| Social Distortion – Machine Gun Blues Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| This song makes me think of "O Brother, Where Art Thou" and their portrayal of George "Baby Face" Nelson as the manic-depressive gangster. Also relevant: The real Babyface Nelson became Public Enemy #1 following Dillinger's death in July 1934. Nelson himself died (in a hail of avenging bullets, no less) at the Battle of Barrington in November of that year. | |
| Iris – Annie, Would I Lie To You? Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I'm not convinced it's meant to link to the Eurythmics track like that, but, it's certainly possible. To me, this song sounds like someone who's come to a "turning point" in their life -- most likely something like moving away from home to college, or somesuch -- and is reassuring an old friend ("Annie") that, while they're taking in new experiences and doing things they'd never have done before (sex, drugs, etc), they haven't really "lost [their] mind" and they've "got control" of the situation that is their new life. It's either a ballad of personal strength against the woes of peer pressure, or a depressing look at addiction from the mind of the addicted, I think. All depends on whether you believe the Narrator, or the apparent accusations of "Annie". |
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| Apoptygma Berzerk – Shine On Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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For some reason, I keep thinking this has something to do with someone who was raised in a private Catholic school/boarding house -- the references to such can be seen, I think, in: "I need a sister - I'll just stay" ('Sister' being a nun, who would be the teachers/authorities in such a place) "In a church or in a school" (the dichotomy of these two as being similar or the same place) I think it has something to do with the loss of innocence following being raised in such a sheltered place, and thinking back on the way things were then -- when it was a simpler time, with less to worry about since the protective nature of the institution would "block out" things that are negative or hurtful in many ways; it seems like the narrator may be calling out for that simpler, easier time, frustrated with the fact that he's moved on from such a sheltered place into the "real world" -- and that he, now 18 and graduated from the place, still feels young and unready for the life outside those walls. |
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| Infected Mushroom – Artillery Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Not contradictory at all. Infected Mushroom isn't a rap group; this song isn't indicative of the main body of their work, which is largely psychedelic trance, a touch of Goa trance, and doesn't include vocals (or small samples only). | |
| Disturbed – Divide Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Agreed on the facetiousness of the song. The boasts, and particularly the line "My own individuality is so unique" are clearly jabs at those "more different than you" types who see random acts of violence and vandalism as anarchistic, and who embrace the idea that they're somehow special compared to the rest of the world; it's the delusions of a washed-up would-be anarchist who misses the mark by being so obsessed with "going against the flow" that they fail to see the truth of their own pop-culture identity. | |
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