| Why? – Against Me Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| The intro reminds me so much of "Leave Me Be" by the Zombies. | |
| Dr. Dog – The Rabbit, the Bat, and the Reindeer Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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The little piano arpeggio at 0:55 is why I love Dr. Dog. All their songs are interspersed with so many perfect little notes that you only notice on the tenth listen. Or at 2:54, when the bass finally changes. Beautiful. |
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| Dr. Dog – Army of Ancients Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| The horns at 3:49, with that beautiful Chicago-esque chord change...perfect. | |
| Dirty Projectors – Two Doves Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Seems like the lyrics are a collage of all their influences. "Geranium kisser / Skin like silk and face like glass" is definitely a reference to Bob Dylan's 'Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands' ("...And your flesh like silk, and your face like glass..." / "...are waiting in line for their geranium kiss..." ) "Don't confront me with my failures" is from Nico's 'These Days' "Kiss me with your mouth open / For your love, better than wine" is most definitely a reference to Stephen Duffy's 'Kiss Me (With Your Mouth)' ("Kiss me with your mouth. / Your love is better than wine.) And 'Call on me' could be a reference to Stevie Winwood's 'Valerie'. There's probably more, but I have a headache from listening to Stephen Duffy and I'm going to sleep. It may seem like a dubious explanation, but if you listen hard, you can hear a bit of all these songs on the record. Bob and Nico's folk guitar, Nico's violins, Duffy and Winwood's beats and synths. And this wouldn't be Dave Longstreth's first musical referencing (Rise Above, anyone?) He is not one to adumbrate his influences. Oh and "To the chamber that conceived me" could be from Solomon 3:4, "It was but a little that I passed from them, but I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, until I had brought him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that conceived me." |
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| Grizzly Bear – Fine for Now Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This seems to be about spending time with loved ones, knowing that something is eventually going to come between, be it death, moving, a new lover, etc. Instead of complaining about the lack of time that they have, say "There is time. There's so much time." Its about milking every second to the last sweet drop with the ones who are important, and realizing how fragile every minute is. I don't hear "If we're all faltering", I hear "We're all faltering". As if he's trying to say that people hesitate too much with their loved ones. We're all faltering. We all wait until its too late. In the context of Daniel Rossen's 'In Ear Park' sentiments, it seems that he is wishing he had spent more time with his father. The first line says "There was time" in regards to his father, and the next "There is time" could be about his current loved ones. Maybe he wants to spend more time with others now that he sees how important every second is. This could be completely wrong, but whenever I hear Dan sing "We're all faltering", I see him wishing he had not faltered, wishing he had been stronger, wishing he could be stronger, hoping he can be there. Maybe. |
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| Grizzly Bear – Dory Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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This seems to be a more detailed version of the lines "And it was mamma, that got drowned in out, in that deep blue sea" from Deep Blue Sea. Dory could be the mother's name, which is kind of a pun, as the definition of dory is " a flat-bottomed boat with high flaring sides" So 'We’ll swim around like two dories" could be almost a macabre pun about Dory drowning...translated to "we won't swim well". I don't know. |
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