| Archers of Loaf – White Trash Heroes Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I think this is really a spot on interpretation of the song. My interpretation of it was always that it was about a trip to the state fair and a race (NASCAR, NHRA or whatever), but you add a lot of interesting insights that I hadn't considered. Having grown up in the south myself but also having been apart from some of its cultural aspects, I think the song really captures the feeling of observing something that's at once both familiar and alien. The "saw you smoking..." verse really underlines the feeling, in my opinion. I could be just projecting though. |
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| Grizzly Bear – Two Weeks Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Which itself sounds like M.E. by Gary Numan... | |
| Scissors For Lefty – Mama Your Boys Will Find A Home Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I think you're right. I always thought the line was about taking pictures of their dicks on the demo cameras they have in the electronics department at target. | |
| Calexico – Service And Repair Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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In addition to what bocmaxima said, I think the song, aside from Tucson specifics, is primarily bemoaning the itinerant nature of modern life. People leave their home towns ("The young drift alone"), don't establishes roots anywhere and move from town to town chasing better jobs and opportunities ("Numbers roll on in, smiling a lottery grin"), but "It's just a matter of time before they're moving on". We view our communities as opportunities instead of homes. The end result being "chain-store ghost towns", and rootless people chasing prospects "on the lost highway." The beauty of the song is that we can all relate to it. Those of us from small towns have watched the young and talented leave for opportunities in larger towns, and those from larger towns have experienced these chain-store ghost towns; downtown Tucson as bocmaxima mentioned, or north Austin to cite my own hometown. |
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| R.E.M. – Laughing Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I think you mean Barth, not Barthelme. Relevant wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_the_Road#In_popular_culture |
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