is hinted in lines like; My heels are all worn down I’m finding different paths now I never saw before The paths lead me away Lead me away from those The step to Liminity and Integration is hinted in lines such as; I just need someone For myself Seperation to Complete Integration is told in lines such as; Well I packed them off to hell I got to be my own master I pay them no mind His hatred is of those he "just thought were his friends" who instead are zombies which feed upon his possessions in their greed and addiction "Hatched from their own eyes", who are mere "braggards, tricksters, (and) foolish clones", who keep "making plans for no one, But themselves, but their kind", who laugh at him and dismiss him as a legend but who see themselves as legends cause his ultimate seperation and re-integration, either alone as his own master or with new people. |
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| The Clash – Spanish Bombs Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Androgynous' and Tsk8rKFF's interpretation of "Back home the buses went up in flashes The Irish tomb was drenched in blood" is half-true. Yes, the IRA blew up buses, etc, etc. However, the relation to "Spanish Bombs", ie. the Spanish Civil War is that around 1,000 Socialists went to fight Franco and that the relation here may be the similar battle between oppression by Franco following the removal of the monarchy on the people of Spain and the oppression of the British govt, troops, etc on the people of Ireland attempting to remove the British Monarchy from Ireland. therefore, this may be the similarity. who knows? |
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| Stiff Little Fingers – White Noise Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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this song is the shit. and i can't believe no-one has even commented on it yet! Firstly its not a racist song and if you know anything about stiff little fingers you'll know its not. it basically is all about the general racism that emerged at the time of the National Front and launched the BNP and Thatcherism also. Note "If the victim ain't a soldier why should we care? Irish bodies don't count. Life's cheaper over there." But it also touches on general racism, rhetoric to reveal the general simplicity, idiocy and deep vile that these groups are founded on. thats why the language is plain and doesn't hold back to use the words all us stiff fans hate. the song is great. note how it touches on benefits with the "Spud thick Mick." who "Breeds like a rabbit." because he"Thinks with his prick." and "Ahmed is a Paki. Curry coffee queer. Ten to a bed. Flocking over here. Tax-sponging canker." it also mentions how the media amplifiedn a handful of muggers who happened to be born with black skin to be a part of black youth culture and all that crap and how they made out it was widespread... "Rastus was a nigger. Thug mugger junkie. Black golly gob. Big horny monkey. Pimp pusher coon." again the horny refers to contaminating white girls and spunging which is central and always has been an argument put forward by racist groups. load of ballix like. also a part i like is how the talk about immigration and deportation in this song and intentionally pronouce the word "right" as "white" in the lines.... "Stick together we'll be all white me and you The only colours we need are red, right and blue." although like all stiff songs they touch on their experience on northern ireland. the song is a nutshell is all about the NO BLACKS, NO DOGS, NO IRISH theme within britain at the time. |
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| Bob Dylan – Knockin' on Heaven's Door Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| like the fella said "I think this song is about warfare (probably not very original in this). The badge is the badge of his army/country and he wants it removed because he can no longer wants to fight 'put my guns in the ground' and can no longer tell the right from the wrong, 'too dark to see', 'black cloud is comin' down' and feels like dying, 'knocking on heaven's door'. However he realises that his actions in life may have meant his entry into heaven isn't guaranteed - he has to knock on the door of heaven." i agree, but i think that the actions he has taken has stopped his entry into heaven...no-one answers heaven's door | |
| Bob Dylan – Blowin' in the Wind Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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yet anoher timeless classic that deals with all the crazy crap we have, or rather choose to put up with. i'm gonna do this line by line folks;How many roads must a man walk down Before you call him a man? is about the black civil rights movement. it points to the fact that a black man can walk all the roads of life be it a worker, a husband, an uncle, a father, a grandfather but at the end of the day he's still the "boy" to his white counterparts. How many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand? Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly Before they're forever banned? is as we all know about the Vietnam war etc as he poses the question when will the white dove (peace) settle. Yes, 'n' how many years can a mountain exist Before it's washed to the sea? Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist Before they're allowed to be free? Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head, And pretend that he just doesn't see? is all about how we know theres problems but don't get involved or put things to the back of our minds, symbolic of the fact that we turn our heads to face the other way. Yes, 'n' how many times must a man look up Before he can see the sky? Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have Before he can hear people cry? Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows That too many people have died? Is all about how we don't listen to people, we don't pay attention and how we're distracted by our fears and these grand ideas. Dylan also makes the point about god when refering to the sky. he's saying when will we realise theres nothing up there but only sky and take a look around us down here and get off these platformed ideologies, politics etc. the whole blowing in the wind thing is about how we all know that wind blows and we can see it but we don't attempt to understand it and we just accept that it does. the fact that Dylan fails to give an overall conclusion (ie the answer) is the fact that i think he's trying to get us to think about it...like how wind blows rhymes with who knows? its a sort of think will you! song |
