| 13th Floor Elevators – Reverberation Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| Absolutely badass. It feels like some crazy bus ride to hell. Rarely does anyone ever manage to talk about their drug trips in a worthwhile way, but this is profound and terrifying all at once. That slithering, insidious guitar is perfect. | |
| Radiohead – Reckoner Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Like much of this album, Thom Yorke seems to have written this song with Goethe's Faust in mind. I like to think that this song specifically captures the odd relationship between Faust and Mephistopheles-where the later is cast as "the Reckoner", and the former is the narrator. What the Reckoner can't take with him is Faust/Thom Yorke's soul, and throughout the play Faust was ostensibly "dancing for your (Mephistopheles') pleasure." The second stanza/verse thing describes the way Faust felt on his death bed; accepting of his punishment. The "ripples on a black shore" may refer to the lapping waters of the river styx, by which Mephistopheles would remain in hell while Faust was spared and accepted into heaven. Specifically, I think that the ripples describe a disturbance in the flow of souls to hell. After all, Faust 's soul was thoroughly damned until God's last-minute verdict. Even if I'm WAY off with all this, I still think that this song takes on an interesting meaning when interpreted as such. |
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