| Alan Jackson – Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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For those who claim it's ignorant, I can see where you're coming from. But you're wrong. It's genius and the best 9/11 song out there, hands down. He captures all the emotions we all felt in the first verse (cry, anger, fear, rejoice for the survivors, pride - patriotism was never strong in current times than in the aftermath of that horrible day) The second verse touchingly shows, as Jackon sings in the first verse, to "look at yourself and what really matters" --- Calling your mother to tell you love her, and clinging to your family signifying more so now than ever not to take such things and people for granted. And while "I Love Lucy" is indeed 1950s-ish and no one watches it now doesn't matter, the principle is significant, that being the concept of taking into account violence isn't as fantastic as the movies portray it to be, 9/11 aftermath signifying that instead of glamorizing the violent movies, put on a family sit com instead - ties into the "clinging to family" idea very nicely. The first half of the second verse deals with the title of the song - Where Were You -- it's something we will NEVER forget. Just like our parents/older generation remembers EXACTLY what they were doing when JFK was assinated, same thing will happen with 9/11....for the rest of your life, you'll remember where you were, how old you were, how you learnt about the news, your reaction, and how the rest of that day transpired. The chorus does reek of ignorance with not knowing the difference between Iraq and Iran, but that's good for the song, and probably done intentionally -- it shows that this event was SO monumental (obviously) that everyone was effected, everyone can releate...not just the political junkies. This song is so explicit, I can't believe I even had to detail it out like that, but some people are looking through it. What's more, I was only 14 at the time, in 8th grade. This event made me interested in politics and is the reason why I'm majoring in Political Science, now in my 2nd year in College. |
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| The Enemy – Happy Birthday Jane Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Worst song on the album, only because the lyrical content is pointless. Who is Jane? And why do I care that it's her birthday? LOL However, it does sound GOOD, so i do listen to it occasionally, but meh |
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| The Enemy – This Song Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This is such a fantastic song! Great lyrics. I love this band, amazing album. "And the grown ups said, listen to your head, But our hearts were crying out for heroes on TV screens." Best line of the entire song. |
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| Coldplay – A Rush of Blood to the Head Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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You're all wrong. This is about 9/11. It's so clear, but subtle enough to be genius: You said I'm gonna buy this place, And burn it down, I'm gonna put it six feet underground, You said I'm gonna buy this place, And watch it fall, Stand here beside my baby and the crumbling walls" ^^ the WTC falling down -- put it "6 feet underground", "Crumbling walls", and "watch it fall" "Said I'm gonna buy this place and see it go Stand here beside me baby watch the orange glow" ^^"Orange flow" referring to the fire at WTC and Pentagon "Some'll laugh, some just sit and cry You just sit down then you wonder why" ^^ The terrorists will laugh. Those that lost loved ones will cry. And everyone else asks why, trying to figure out why someone would commit this tragic act "So meet me by the bridge Oh meet me by the lake When am I gonna see that pretty face again?" ^^ Lost a love one and clearly misses her. Bridges and lakes have a somewhat peacful heavenly connotation, perhaps suggesting he'll see her up in heaven when he dies "Blame it upon a rush of blood to the head" ^^ Most genius line. He's blaming the acts by the terrorists on "a rush of blood to the head" -- they acted with passionate hate which made them make this rash decision, instead of logically trying to fix the problem Genius song. I'm sure I saw somewhere that Chris Martin even said it was about 9/11, but I'm not sure. Remember, this album came out in 2002, a year after 9/11, so the timing makes sense too. And whether Chris has confirmed it or not hardly matter, it's clearly about 9/11, and it's done in such a clever way |
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| The Maccabees – Lego Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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This song is clearly about growing up, but not wanting to and thus reminiscing about childhood "and the days when we learnt screaming are we there yet doesnt get you any faster" --> Growing up and maturing "...whilst holding hands and we'll hold on" --> holding on to parents hand as a metaphor for trying to cling to their childhood, scared to grow up "Cross the road and say goodbye, there wasn't a dry eye" --> Crossing the road to the "other side" ie grown up life, parents "crying" because they don't like seeing their children all grown up, while the kids are crying because they still want to be children, and are now scared of being independent |
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