| Pavement – Shady Lane Lyrics | 7 years ago |
| @[feinstein:15708] I have it on firm authority (my dad) that several cases of Lancer's wine were requested by John F. Kennedy's and Jackie's wedding party. And if you don't believe that minor urban legend, than fuck you and also fuck my daddy for making me believe his job was more glamorous than it was. | |
| Steely Dan – Any World (That I'm Welcome To) Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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@[tewnetnet:5600] Yes, yes and yes. I agree with everything you wrote. There's also some confort in the second verse "I can hear your words /When you speak of what you are and have seen..." and a coping strategy "I think I'll go to the park/Watch the children playing". This song has lately become very dear to me. |
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| Bob Dylan – All Along the Watchtower Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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The verses are written in heroic couplet fashion. This means that every verse that rhimes with the previous offers some more explanation on the same subject matter. There are 12 verses, giving 12 / 2 = 6 couplets.. |
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| The Divine Comedy – Your Daddy's Car Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| To me, this is a ´coming of age´ song , just like "Birds of Paradise Farm" and "Middle Class Heroes". | |
| Rilo Kiley – Paint's Peeling Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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The lady says in live versions: "it's about a place called Michigan", "this next song is about driving with your eyes closed", etc. References: YouTube. |
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| Cream – White Room Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Castrato singing at its best! And yeah, Clapton was not a real castrato, but man, could he do the wah-wah solo like no one else! |
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| The High Llamas – Checking In, Checking Out Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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The town he's singing about is LA, i guess. Just like in "The Dutchman". And it's all done in the Steely Dan vein. |
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| Microdisney – Past Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Some major corrections: "But they will weigh? from their video" "Underschooled and underfed" "Old fashioned, weak, and childish" Interpretation: The upper class meets at a cocktail bar and reminisce about the good old days The underpayed call a strike for better pay/work conditions and the police is called to supress them The papers put the workers down calling them old-fashioned, weak and childish, and call them back to work What kind of work "she" finds on the gymhouse floor is up for further interpretation (gotta say I love the end guitar solo) |
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| Gang of Four – Not Great Men Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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It's a knee jerk reaction against the Annales school of thought in History. (History is) not made by great men. Class struggle is the motor of History. But History books say otherwise. History is written by the victors. |
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| Josef K – Sorry for Laughing Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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think this is a different recordng from the one above: It took ten years to realize Why the angel start to cry When you roll on down the lane In your happy smile, your funny name I´m not being mean so don´t take it hard When I ask you to run on the yard It´s so hopeless to define Why you jump to close the blinds, you You know I´d help you if I could, but both my arms are made of wood Just don't mean the things I say It's only 'cause you're made that way Sorry for laughing There's too much happening (repeat) *tchika, tchika, tchika, tchika* When we groove on, into town Charles Atlas, he stops to frown 'Cause he's not made like me and you Just can't do the things we do You know it's-s times like these you have to pay So, sorry to turn of that way |
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| MGMT – Flash Delirium Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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It's about Bush and Obama, and the wars, and the interwebs, this rock n' roll economy and western culture, Lady Gaga, and how they're gonna doom us all. So just enjoy our trip to hell in a hand basket. And while you're at it, enjoy your drugs too. Go batshit crazy. There's also a subliminal message saying: "buy our albums" in there, I'm sure. |
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| The Fall – Bill Is Dead Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Very nice write-up on this song, JS. | |
| Josh Rouse – Come Back (Light therapy) Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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"I miss my serotonin my days of going nowhere fast" Beautiful lyrics and orchestration. |
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| dEUS – Little Arithemtics Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Little arithmetics = 1 + 1 (me and you) This is a song about thinking of the one you love most? |
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| Unida – Flower Girl Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| HELLL YEAHHH! | |
| The Beta Band – Round The Bend Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Hell yeah, this song is a trip itself in its own right. | |
| Black Box Recorder – Rock N Roll Suicide Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I think it's a great cover, though it took me several listens to get to appreciate it. It's also definately not a suicide song, not even in the original Bowie sense I think, though other BBR's songs are depressing and might be taken as such. Sarah Nixey's voice is beautiful and sexy, I love it. |
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| Finley Quaye – It's Great When We're Together Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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No comments yet on this great track? How could that be? I think the general feeling of this song could be best summed up as: people you love make you feel as if you were high. And he probably was, too, when he wrote this. |
