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| Peter Gabriel – Sledgehammer Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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I love the video to this song, it's so damn trippy. Yes, it's about sex, maybe a drug reference or two thrown in there, especially in the video. Also, the first two lines he sings before the first verse are slurred but kinda sound like "cocaine, everybody do it." A whole lot of songs are really about both sex and drugs, two of a musicians favourite things |
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| Bob Marley and the Wailers – One Love Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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Also don't forget that in the Rasta tradition, smoking marijuana is done as a sacrament to the Lord. So the line "give thanks and praise to the Lord and I will feel all right" makes a lot of sense. No arguments here :) |
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| Led Zeppelin – Houses of the Holy Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Ha! Finally I have proof that the guys from Led Zappelin smoked weed! Why would they put in that line about being dizzy when stoned if they never have been stoned before? |
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| Yes – I've Seen All Good People: Your Move/All Good People Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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This song is so high. It was probably written by somebody who was high. All music sounds better with weed, but you can always distinguish a "high song" by the fact that the lyrics and melodies seem only to make sense whilst baked. Other examples are "I am the Walrus"(Beatles), "The End"(Doors), and "Kashmir"(Zeppelin). |
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| The Clique – Superman Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Awesome song! This version is the original, and it's a lot more psychedelic than the REM cover. I think it's about a breakup that the singer didn't take well. |
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| Grateful Dead – Casey Jones Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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Read http://www.hippy.com/hippyway.htm
According to Skip Stone, to be a "hippy"(establishment term, by the way) is to believe that peace is the way to resolve all conflicts, but also to set an example to others by living the way they think is right and to reject the consumerist, wage-slave lifestyle. The people who claim they're hippies and try to force their own morality down your throat aren't really hippies and are probably just going along with the crowd. You think there are no causes to fight for these days? Replace "Vietnam" with "Iraq" and "Nixon" with "Bush." He left office but we're still dealing with the problems he caused. Drug laws still need reforming, organic farming isn't as popular as it should be, abortion is still widely and frivolously practised, corporations are still acting greedy and government agencies are still sometimes corrupt. The people who say hippies suck, even if they're perfectly nice people, usually lack a social conscience. They throw cigarette butts, beer cans, and other trash on the ground and tend not to care about the lives of anyone they don't know personally. These are the hippie-haters, because they can't stand anyone who has a social conscience. Hating those who do and pointing out their bad smell and occasional hypocrisy is used as an excuse to others and themselves to just not care and do whatever and fuck the world and other people.
I have long hair and a peace sign necklace. This is one of my favourite songs. I care about the earth enough to recycle and pick up trash on the street. I seek out alternative lifestyles (I'm an assistant beekeeper). I toked down a small bowl before typing this. I believe in the hippy philosophy as described by Skip Stone. By some people's definition, I'm a total hippie. To others who believe there are no such thing anymore, I'm just some kind of poser. Most people don't care. I don't care. I've never called myself a hippie, or given myself more of a title than that I am me, and I exist as who I am. |
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| Moby Grape – Hey Grandma Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I'm not sure what this song is about, but I think the writer was tripping. I love the vocal harmony and the guitar "crosstalk." This is their best song yet! Hooray Moby Grape! |
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| Moby Grape – Omaha Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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This is a great song and I'm surprised it doesn't get regular airplay. I think it's about love. |
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| Lou Reed – Heroin Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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If what LizardKingReborn meant by his comment is that this song was covered by the
Velvet Underground, it's probably because he heard it on The Doors soundtrack. But
this song was only in the movie, it wasn't written by The Doors. And speaking of
the movie, yeah it's a great plot and all but Ray Manzarek hates it and calls it a
pack of lies. I'd trust his opinion more than anyone elses, obviously.
Great song though. Maybe about drugs, but I'm not sure. |
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| The Doors – Touch Me Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I've always just thought that this was just Jim's least sarcastic love song. I thought that if he really loved somebody, that even HE would write a song about it. But I guess there might be a deeper, more "loveless" meaning to it. I guess love songs just aren't really his style.
thank God. |
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| Denis Leary – Asshole Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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Sorry, Shouldn't have said "gawd" so many times. I wish you could edit your own comments. Can you? |
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| The Doors – Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I saw a black and white video of this song. It was originally sung by girls and "little girl" was "little boy."
Btw, I know Russians drink VODKA not whiskey. What exactly is the difference? Is it just the proof? I've always wanted to know how to make both. |
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| Shakira – Underneath Your Clothes Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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"Stupidkid" is an idiot and "honkyfire" is tripping hard on PCP or something. And maybe "stupidkid" is tripping as well. That's my only explanation.
I think that this is a great song. It's a love song, but a welcome change from the Brittney Spears style. |
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| Sorry About Dresden – On Contradiction Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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His name is Matt Oberst. He is a middle school teacher at Sterling Montessori in Morrisville, NC. He was my English and history teacher for 2 years. I hear that one time his brother, Connor Oberst, came to visit our school and came in our classroom, but I didn't know who he was back then and I didn't notice. |
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| The La's – There She Goes Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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This song is 6th down on the list of songs about heroin.
check it out:
http://opioids.com/heroin/hmusic.html |
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| Eddie Money – Two Tickets To Paradise Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I'm pretty sure the 2 tickets the singer keeps referring to are his balls.
