| Jethro Tull – Jump Start Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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The lyrics are oblique but there seem to be connections to the industrial changes in Britain during the Thatcher era. I base this on the shipyards closing & reference to Maggie (Mrs.Thatcher). Essentially this is the working man asking who to blame for the crisis (how history repeats itself). The jump start & power lines of your love reference may be an appeal to those in government & industry leaders to kick start the ailing industries with an injection of assistance; otherwise they may find crime on their doorstep (Knightbridge) as honest workers turn to crime. My favourite Jethro Tull song. |
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| Poco – Rose Of Cimarron Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Rose of the Cimarron was the beautiful Rose Dunn, who was infatuated with outlaw George "Bittercreek" Newcomb as a teenager in the 1890's. She assisted him and his gang with nursing, shelter and supplies but was the unwitting instrument of his death. Her brothers, knowing that he would visit her at their house lay in wait and killed him for the "dead or alive" reward. She later married a local politician & lived a respectable life until her death. The lyrics seem to cover the stakeout. I heard the group once described as "the incredible" Poco & have always thought of them as such - one of my favourite songs. |
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| Fleetwood Mac – Tusk Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Fleetwood Mac's best song? I'm normally no fan of brass instruments in a vocal based tune (think Frank Sinatra) but in Tusk the braying of the brass adds perfectly to the rampant animalistic tone. It conveys raw masculine passion. My only gripe is the drum solo - it breaks the momentum of a great dance track and really adds nothing to the piece. | |
| Enya – Caribbean Blue Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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It always makes me think of vampires! it was playing in an episode of a great TV series called Kindred: The Embraced and I always see these elegant beautiful vampires dancing to this music in their nightclub. It would be in my top 5 of the greatest songs: timeless, elegent and beautiful. |
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| The Offspring – Hit That Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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It's about beinging a parent "much too young". The dad is unwilling to give up the single life and his girl knows it, so she feels if it's good enough for him, it's good enough for me and hits back by doing the same. Neither of them wins and the big loser is the child. |
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| The Cars – Heartbeat City Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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| The Cars – Heartbeat City Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I always assumed Jacki was a guy "Jacky" - but the situation works for either gender. I think "Heartbeat City" is a pseudonym for both the hometown and the relationship based there. Jacki leaves town (and the relationship) and then returns, but knows that it will be for only a couple of happy days, before she is back on the road. She left, and will leave again, because her lover (obviously very much in love with her) is a bit obsessive and she doesn't feel the connection (to him or home) as deeply. I wonder whether there is a third person in the dialoge (the one who says (hm! - somewhat sarcastically). This is Jacki's friend and rival "I'm glad you made it" (Not) and maybe thinks "all you need is what you got" - that the guy should realise - Jacki is a flake and I'm here ready to appreciate you but you don't see it - wait 'till she leaves town again.... Jacki is a bit sad to leave ("blue" caboose) but even Heartbeat City's attractions are not enough to hold her and she's off again. |
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| Jethro Tull – Budapest Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Jethro Tull's best? I'm torn between Budapest and Locomotive Breath. The lyrics are somewhat of a pale match to the supurb instrumentation, but nevertheless they convey a point in time very nicely. Think "she bent down to load the ice box" oooh..... Here we have a somewhat aging rocker (has Anderson EVER lopoked young?) and his band ogling this vision of youthful femininity. Maybe you need to be over 40 to appreciate his attempts at flirting but it's a valid depiction. the tone is self depricating and tounge in cheek, and at the end you are left wondering whether it ever even happened? I like to think so - she'd be in her 40's now....... | |
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