| Robert Earl Keen, Jr. – Feelin' Good Again Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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I guess I am not much for symbolism. To me this is simply a man going home to his favorite tavern and how good it feels to be with his friends. Reminds me of a bar we used to have in Durango, Farquarts. One of the great bars of the West. Long gone now. But none the less: THANKS Toby. |
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| Robert Earl Keen, Jr. – Gringo Honeymoon Lyrics | 10 years ago |
| At one time I knew a bunch of folks from Terlingua Texas. They told me about stories about this trip to La Jitas(?) Mexico. | |
| Grateful Dead – Casey Jones Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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| The Rolling Stones – Let It Bleed Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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She said "my breasts, they will always be open WTF? When you pay attention to the words they don't make a whole lot of sense. But if you don't pay too much attention it is a great song. |
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| The Doors – Alabama Song (Whisky Bar) Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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What a great song about degeneracy. Which is exactly the mood the Doors sought to capture. I never understood why it was Alabama Song until much later. Just why was Brecht writing about Alabama? Morrison left out the line that would have made it even greater. "Show me the way to the next little boy." But that would not have gone over in the homophobic 60's. Still a great song. |
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| Country Joe McDonald – Save the Whales Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Somebody made a mess of these lyrics. My favorite though: Lovin' and drinkin' in the afternoon, swabbin' the deck and sharpnin' harpoons. That would be a pretty interesting whaler considering there were never any women on board. Not to mention no alcohol. But it did give me a good laugh just thinking about it. |
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| Grateful Dead – 100,000 Tons Of Steel Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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You know that when Jerry was alive the Grateful Dead was the biggest grossing act in show business? They were hardly under appreciated in their time. Or now for that matter. |
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| Grateful Dead – Casey Jones Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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| Grateful Dead – Casey Jones Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Thanks for sharing that. just one question: What are you doing here? |
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| Grateful Dead – St. Stephen Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I think the Stephan Gaskin reference is too simple an explanation for a song written when Robert Hunter was at his most oblique. It is also unflattering to Stephen. If I was him I would decline the credit. None the less I always think of him when I hear this song. Not that I know him, but I had a friend who lived on the Farm. I believe he was in prison on a pot charge at the time. A martyr to stupid drug laws. Anyhow, my favorite part is when Garcia's guitar howls. In the Live Dead recoring it sears the soul. Terrific! And shows why Jerry Garcia's guitar playing has had us so enthralled over the years. |
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| Johnny Cash – (Ghost) Riders in the Sky (Stan Jones cover) Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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OK I can understand the Cowboys who have sinned and been doomed to a Hell of riding the range for eternity. But what could the Cows have possibly done to deserve the same fate? What sins could a cow possibly commit? Can anyone imagine a sinful cow? I certainly can't. BTW terrific song. Gives me shivers whenever I hear it. But I am still worried about the cows. |
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| Grateful Dead – Wharf Rat Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| What a great tribute to all of us who, ahem,ahem, just might not be the most productive members of society. | |
| Bob Dylan – Tangled Up in Blue Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I always thought is was preCivil war. But your interpretation makes far more sense |
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| Grateful Dead – Tangled Up In Blue Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Played it with Dylan unless I am mistaken. Would love to hear an interpretation of what the song means. Rather than dumb comments. Every artist brings new meaning to every song they do. |
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| Grateful Dead – Dupree's Diamond Blues Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I love the way the killer accepts his punishment as being just. Dupree said, "Judge you know that seems to me to be about right." |
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| Grateful Dead – Dire Wolf Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Dire wolf What a great image. Not just any wolf but a Dire Wolf. of course Dire Wolves are a species of gigantic wolves extinct since the Pleistocene. But what genius in imagery. Just the name conveys the desired image. |
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| Grateful Dead – Me & Bobby McGee Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I heard that both Booby Weir and Janice Joplin learned the song at the same time on their train ride across Canada. Janice Joplin owns this song. But the Dead put out the second best version. And I am certain they thought of her every time they played it. Especially when they changed the lyrics to say: Freedoms just another word For nothing left to DO |
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| Grateful Dead – New Speedway Boogie Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Most of Robert Hunters lyrics don't necessarily "make sense." in that the story they tell is personal to the listener. There are exceptions of course, Casey Jones and Playing in the Band come to mind. But in this song the Grateful Dead all but put out a press release of their reactions to the fiasco at Altamont. No one ever said it would be easy. |
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| Grateful Dead – That's It For The Other One Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I see this song as an almost perfect representation of an LSD trip, musically explained. The imagery is clearly acid induced. Spanish lady comes to me, she lays on me this rose. It rainbow spirals round and round it trembles and explodes. It left a smoking crater of my mind I like to blow away. If that isn't a description of being on LSD nothing ever was. But even more importantly was the music behind the lyrics. It starts out structured with plenty of energy, but as the "trip" proceeds things start to break down. Connections become confused. Your senses are mixed up. You can see sounds, or taste colors. Eventually during the "peak" of the trip all order and all connections are severed and there is only the chaos of the peak. Then, eventually you start to come down. LSD does not last forever. And the most intense periods are relatively short. And after the peak the rhythm and lyrics start to reappear. And order is restored to your mind. I see this as the basis of all the Grateful Dead jams and Jerry's most excellent guitar playing. But I see it best on the Skull and Roses album in both The Other and Not Fade Away>Going Down the Road. And Dark Star, of course It is acid rock at it's absolute best. As well as the best musical description of LSD ever conceived. Not to mention some of the finest guitar playing this side of Heaven. What did they say the goal of the Grateful Dead was? "Describing the indescribable" |
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| Grateful Dead – Lazy River Road Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I agree completely. The song doesn't need to be about anything except the imagry it creates in our minds. I think this song is more about mood. I did read an interview with Robert Hunter about how he wrote songs. Jerry, or Dylan for that matter, would come to him with the tune and he would scat sing words into it getting the rhythm and phrasing right. Eventually the scat would take form into words. The word do not necessarily make 'sense". But it is a trait of a great lyricist when they can do that. And an even greater trait when the meaning can be different to everyone who hears the song. |
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| Grateful Dead – Ripple Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I diagrammed this song at one point. The lyrics are from Robert Hunter not Jerry Garcia who wrote the music. i think Garcia came to Hunter with the tune and then Hunter began writing the lyrics. He had a fragment of a verse he had written before and used it here. It's a hand-me-down, the thoughts are broken Perhaps they're better left unsung I don't know, don't really care Let there be songs to fill the air The previous verse is the hand me down. And he doesn't remember what they were meant for. But that is OK. Because what is important is the music, not the forgotten meaning of the previous verse. In other words he was melding the lyrics from a previous song or poem unto this song. With beautiful results |
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| Grateful Dead – Casey Jones Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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I heard Casey Jones was a scab. that he was working that extra shift because the Union had called a strike. Or at least that is the way Joe Hill told it. |
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| Gram Parsons – Sin City Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Wasn't this about some record company executive in LA? Great imagery, just terrific. And play it with Las Vegas "No place for a poor boy like me". |
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| Gram Parsons – Sin City Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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Wasn't this about some record company executive in LA? Great imagery, just terrific. And play it with Las Vegas "No place for a poor boy like me". |
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| Gram Parsons – Return Of The Grievous Angel Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| I thought the lyrics were written by a fan? | |
| Gram Parsons – Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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The idea that it refers to Ronald Reagan comes, at least, from Joan Baez's version at Woodstock. And I think it is an entirely plausible interpretation. Especially after RR got his syndicated radio show. After all, songs mean what their singers or listeners think they mean. And I always think of Ronald Raygun when I hear this song. |
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