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| Led Zeppelin – No Quarter Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| No quarter pounder! | |
| The Divine Comedy – My Lovely Horse Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| "We have to get rid of that sax solo!" | |
| U2 – Miss Sarajevo Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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If you know the meaning of this song, and you're just like me, you will be listening to it on repeat and sobbing, not crying, for minutes on end. Was a more beautiful/sad song ever crafted? I think not. "DON'T LET THEM KILL US" |
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| Poison – Unskinny Bop Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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This song is about sex and confusion Regarding those who think this song is unsophisticated, I beg to differ. This is the most philosophical cock rock song ever written and performed. It's like Jackyl meets Descartes. |
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| Faith No More – Caralho Voador Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Just a small correction about "a pares" "Eu não posso dirigir E agora, aparece ("a pares" are not Portuguese words, my guess is aparece=it shows) Meu dedo enterrado no meu nariz" Transl: I cannot drive/steer And now it shows (aparece) My finger (is) buried up my nose |
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| AC/DC – T.N.T. Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Lemme answer to XiangLi's post by posting another song lyric: "how about those that swing both ways? AC/DC's" 'nough said! |
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| Beck – Arabian Nights Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Beck's got the dadaist-cubist collage techniques up the yazoo on this one (and several others...) The thing is: I never get tired of it. |
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| Beck – Burro Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Jimhushpup was being ironic, buddy/budette. This spaniard remake is awesome in an alien kind of way (no pun intended). |
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| The Yardbirds – Shapes Of Things Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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It's interesting how the subject of the lyrics connects his own (warped) conscience with the future of mankind. I'll take a wild guess that "Shapes of things before my eyes" is a reference to LSD induced perceptions. In that light, the general feeling of the song is: "this world is going to hell, I might as well get stoned out of my mind". |
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| Village People – YMCA Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Where exactly in the lyrics is this gayness that everyone's talking about? It's not gay at all, just a public service announcement. They tell you where to go if you're looking to get drilled up the cornhole. |
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| Mike And The Mechanics – All I Need Is A Miracle Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This song is about missing the talent to write good songs. It's more annoying than a hangover, right up there with Cher's "Believe", especially the last 2 minutes where the chorus gets repeated 1000 times. Mike, I wish you'd get run over with a steamroller. |
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| The Black Crowes – Remedy Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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It's a song comparing the craving for chemicals with sensual lust for easy women. You can never get enough. It's straight up the Jagger/Richards' alley. |
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| AC/DC – T.N.T. Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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"Out for all that I can get/If you know what I mean" Yeah, I know what you mean I also know what "AC/DC" stands for in sexual slang ;-) |
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| Kyuss – One Inch Man Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I read an interview with John Garcia many years ago (circa 1997?) where he said this song reminded him of the times he went trout fishing, and catched nothing! I think Kyuss lyrics are kind of like Sabbath lyrics around the Vol.4 album: John/Ozzy were so stoned, detached and/or far out that their lyrics always defy interpretation. |
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| The Rolling Stones – Satisfaction Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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It's a song about social alienation, and about its consequences on the individual experiencing it. When you distance yourself from society's' conventions and personal relationships you gain your individuality but lose your sense of gratification. |
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| Beck – Nausea Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Yep, mescaline. The graphics manipulation in the videoclip (colors changing from hot to cold, blurred edges, etc.) and the reference to nausea, Aztecs and rituals is a dead giveaway that it's talking about mescaline. The bass line is so simple, yet so funky. |
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| Beck – Get Real Paid Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| In my opinion "cellophane chests" refers to chicks with really flat chests (like some supermodels), not girls with fake tits, like someone says above. | |
| Faith No More – Caralho Voador Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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So there's this guy driving his car around and picking his nose. The thing is: where is he going and what is he doing? "I'm going to go and get me some" "They all know me by my car" and the title "caralho voador" (flying dick), as mentioned, all make me think about a guy cruising in his car looking for (payed) sex. I think that's what it's all about. |
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