| Paul Simon – You Can Call Me Al Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Btw the bass solo on this track is played by Bakithi Kumalo. I expect he's playing the bass throughout with some extra parts added by Simon on 6-string | |
| Paul Simon – You Can Call Me Al Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I agree with some of these comments but based on what Simon himself has said, he wrote the song following an occasion where he and his then-wife Peggy attended a party hosted by (or hosted a party attended by) the famous composer Pierre Boulez who apparently got their names wrong calling them Al and Betty. Simon was married to Peggy from 1970-1975, so either the incident took place when they were married or later on when they were divorced but were attending as friends. So my guess is that this song was written in 86, where Simon himself was having a slight midlife crisis with all the self-doubt that brings, and then he finds himself in Africa feeling really inspired. The chorus could be written for his ex-wife, remembering that occasion at the party, and sort of saying I miss you. But the rest of the song clarifies that his life is moving forward. |
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| No Doubt – Move On Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This is the line for me that makes the song ironic in relation to what GS is doing now: Life comes from life and through our strife we strove to make the sound true That's exactly what No Doubt did, musically they were always moving forwards putting in some serious effort into the songs, lyrics, musicianship and arrangements. Gwen Stefani sold out when the image started coming before the sound. It's no longer musically true, it's musically BS |
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| James Taylor – Golden Moments Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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This song meant a lot to me coming into adulthood. It served to remind me that my most cherished times were being somewhat carefree and having fun rather than being anxious or depressed. It's about having a healthy outlook on life. It also reminds me of those times and places, like after six form lectures on a sunny day, driving down to a local abandoned chalk quarry to go for a swim with my mates or lie about in meadows of long grass enjoying the sun and truly relaxing. Something about the combination of those last two repeated major 9th chords puts me right back there. I love his follow up to this on the next album, Secret O' Life. |
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| James Taylor – Walking Man Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| This song was written by James about his dad, it's referring to his physical and emotional absence during his life. We've all been Walking Man at some point in our lives I'm sure, I sure have | |
| America – Sister Golden Hair Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Man, that's quite freaky reading your description there - that's more or less exactly how I've come to interpret it. Until a few weeks ago I was the guy in the last situation you describe. Thing that differs from your scenario is that we had ended up in a three and a half year relationship, and after all that time, I still figured she felt more like a sister to me than a lover. Being romantic just didn't feel quite right, really can't describe how confusing it felt. She had lovely golden hair, very attractive, very affectionate - a really sweet girl. Yet being lovers never sat right in my heart. I tried to deny it as I couldn't let myself believe it for a long time. We were inseperable, like soul mates, and breaking up has been one of the hardest decisions of my life. The most bizarre thing of this tale - this was her favourite song. Her dad used to cover it. Can't believe reading it back now, we actually acted the song out - one of those mad coincidences. It will always remind me of her. |
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| America – Sister Golden Hair Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Man, that's quite freaky reading your description there - that's more or less exactly how I've come to interpret it. Until a few weeks ago I was the guy in the last situation you describe. Thing that differs from your scenario is that we had ended up in a three and a half year relationship, and after all that time, I still figured she felt more like a sister to me than a lover. Being romantic just didn't feel quite right, really can't describe how confusing it felt. She had lovely golden hair, very attractive, very affectionate - a really sweet girl. Yet being lovers never sat right in my heart. I tried to deny it as I couldn't let myself believe it for a long time. We were inseperable, like soul mates, and breaking up has been one of the hardest decisions of my life. The most bizarre thing of this tale - this was her favourite song. Her dad used to cover it. Can't believe reading it back now, we actually acted the song out - one of those mad coincidences. It will always remind me of her. |
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| Paul Simon – Spirit Voices Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Man, the Brazilian bit in the middle that's translated - one of the most beautiful things I've read, as is the second verse. I love this album so much. There is something so spiritual and simple about the subject matter here, true beauty. Brings out so many emotions in me simultaneously. | |
| Paul Simon – Run That Body Down Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I think it's more innocent than that - how many nights can you be up late gigging in a row before it takes its toll? Or possibly how many consecutive nights you can stay up having fun with your newly-wed... | |
| Paul Simon – Can't Run But Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think it's a song about the fact we could all do better for humanity - we don't have to be geniuses but we could do better. I think the first verse is relating to the environment - the 'new rain' meaning acid rain caused by sulphur dioxide from the burning of oil (hence the Ukraine). Maybe the second verse is to do with society becoming less discrete and more brash regarding sex in society. Third verse could be the constant squeeze of capitalism in the name of efficiency, meaning the arts and the soul suffer. Absolutely cracking song whatever you make of it. |
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| Paul Simon – Diamonds On the Soles of Her Shoes Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Lol, those opening comments made me chuckle. Great song however you interpret it | |
| Jim Croce – Wear Out The Turnpike Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Absolutely cracking song, I think this is one of his best too. Just love the ditty, the rhythm of it is fantastic and Ingrid sounds wonderful harmonising with Jim's voice | |
| Jim Croce – I Got A Name Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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BTW this is one of the few songs Croce sang that he didn't write - it was written by Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel, the same pair that wrote "Killing me softly with his song". Totally suits Jim though - subject theme, melody, changes and arrangement |
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| Jim Croce – Hard Time Losin' Man Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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I think this is Jim's funniest song, that line "And sometimes they say that you eat the bear But sometimes the bear eats you" just had me in stitches the first time I heard it :) |
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| Jim Croce – Hey Tomorrow Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| It's a great song, in some ways despairing as who's to know he won't slip up again? I hoped this song would never apply to me but it really does now | |
| Jim Croce – Box #10 Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Totally agree it's one of his very best. He's totally captured the despair of trying to make it yet failing, but fortunately having a good family to catch you | |
| Manic Street Preachers – A Design For Life Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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The lines: 'wish I had a bottle right here in my dirty face to wear the scars to show from where I came' I think are a reference to the 'blue scars' coal miners used to get when they got cut working in the pits - the coal dust used to get trapped under the skin as the wound healed leaving a discoloured scar. Blackwood, where the Manics were from, was a town with its roots in coal mining and their ancestors would have been miners (Richie's dad was and had to retrain as a hairdresser when they closed the pits). I think Nicky's referring to this heritage but in the context of the children of the former miners - they have nothing to show outwardly of their heritage - the mining days are gone, replaced by soulless consumerism and retail - production replaced by consumption. I think the reference to the bottle could be referring to a modern day scarring of the face - through pub violence brought about by apathy for modern life. It's pretty despairing, but then this is the 'design for life' we have inherited from the economists and capitalists - the way the system can destroy the soul and hope of the youth in some of our communities in the name of 'global markets'. It's a serious song, whichever way you look at it. Really sends shivers down my spine with its bluntness. |
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