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| Shovels and Rope – Birmingham Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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While I agree that you don't need an expensive instrument to make good music, they are expensive for a good reason, especially when it comes to acoustic instruments. It's not just a name, you pay for quality wood and being handmade as opposed to plywood from a factory in china.
I agree with your point, but you shouldn't be so quick to bash high-end instruments. |
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| Misfits – We Are 138 Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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No, lifeunknown is definitely thinking of "Anthem." It is a great book, if I do say so myself, however this song is specifically based on THX-1138, although the stories are somewhat similar. |
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| The Gaslight Anthem – High Lonesome Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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This song has yet another reference that no one has pointed out yet.
The phrase "high and lonesome" comes from the song Can't Hardly Wait by the Replacements. |
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| Against Me! – Walking Is Still Honest Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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This song has NOTHING to do with religion. NOTHING!
Just because it says "God" and "Jesus" doesn't mean that's what the whole song is about, no matter how hard you try to bend the meaning to fit your own personal preferences.
This song is about life going down hill/being in a desperate situation, but still having the integrity to not give in and sell out. |
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| Hot Water Music – Trusty Chords Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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well it's pretty obvious that a very large number of HWM songs are about substance abuse, especially heroin, and i think this song is no exception. |
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| The Band – The Weight Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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i second that. since i first heard this song and actually listened to the lyrics, i've had the notion that it was from the point of view of someone who's dead or dying. |
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| Passion Pit – Sleepyhead Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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the sample is from an old Irish song called "Oro Mo Bhaidin" sung by Mary O'Hara. you can listen to it on myspace.
the part near the beginning says "...hoÃche Fhéile Eoin nà thiocfaidh mé aniar".
and at the end it says "Óró mo churraichÃn ó"
it's Gaelic so the words aren't really pronounced like they're spelled.
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| The Gaslight Anthem – The Navesink Banks Lyrics
| 16 years ago
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By saying that the inscription from the gates of Hell was hanging over her bed, he implies that sleeping with her was the beginning of his proverbial "descent into Hell," which is consistent with the line, "my first sin was a young american girl."
Also, I've seen other versions of the lyrics that say "and the sirens over wailing, but a man can't ignore the signs" and I thought that version made more sense, but after considering the Dante's Inferno reference, it makes more sense for it to say that he did ignore the signs, since he slept with her anyway. |
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