| The Wombats – Let's Dance To Joy Division Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Oh for Gods sake. What is wrong with you people? I'm a Joy Division fan too, and I'm not a teenager, and I love this song. Are you so thick you don't get the irony? Why can't a band write a song about a band THEY like? It's like Robbie Williams doing that awful Madonna song, or the Scouting for Girls song that talks about Elvis. For crying out loud, if all these bands wrote about was alcohol and drugs and girls, you'd be whinging too. I think it's refreshing for a band to write about something different to these things and if you can't actually READ/LISTEN to the lyrics and work out what they're saying like everyone's commented on, ie. the whole irony of dancing to Joy Division, then there's something wrong with you, or you're extremely uneducated or narrow minded. Do you honestly think the band would have been offended if they had heard this song? They'd probably love it/laugh at it. It's like me writing a song about how me and my mates used to get slaughtered and have a dance in a nightclub to The Smiths! And if I did, I'd write to Morissey myself and ask him what he thought about it and when he told me it was hilarious, or ironic or whatever, I'd make sure I put that in the sleeve of my CD so that all The Smiths fans who kicked up a fuss would read it and shut the hell up. |
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| The Wombats – MOVING TO NEW YORK Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Now that they've released the video, it kind of helps... a tiny bit!! Basically, he's got insomnia and it's sending him mental. I think. Or he's so mental, he can't sleep. And he's hallucinating etc. If the whole girl rumour thing is right, then I think the whole "lies, booze and deceit" thing is very relevant. He's been with this girl and then he finds out she's a lesbian, or she's at least cheated on him. Becuase it's so horrible, he can't sleep, hence the hallucinations. And I think you guys are dead on with the whole New York being the city that never sleeps so that's where he's going. As for the Christmas came early line, I think it's either because he's moving to New York so he's happy, or it's some weird comment on the fact that if a guy tells a guy mate that his girlfriend was kissing another girl they'd be like "man that's awesome, bet it was hot, did you have a threesome?" etc., but in actual fact he's destroyed because she lied/cheated. If you get what I'm saying, like it's the whole guy fantasy thing isn't it? So I think it could be a sarcastic "looks like Christmas came early for me" as in that's what people are implying but in actual fact it's horrible. On the other hand, he could be one of the party who believe the Christmas is an anti-climax and the run up is better. So the relationship with the girl was awesome, but finding that out just ruined the whole thing and it never went anywhere, like the build up to Christmas, and Christmas day. That's my two cents anyway! |
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