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| Cake – I Bombed Korea Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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Sorry dude, but this song is "obviously" about a barfly who is living in the past, and not some relationship, no matter how much you want it to be. Do you really use the words "salty" and "red flowers" to describe things in the bedroom? I don't really know what to think about that. |
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| The Killers – Human Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I am really hoping that "Human" does not mark the point where The Killers have gone off the deep end. After two excellent LPs, they have us all arguing over the merits of "denser" vs. "dancer" and whatnot. Either way you slice it, this song shows Brandon Flowers regressing as a musician and songwriter. You can even detect a hint of self-cannibalization (the melody is very similar to that of "My List") in a song that was probably better suited to the "Sawdust" collection. Since the new album is not out at this time, it is hard to say for sure, but I hope this is not the point where Flowers' success has gone to his head and he starts to believe that anything he conjures up will automatically turn to platinum.
In regards to the song meaning, I believe it is about the contrast of being physically alive and emotionally dead. We can take vitals on the body but cannot do the same on the soul. Or something like that. Don't read too much in trying to analyze this song line by line; the lyrics are too poorly constructed for that. |
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| The Killers – Tranquilize Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I'm always amazed at how people find a meaning in a complex song through one line (Cain and Abel, for example.) If the Killers/Lou Reed were fond of writing religious songs, they wouldn't wait three albums to do one, so stop saying this is a religious song. You are being simplistic and projecting your own beliefs onto someone else's work.
The person who attempted to break this song down line by line makes me laugh. Songs are not a dessert recipe; the mood and imagery suggested by the lyrics are more important than the lyrics themselves. When you analyze the WHOLE song, and not just a few lines at a time, you see that it is mainly a commentary on how society has deteriorated over the past seven years. The beginning of the song talks about how the singer remembers how simple life used to be. The chorus shows that the singer is in utter disbelief at how quickly and drastically things have changed. And the outro sung by Lou Reed is a statement that despite it all, people are still hoping (perhaps in vain) for a return to better times.
Anyone under the age of 15 will have trouble grasping this concept, but for those of us who actually lived and thrived in the 90s or anytime before September, 11, 2001, and realize how that day ushered in the definatively drastic society of fear, it makes perfect sense. |
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| The Bravery – The Ocean Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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It's easy to understand the meaning of this song but difficult to grasp its scope. In my opinion, the singer left a love not for reasons such as a breakup, but merely for a career or opportunity. He lives overseas and travels frequently ("Sixes and sevens, we live on jet planes" is a reference to the Boeing 767) and is surrounded by many friendly people, but none that he feels connected to (like businesspeople, or fans.) Now he wonders whether he would have been happier leading a simple life with the girl he loved. The last chorus shows while he can wonder all he wants, too much time has passed; there is no redemption (I lose your hand through the waves.)
It is very possible to love someone and for no reason other than distance for things not to work out. Think of people who were your friends at college or a job who you don't see anymore. Most of the time you don't keep in touch and even if you do you haven't much to say. It's the shared, everyday experiences that fuel love or friendship; without them even strong feelings gradually fade away. That is what this song is about. |
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| Nickelback – Savin' Me Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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Nickelback was chosen for a corporate experiment by ClearChannel to see if their new monopoly of radio stations could push a song all the way to #1 through sheer coordinated airplay. The song was "How You Remind Me" and it worked. Thereafter, record companies could literally buy their way to profitibility through massive radio attacks across the nation.
Years later, Nickelback offers "Savin' Me", nothing but a retooled version of "How You Remind Me" complete with the exact same melody. Probably conceived in a corporate boardroom by a bunch of suits, this single lacks any originality, but what more to expect from the band whose name was created from the lead singer's experiences working at Starbucks. It doesn't matter, however, since this song's target demographic is comprised of teenage males not old enough to remember "How You Remind Me", and who listen to the song while playing wrestling video games in their basements, emerging from their subterranean lairs only once every few days like gremlins in search of fast food. |
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| Mike Ness – If You Leave Before Me Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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At his concert the other night, Mike Ness introduced this song by saying that it was inspired by the 1930s Blues era and that it was about "life, death, and everything in between." |
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| Counting Crows – Hanging Tree Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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Great song. It falls within the first part of the album, Saturday Nights (when you sin), as opposed to the second part Sunday Mornings (when you repent) and fits in pretty well. I believe its basically saying he lives a whirlwind life with lots of wild habits which are also the sources of his problems. The verses are kind of non-sensical and random, fitting in with the type of personality he has (child of a lion, born inside the sun) |
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| Danity Kane – Damaged Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I just think that this song is ridiculous and that the songwriting is very weak. First of all, a female singing about being "damaged" has some very negative connotations. I really feel like the songwriter was grasping at straws while trying to express themselves, and that would also explain the needless amount of repetition reminiscent of that "Soulja Boy" trash. The song is also extremely overproduced and as stated, P. Diddy has to get his voice on yet another track for no obvious reason; I guess these facts alone should spell a hit single these days. |
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| Coldplay – Violet Hill Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I believe that it is clearly about a soldier being shipped overseas to war, and he believes he will not return. He wants to hear his girlfriend say that she loves him; she is probably not feeling as fatalistic since she is not facing the prospects of war herself, and that is what is causing the rift between them.
There is also some commentary on how the common man's life is at the mercy of the powerful forces in the world at any given time, but seems to say there's nothing to be done about it. While it could apply to present times as some have pointed out, it struck me as relating more toward the onset of WWI or WWII, wars with large numbers of draftees. |
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