"I've got two tickets in my pocket, now baby, we're gonna disappear."
I'm surprised that more people don't think that. |
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| The Doors – Roadhouse Blues Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I like the live version(the one where the audience is chanting in the beginning) better than the studio version, because Ray does more playing on his organ and Robbie has a better wah effect on his guitar. Also, Jim does more "scatting" on the live version.
"We want the Doors!
We want the Doors!
We want the Doors!
We want the Doors!" "Ladies and gentlemen, from
Los Angeles, California, the
DOORS!"
"Wooo!" |
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| The Doors – When The Music's Over Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I've watched the documentaries. This song isn't incredibly deep, considering it's a Doors song. Music symbolizes life. When the music's over, turn out the light = when life is over, lights out. You die. This song might have some alterior meanings, however, that's the only one I know for sure.
Also, "scream of the butterfly" is a reference to a porno film. Either it's a line of dialogue in it or the title, but I know it's a porno reference. |
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| The Doors – Light My Fire Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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You're right Joey. I always get mad when I hear the version with Ray's wicked Vox Continental electro organ solo and Robbie's guitar solo cut out. Those solos made the song! ClearChannel public radio really shouldn't be afraid to play long songs instead of cutting them in half first. In my opinion, they also shouldn't be afraid to play songs that aren't predominantly English, but that's another story.
Actually, in the movie, the making of Light My Fire is shown and Ray says the song is "jazz, man!" I think Alabama Song and Back Door Man are more resemblant of carnival organ music. |
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| The Beatles – In My Life Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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Yes, I simply love this song. The piano you hear is actually sped up. George Martin was good, but it was easier to record himself playing and then speed it up to sound like that than play it like that without speeding it up. That would've been tricky, as I've tried it. Also, speeding it up makes it sound, in my opinion, like an electric piano. |
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| The Doors – Love Her Madly Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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x tank kitten's interpretation of this song sounds correct. A girl keeps leaving a guy, only to come back and make up again a while later. Apparently she's done the same thing allot. Probably taken from a personal experience of one of the band members.
A minor correction...except for Ray Manzerik's Fender-Rhodes keyboard bass, the song didn't contain any keyboards per se, unless the honky-tonk piano sound was actually a keyboard and not a real piano(or maybe it was the keyboard bass). Ray's predominant instrument was not a keyboard either, it was an organ! He played a Vox Continental Italian electronic organ, with a vibrato effect in this song. The general public might not understand or care, but us organists like to think of ourselves as organists, not as keyboardists. In the musician's world, a keyboard implies an instrument that has a variety of presets you can choose from, but can't synthesize. Organist is definitely something above an ordinary "keyboardist," because there's just so much more to it than that. Most organs will have three manuals(organ speak for keyboards), including two upper manuals played by the hands and one pedalboard played by the feet. Each manual has a stoplist and maybe couplers on it. Therefore, we don't "choose" our sound, we create it! Also, playing with both hands and feet requires an insane amount of coordination. Just try playing "Toccata et Fugue" on an imitative keyboard and making it sound as good as on a real organ. I dare you, just try!
Ray Manzerik identified himself as a keyboardist on the Doors documentary, probably for 2 reasons: he played the imitative keyboards as well(like his bass, I think), and the Italian job he was playing had only 1 manual and a not-so-impressive stoplist. But it suited his needs, and that's what counts.
When people call me a keyboardist, I don't get awfully offended, but I'm always sure to correct them. The reason what I'm saying matters is that you simply don't want to walk in on a chapter meeting of the American Guild of Organists and start referring to them as keyboardists or just pianists. Most of them will probably be mellow like me and not get too mad or anything. But you take the chance that a few of them will be really hot headed or high on meth or something and take huge offense to what you say, so your chances of getting jumped on the way home and beaten to death with a 16' flue pipe notably increase. Just sayin. |
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| The Black Eyed Peas – My Humps Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I don't know if anyone here has pointed this out yet...as I'm not about to waste an hour reading every single comment...but actually in the middle of the song when the guy is talking, he's saying what the girl at the disco said to him, not vice versa. This means it's the girl saying "mix your milk with my coco puff." This is the sexiest line in the song, as it implies the process of conception. Think about it...
I think it's a good song, all in all. Probably satirical, or Fergie is just REALLY selling out. I doubt a girl that actually lives this lifestyle would go tell everyone about it(unless they're really desperate for songwriting material), because they're dependent on the guys thinking they're about to get somewhere with them, not knowing that all the time and money they're spending is for not.
I don't believe this song presents a great danger to young people. Like every other mentally healthy 16 yr old, I'm able to listen to this song without going out to town and blowing my savings on some gold-digging hoochie girl. That's just stupid. As for young girls...I'm sure they're smart enough to listen to this song without becoming a gold-digger themselves...although this song does make it sound like a fun thing. But if the girl-in-question's parents are so irresponsible as to let their daughter become a prostitute on impulse after hearing this song, then it's most likely too late and the girl-in-question is probably doomed to a life in a whorehouse anyway. Maybe poor, neglected girls like that have this song to thank for giving them direction in their lives. I don't know :). |
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