| The Hold Steady – Chips Ahoy! Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| this song is a reference to Sapphire not Holly. Sapphire is the psychic girl from stay positive | |
| The Mountain Goats – Linda Blair Was Born Innocent Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| any chance that tate is a reference to the manson murders? | |
| The Mountain Goats – Surrounded Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| this is JD and JV's weird sci-fi tale of a man who spends half his time on the moon harvesting human organs and the other half by his lonesome in Colorado with nothing but the fabulous machines the government plies him with. (According to JD at Ships and Dip) | |
| The Hold Steady – Navy Sheets Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| is this song as sexual as it seems? | |
| Leonard Cohen – Last Year's Man Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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There's no way not to smile at the line "Bethlehem inflamed us both like the shy one at some orgy," very clever image. Also, both of the past comments seem correct, last years man must be god or some sort of creator as the rain is falling down on the earth/his works. At the same time it is 'last year's' man and there is a lot of anti-religious imagery (some wait for jesus and some wait for cain). I can't really figure out the sky light imagery, if anyone has an idea, clue us in. Its seems odd that God would be looking up through a skylight rather than down on the earth |
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| The Silver Jews – San Francisco B.C. Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| i laugh at the 'sells a lot of concrete on the QVC' everytime I hear it, but what is he trying to say. Is it merely that it is such a ridiculous way to make money by selling concrete on TV? | |
| The Silver Jews – Slow Education Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| is it possible the second verse if god talking to berman, while the first is berman on god because he is asking god whether he is contemplating giving up on people (i.e. the one about dying) | |
| The Silver Jews – Suffering Jukebox Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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i think everyone missed the reason behind the use of a jukebox. He feels empathy for the jukebox because it is only able to play other peoples feelings/words not its own. The line of about the 'cult of #1's' is Berman making a joke about pop music (i disagree that it means the upper class). However, the song is clearly autobiographical in some way, the easiest parallel being that he is frustrated with himself for not being original enough. Hence, he is 'over in the corner breaking down.' |
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