| The Police – When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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M.C.I. manufactured audio mixing consoles. And yeah, I agree - seems like a post-apocalyptic bomb shelter survivor persevering with his favorite/only videos (T.A.M.I. show & Deep Throat) and record (Otis Redding) to pass the time. (hey, at least he's got good taste.) Dwindling supply of canned food reinforces the bomb shelter interpretation. He can't go out in the rain because it's radioactive. Static on the radio and no one on the phone lead me to believe he's maybe the last survivor. But good for him - he's keeping up that pragmatic outlook. |
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| Yo La Tengo – Barnaby, Hardly Working Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I've always liked this song, but I have no real idea of it's meaning or inspiration. I agree that last line, "face down beside the river" is ominous and suggests death. There's a novel by Charles Dickens titled, Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'Eighty. I haven't read it, but it apparently recounts a murder and the title character, Barnaby is a simpleton. |
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