| Modest Mouse – Styrofoam Boots/It's All Nice on Ice, Alright Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| The fact that the song is about an atheist who goes to heaven after trying to walk on water like Christ, and then actually meets God who admits it all entirely pointless (we are all but variables in a never ending math equation, after all) makes this song one of the best, EVER. I love how MM can be so folk, anti- folk, country western (on this album particularly), indie, rock, occasional punk, pop, and almost everything else all at once! Modest Mouse sounds like many things, but nothing sounds like them. It's what perfect modern music should sound like, yet it's so rarely achieved. | |
| Modest Mouse – Teeth Like God's Shoeshine Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Okay, I'm not sure if the question of meaning has actually been answered, so I'm going to answer it, cuz it looks kind of obvious to me. This song kicks off the theme of the entire album, that theme being in the title, Lonesome Crowded West. It's about the bastardization of the old west, which compares to the end of the final frontier, the end of true freedom and ultimately the death of the American Dream. I can prove my point verse for verse, line for line almost. "Well I get claustrophobic" translates to how a big city, such as Seattle, or LA, is such a small amount of space. The west used to be open and free, but we just cramp ourselves up into these cities where there's little breathing room. Everywhere you look, it's buisnesses, apartments, cars and people. Nothing is open anymore, it's all very claustrophobic. "Keep in mind you're an old friend, stranger." Think about your neighbors. Now, some people really are good friends with their neighbors, but a lot of people live next to eachother for years and years and never ever talk. Ask yourself, do you know your neighbors? They're always there, but they're complete strangers. Snake in the sheriff simply symbolizes the west's death, as what symbolizes the old west better than a sheriff with a hairlip. The man with teeth like God's shoeshine himself symbolizes industry, modernization, consumerism and the raping of the American Dream. You could call this my interpretation, but frankly, given that the overarching theme of the entire album, and a common theme in Long Drive, is the killing of the old west, I'd say it seems kind of obvious. And it just makes it that much better. I could continue on proving my point on this song, but I'm lazy, and I think I've said enough. Not like anyone's going to read this anyway. Damn SongMeanings, placing the newest content on the last page. |
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| Nirvana – Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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The meaning of this song is fairly straighfoward. It was basically Kurt just saying that he wanted to be left alone. Just a plea that, "Okay, so I've had some problems, but don't we all? Don't make a big deal about it. Let me be miserable and move on." What's wrong with being sad? We all are, at some point, and usually, if you can just be left alone with it, without being subjegated, without the constant, "are you okays?", you'll feel better rather quickly. But if anybody gets any sort of inkling that you're upset over anything at all, even if it's nothing, it's just constant pestering. I can relate to this, honestly. I hate that question, "are you okay?" It makes it so that I cannot simply ignore the problem, or it brings it up when I'm starting to get over it. "are you okay?" What's wrong with being sad? It's natural, and healthy. Leave me alone. I'll cope on my own. That's what I think this song is saying. I miss the confert in being sad. That says it all, rite there. |
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| Sonic Youth – Sweet Shine Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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This song is so beautiful, yet so underrated. Expiermental Jet Set as a whole is incredibly underrated. Most people seem to put Goo, Daydream Nation and Dirty well before Jet Set. It deserves far more recognition. I think that this song is, quite simply, a love song. This album was released pretty close to the time when Kim and Thruston had their kid, so, I honestly think that Kim probably wrote the lyrics for Thurston. Regardless, the lyrics aren't what make this song so great. It's simply the sound, the harmony of it, and Kim's voice, all rolled into one. I swear, everytime it gets to that second chorus, that second WHOOO, I'm about a second away from bursting out into tears. Then, after that, the song starts to 'come down', as it were. That entire, "look it's changing colors, it's bigger than a...", where it gets quieter, and quieter, until it's a whisper, and just ends. It evokes feelings of a buildup, climax, then contentment. The perfect song, in my mind. Not only that, but it's beautiful. |
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| Sonic Youth – Moist Vagina (Nirvana cover) Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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I love sonic youth, but i hated this version of the song. Thurston Moore was a huge fan of Nirvana's version, actually. When he first listened to In Utero, as is according to the linear notes in the With the Lights Out box set, he declared that Moist Vagina should be the first song on the album. It's really, if you ever listen to the original, very beautifully disturbing. Sonic Youth's version is... Well, I don't know. I don't think it really fits their sound properly. The way Kim sings it is kind of sexy, which is just how she sings in general, honestly. (that's just her natural voice). That sound does not fit this song, though. It's meant to disturb, not entice. That's just my opinion, however. |
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