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| Kings of Leon – Closer Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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this song is really fantastic. it sounds like no other kol stuff-- i think its a great experimentation with sound. |
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| Kings of Leon – Be Somebody Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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i agree. this is the best song on the new album. the drums are killer. i can't wait to get my hands on the album when it comes out on the 23rd. |
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| Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band – Grown So Ugly Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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I cannot believe no one has commented on this song yet -- it has to be one of my all time favorite songs!
This song was written by Robert Pete Williams and details the negative changes he went through during his 22 years at Angola State Prison in Louisiana, one of the largest and most notoriously brutal prisons in the United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_State_Penitentiary).
At the beginning of the song, he is fresh out of prison and trying to clean himself up, but when he looks in the mirror he can't even recognize who he sees. In the second verse, he goes to see the woman that he loves, but she can barely recognize him either. |
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| The Black Keys – Grown So Ugly (Robert Pete Williams cover) Lyrics
| 17 years ago
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The lyrics are wrong here, and by making the needed change, the meaning of this song becomes much more obvious. It's not "left and gone, 1964" but actually "left Angola, 1964" -- referring to Angola State Prison in Louisiana, one of the largest and most notoriously brutal prisons in the United States.
This song was originally written by Robert Pete Williams but popularized by Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band. This Black Keys version is a cover of the Captain Beefheart version.
The song is told from the point of view of a man who has just been released from prison after 22 years. He's basically singing about the negative changes he has gone through in prison (grown so ugly) and about how the woman he loves can barely recognize him. |
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