| Danger Doom – El Chupa Nibre Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Is this a reference to the Futurama episode where Nibbler is flushed down the toilet? I can't find any info on it via Google, Bing or Alta Vista (ah, that's just Yahoo now anyway, but I thought I'd throw it in there for some nostalgia). | |
| Thingy – Ballpoint Pen Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I think it's: "Who's gonna dig through the mailman's pouch." Not "bid for". Though I'm off to eBay now to see if they got mailman pouches. |
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| Thingy – Plenty Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I don't really think so. I think a lot of Thingy songs are just about mundane, every day things. It's just a song about hating being out in the sun. | |
| Thingy – Plenty Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Have you ever heard another Thingy song? That's their structure. That's also why the songs are usually around 2 minutes or less. | |
| Pinback – B Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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While this song could be about online gaming (like Offline PK + AFK), because Rob and Zack are big nerds (esp. Rob), I actually think this one is about the music business. With lines like these: "they burned down the station so long ago that a rotting corpse qualifies as a show" "well play that one later they've launched their antenna claws called in a favor while you're choking on their tentacles" There's the death of independent radio, the over-emphasis on singles. Most of the other lyrics are more abstract and metaphoric, but that's what I get from it. |
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| Death Cab for Cutie – Lowell, MA Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I was just thinking the other day, what if the line "You swallowed the last of free MA" is referring to methamphetamines, rather than Massachusetts? However, I'm not sure if meth can be taken orally ("swallowed"). I think it works out with the other lyrics (esp. "don't you go holding out on me now"). | |
| Jets to Brazil – Sea Anemone Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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"turtle on its back in the desert sea" I'm pretty sure this is in part a reference to the Jawbox song "Desert Sea." Jawbox was fronted by J. Robbins, who produced ORD. |
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| The Shins – One By One All Day Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I always thought it was "xylophone" instead of "silo floor." But maybe they put in that xylophone bit because the word and phrase sound the same. Clever. | |
| The Faint – Southern Belles in London Sing Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| As so many have said before, I think this is about Todd waiting back in Omaha while Orinda is on tour with Azure Ray in England/Europe. The verse that starts, "A hundred feet above the landing...", is him waiting at the airport (Eppley Airfield) waiting for her plane and he has a dream: wanting her to be back sooner, but doesn't really care about the plane or the rest; thus, her flying ahead (though I totally get an image of her still in the upright position (as if in an invisible chair). | |
| Pinback – Grey Machine Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Yeah, I'm sort of a one-trick pony with the "they're from San Diego" comments, but: I agree with Prof Buddy Love: "The line 'you can see yourself , swim along the giant whales down the street' refers to a mural by the conservationist/muralist Wyland of giant gray whales in downtown San Diego (Pinback's origins) ." Also, the whole first verse about parking lots on each side is reminiscent of downtown S.D., which over-priced parking lots all over the place (probably pretty standard in any downtown area, though). |
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| The Sea and Cake – Jacking The Ball Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I always thought "jacking the ball" is slang for stealing in basketball. So, in terms of this song, it's a metaphor for taking back possession of...what? I'm not sure. | |
| Death Cab for Cutie – 405 Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I was thinking that the verses area the narrator speaking to the girl, blaming his troubles on the 405 freeway, while the chorus is his aside to himself, knowing that it's the his or her own fault. I always thought it was "I took the 405 and drove the state down into your center," as in driving down state (from Bellingham) to see this girl (maybe literally, she works at a shopping 'center', or figuratively, it's the center of her being). But I do think "stake" rather than "state" makes sense. |
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| Pinback – Clemenceau Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think it's maybe about being sickened by a junkie and/or a drug dealer, or just some trashy-type person. "...your broken teeth, like a mangled screen and your burnout smile on your ashtray face." Herion? Meth? Maybe a little of both? There's several things in the "Have a..." list part of the song that seem to point to this, too ("a little medicine"). "Have a pager" -- who else has pagers today other than doctors and drug dealers? |
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| Pinback – Lyon Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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So, as Rob and Zack are San Diegans, I believe this song to be chock full of San Diego references. "I'd take you to the birdge but the bridge has seen better days" This could be a reference do any of the pedestrian bridges that span canyons in the Hillcrest area. "I'd take you out to the park We don't know who's working there tonight" This could be a reference to either Balboa Park or Sea World -- I think the "pave the way for the manta-ray" may support the Sea World theory. "Sometimes wish there was a flume ride at Wonderland..." Wonderland was an arcade in San Diego (I think there was more than one location, but one was in Clairemont). They're closed now. But there definitely wouldn't be a flume ride at Wonderland, which makes the lyric humorous/nerdy, like, "Dang, I no it ain't never gonna happen, but I wish they had a flume ride at Wonderland! You know, to cool off after play Street Fighter for five hours straight." |
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| Pinback – Concrete Seconds Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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"Made it to the trolley Looking for my transfer Cause the place is full of cops.." This a reference to the San Diego Trolley (Pinback being SD natives). For the trolley, you buy a ticket and get on, but you don't really insert or swipe the ticket anywhere, so you're kind of on the honor system. But they do have cops on the trolley who will periodically check for tickets. |
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