| Bryan Ferry – A Fool for Love Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| I beg your parden, but "no comments"? This is one of the most beautiful songs ever. SUch a good melody, Ferrys gentle voice. I'm a fool for this song. | |
| David Bowie – Dodo Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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Indeed this song, like many others from Diamond Dogs, is a reference to Orwell's 1984. The lines He thinks he's well screened from the man at the top It's a shame that his children disagree They coolly decide to sell him down the line Daddy's brainwashing time may well refer to Winston's neighbour Parson, who is a loyal Party member, but in the end is turned in by one of his children (and even thinks that's okay because, in his brainwashed mind, he thinks it is his own fault and the child was right in turning his own father in). |
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| David Bowie – We Are the Dead Lyrics | 8 years ago |
| @flavour country Ageed. That passage definately is about Winston and Julia getting caught. The Whole song is based on their story, and the title "we are the dead" is something that Winston says a few times, meaning that they are the walking dead. Sooner or later they will be caught and eventually killed. | |
| Bruce Springsteen – Point Blank Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| In his concert "Live at the Roxy" on the 7th of July 1978, Bruce introduced this (new) song: "..it’s a song about being trapped. Some friends of mine are working two jobs a day, her husband working two jobs a day, and they’re trying to take her house away, and it’s a song about being trapped and not able to get out." I'm not sure how this relates directly to the lyrics, but I guess they are describing the lives of a couple strugling with making ends meet, and that effects their relationship. The question is, who are "they"? | |
| Eels – Flower Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| One of their best songs, if not the best. | |
| Eels – Beautiful Freak Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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"Some people think you have a problem But that problem lies only within" I've always heard these lines as: Some people think you have a problem But that problem lies only with THEM Sort of makes sense, but hey, what do I know. |
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| Eels – Whatever Happened to Soy Bomb Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| "When asked about the inspiration for disc two's "Whatever Happened To Soy Bomb," Everett says, "The only reasonable answer to the title's question is 'who cares?' This was the 'performance artist' that invited himself onstage during Bob Dylan's performance on an awards show, gyrating with the meaningless words SOY BOMB written on his chest. There was no point. It wasn't punk. It wasn't Andy Kaufman. It wasn't even Jarvis Cocker storming Michael Jackson's performance, which at least had some point to it. Maybe I'm just an old railroad man, but it seemed like a sign of the stupid times we live in and it makes me long for a more dignified time." " | |
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