| Ladytron – Playgirl Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Based off a quick google search, Alphaline is fromerly a train service used in regional parts of the UK including Liverpool, home of the 'tron. ...Yeah, I've read that they were rather trashy as I researched it more. |
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| New Order – Dreams Never End Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| ...actually, I think this song is kind of an apology to the demise of Joy Division and a reassurance that the dream of their vision will live on in New Order. Which they made good on, yes? | |
| New Order – Dreams Never End Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| New Order were huge fans of the author JG Ballard. The guy who wrote "Crash". "The Him" is a fictitious band that would periodically appear in the context of Ballard's novels. I had read somewhere that they referenced his works frequently in their rather esoteric lyrics and my guess is that "the him" is a Ballard homage. As for what the rest of the song is about I can't help you. | |
| Front 242 – GVDT Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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Wait, we know 242 is Belgian, and that GVDT is an initial. So, knowing this, I'd say the V.D. is a "Van Der", because I think the Belgians use that heavily in their surnames. So, it's G. Van Der T.. Sound good so far? |
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| Front 242 – GVDT Lyrics | 17 years ago |
| Considering this is early 80's 242, it probably has some military/Cold War theme. With that, I'd say it is about some deep cover agent that has to meet-up with some contact assignment, but his details are fuzzy at best as he has not fully "awakened" from his sleeper. Basically a cat-and-mouse relationship. As for what GVDT stands for, I can't even find it on Google. | |
| Ladytron – Playgirl Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I'd agree with the stripper theory. She sounds like someone I know who is. I'm not a Brit, so I am not too familiar with "Alpha Lines" and such, but...I think the song is more literal and concrete in meaning. Poetic, but less figurative. Northern Lights as coke-Yep. Foreign coin/Telephone Box-She visits clients out of the club for "extras" and doesn't use her own number so she hooks-up with them via public means. The foreign coin could be metaphorical or a poetic snippet in her observations while she is waiting for a "John" to answer. Empty seat/Alpha Line-This is where she meets-up with her clients and the empty seat will be soon occupied by said client. Again in a public anonymous place. Question Mark/Calendar-On her day "off" she has no clients or club commitments (probably a "subsistence stripper") and since her life is all party/drugs/trickin', she knows nothing else to do. Sorting Code/Account Number.-This is easy. They are wire transfers from various tricks who deposit money into her account anonymously for "services rendered". |
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