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| Bob Dylan – Blowin' in the Wind Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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yet anoher timeless classic that deals with all the crazy crap we have, or rather choose to put up with. i'm gonna do this line by line folks;How many roads must a man walk down Before you call him a man? is about the black civil rights movement. it points to the fact that a black man can walk all the roads of life be it a worker, a husband, an uncle, a father, a grandfather but at the end of the day he's still the "boy" to his white counterparts. How many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand? Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly Before they're forever banned? is as we all know about the Vietnam war etc as he poses the question when will the white dove (peace) settle. Yes, 'n' how many years can a mountain exist Before it's washed to the sea? Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist Before they're allowed to be free? Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head, And pretend that he just doesn't see? is all about how we know theres problems but don't get involved or put things to the back of our minds, symbolic of the fact that we turn our heads to face the other way. Yes, 'n' how many times must a man look up Before he can see the sky? Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have Before he can hear people cry? Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows That too many people have died? Is all about how we don't listen to people, we don't pay attention and how we're distracted by our fears and these grand ideas. Dylan also makes the point about god when refering to the sky. he's saying when will we realise theres nothing up there but only sky and take a look around us down here and get off these platformed ideologies, politics etc. the whole blowing in the wind thing is about how we all know that wind blows and we can see it but we don't attempt to understand it and we just accept that it does. the fact that Dylan fails to give an overall conclusion (ie the answer) is the fact that i think he's trying to get us to think about it...like how wind blows rhymes with who knows? its a sort of think will you! song |
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| Bob Dylan – Gotta Serve Somebody Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| everyone's arguing about the bible/god reference, i don't know about that...ask Dylan! i think he's basically making the point that life is deterministic. not by any transcent creator or being. it just is, everything we do has a meaning and a purpose to it, manmade or not. its all about getting on | |
| Bob Dylan – Ballad of Hollis Brown Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| this song is amazing! for me its all about how this fella who lives on the outside of town is screwed. he's poor and can't find no work or money to keep himself and his family going adn ultimately turns to suicide/homicide. the whole thing about him being outside of town isn't as simple as it seems, i think he's making the point that Hollis Brown is an outsider which explains why he can't seem to get any help from anyone, there is no mention of friends or family in the song. this isolation is both reflected in the remoteness of the area he lives (outside of town) and the limitations poverty has put him in. the whole reference at the end that some argue is about the restoration and balance of good and evil with the "seven new people born" i think is nonsense. there is no evil in this song other than the murder of his family but it is for the best intentions if you get my drift. infact i think the whole refernce to seven new people born is more about how life goes on, which is the point i think Dylan's trying to make...no one helps the guy and his family, he's left to his own devices. like it says at the end "out there in the distance there is seven new people born" people have distanced themselves from Hollis Brown and family and get on with their lives. anyway thats just what i think. altho my favourite part about this song is the way he describes Hollis Brown contemplating murder and suicide and how his eyes are fixated at the shotgun - how the only positive aspect to his life is to end it. depressingly beautiful | |
| Nirvana – You Know You're Right Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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This song is basically about how he's done with everything he has to do to. How he's become complete, not uncommitted, but that if he continues any longer things will become worse. That at the end of it all the things he's appreciated most he's not put effort into...music, family, etc, a way he felt he led his life and therefore knew "No thought was put in to this... I always knew it would come to this...I have never failed to fail". NOTE - this song should be read along with his suicide note. Generally i would say that heroin...the fact that he didn't have a stable relationship with his parents, and that they didn't have a stable relationship with eachother mirrored his life with his kid, wife etc and he didn't want to become the person he hated. Altho for him i suppose in many ways that he was showing signs of it and therefore ended it all. But thats just what i think! |
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| Nirvana – Heart-Shaped Box Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Heart-Shaped Box is a sarcastic song about his relationship with courtney love, although it is also a fairly serious song. And like in many of Kurts songs he just takes lines, bits and pieces of poems he wrote over the years to form an overall song. His work is abstract but also timeless and in the first line he refers to being "eyed" as a pisces which is represented as a fish astrologically. In Picasso's work(who was an abstract artist) he did a piece on lovers where the male was represented as fish...and kurt also referred to how art heavily influenced him. It is to do with him being taken advantage of...anyways. the umbical noose bit is all about that time the family intervanetion on drugs came about and whatnot...and how the kid aswell as his work was going to be cut off from him if he didn't clean himself up. | |
| Stiff Little Fingers – Wasted Life Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Wasted Life is basically an anti-paramilitary, but also an anti-establishment song (Stiff were and are politically aware) that basically threw up two fingers to the situation in Northern Ireland known as the troubles. Stiff focused this song, however, largely on paramilitaries and argued that they were nothing more than opportunists, egoistical and utopian. Note the sarcastic singing in lines such as "be a PEOPLE'S SOLDIER" and "IMPORTANT CAUSE". They specifically refer to the paramilitaries as fascist, which was an argument made against the IRA and Loyalist groups in general throughout that period (and to some extent today). Although the song blames paramilitaries for the unbareable situation its generally clear in parts of the song that they are anti-establishment ("And rules and regulations...That merely cause disturbances and wars...That is what I've got now") The title of the song not only is about how paramilitaries have "wasted" their lives but also how they waste the lives of others. | |
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