| Christy Moore – Changes Lyrics | 6 months ago |
| It's a bit sad, actually. I heard it growing up on an album of songs by Phil Ochs. I can find no evidence to support the idea that Christy Moore either wrote or sang it. Phil Ochs generally sang songs that he wrote himself. | |
| Gilbert O'Sullivan – Clair Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| Perhaps the song is describing a happy relationship like this, only hopefully without the destructive interference at the end:\n\n"Germaine Greer (1975)* ... relates the experience of one of her school friends: [She] enjoyed sex with her uncle throughout her childhood and never realized that anything was unusual until she went away to school. What disturbed her then was not what her uncle had done, but the attitude of her teachers and psychiatrist. They assumed that she must have been traumatized and disgusted and therefore in need of very special help. In order to capitulate to their expectations, she began to fake symptoms she did not feel, until at length she began to feel truly guilty for not having felt guilty. She ended up judging herself quite harshly for this innate lechery. (Page number not given.)"\n\n-- Paul Okami, "Sociopolitical Biases in the Contemporary Scientific Literature on Adult Human Sexual Behavior with Children and Adolescents," p. 11\n\n*Greer G. Seduction Is a Four-Letter Word, New York: John Cushman Associates, Inc., 1975 | |
| AC/DC – Moneytalks Lyrics | 2 years ago |
| I\'d heard this song before without giving it a lot of thought. Yesterday I happened to hear it while thinking about someone who really inspires me. The uplifting sound of the music fit that mood, but the cynical lyrics didn\'t. So now it gives me a feeling of dissonance. | |
| Randy & the Rainbows – Denise (Original) Lyrics | 3 years ago |
| I always get emotional when I hear this song. In 1978, when I was seventeen, my older brother was playing it a lot for a while, and it was running through my mind at the moment I realized I was in love for the first time. | |
| Randy & the Rainbows – Denise (Original) Lyrics | 3 years ago |
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That may be what Levenson wrote, but it's not what Randy and the Rainbows sang, either when they recorded it in 1963 or when they commemorated it in 2013. This is what I've noted from repeated listens: Oh, Denise, do-be-do I'm in love with you, Denise, do-be-do I'm in love with you, Denise, do-be-do I'm in love with you Denise, Denise, oh with your eyes so blue Denise, Denise, I've got a crush on you Denise, Denise, I'm so in love with you Oh, when we walk It feels like paradise And when we talk It always feels so nice Denise, Denise, I'm so in love with you, oh You're my queen, and I'm in heaven every time I look at you When you smile it's like a dream And I'm so lucky 'cause I found a girl like you Oh, Denise, do-be-do I'm in love with you, Denise, do-be-do I'm in love with you, Denise, do-be-do I'm in love with you Denise, Denise, oh won't you hold my thigh Denise, Denise, oh can we kiss goodnight Denise, Denise, I'm so in love with you, oh Oh, Denise, do-be-do I'm in love with you, Denise, do-be-do I'm in love with you, Denise, do-be-do I'm in love with you.... |
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| The Beatles – Penny Lane Lyrics | 4 years ago |
| @[Ummm:33790]... Strange behavior for a barber? I doubt it -- it seems almost *de rigeur* among restaurateurs. | |
| Electric Light Orchestra – Can't Get It Out Of My Head Lyrics | 6 years ago |
| @[bach11:23351] That's certainly plausible, but I prefer a more literal interpretation. There'd be nothing odd about an actual numinous experience being described in a song from near the height of the psychedelic era. | |
| Electric Light Orchestra – Can't Get It Out Of My Head Lyrics | 6 years ago |
| @[Kenobi65:23350] It may be on the lyric sheet, but I don't think it's what he sang. I've listened several times and don't hear it that way. | |
| Electric Light Orchestra – Can't Get It Out Of My Head Lyrics | 6 years ago |
| @[GhostmanX:23349] It is a word, meaning a trick, but I don't hear it in this song. I hear "Walking on a wave she came" -- the singular "wave" even more clearly than the M in "came." | |
| Sonic Youth – Kool Thing Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| @atthedrive-in It could be about more than one thing. It could be drawing a parallel. | |
| Sonic Youth – Kool Thing Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| @[gibsonsg87:2970] I think "kitty" refers to a machine gun. | |
| Sonic Youth – Kool Thing Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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| Sonic Youth – Kool Thing Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| @Wildest of Honey I think "kitty" refers to a machine gun. | |
| James Taylor – Handy Man Lyrics | 9 years ago |
| The song has a bit of a dark undertone for me, since I discovered it in the soundtrack of the film _Smooth Talk_, involving a not-so-benevolent seducer. Btw, the refrain has been completely omitted from the lyrics above. | |
| David Archuleta – Touch My Hand Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Wow, this is a really haunting song. I bet it'll make perfect mood music for my "love den" in the making! | |
| The Chicks – You Were Mine Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Actually that verse is rather irresponsible, implying as it does that when parents break up, one of them will necessarily no longer be involved with the children. When my parents separated, I continued to see my father regularly, and never got any feeling that he didn't care. In fact for a little while they seemed to compete by saying bad things about each other. But I got them to stop that after a couple reminders. |
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| The Beatles – Dear Prudence Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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This song will never sound the same to me since learning what it's about, especially the ongoing aspect of it. One has to wonder how Mia Farrow feels when she hears it, as she isn't happy about Prudence's continuing involvement with the TM movement, and the fact they use her as a sort of hostage to deter her from criticizing it. |
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| The Beatles – Dear Prudence Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| She probably has social anxiety disorder. | |
| The Beatles – Dear Prudence Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| I wouldn't say it's even "spiritually" wise to do anything to excess, and it also depends on the kind of meditation. There's a difference between "mindful" and "mindless." You can actually practice mindfulness while doing other things -- it actually makes you more fully present to your surroundings, rathen than removed from them. | |
| The Beatles – Dear Prudence Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Unfortunately she never got to hear John play it for her. She stayed in her hut meditating 12 hours a day. | |
| The Beatles – Dear Prudence Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| The way I heard it, the incident(s) that disenchanted John and George involved another woman. It was just the excessive meditating that made them concerned for Prudence. John also commented sarcastically on the Maharishi in "Come Together" -- he had hair down below his knees, but wasn't good-looking by most people's standards. But like any cult leader, he was very hard to please. John also recorded a critical song that actually named the Maharishi, but it was never released. | |
| The Beatles – Dear Prudence Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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According to Gina Catena, who was born and raised in the TM movement, John said he felt Prudence had gotten "slightly barmy" from meditating in her hut 12 hours a day, and he wasn't the only one concerned about her. She didn't come out and play, and consequently didn't hear the song till a couple years later after it had been released. Subsequently Mia made some critical comments about the Maharishi, but then stopped talking about him for fear the cult would cut off her contact with her sister. |
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| The Chicks – You Were Mine Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I was never able to make out the last verse; I just read it here. The heartbreaking part for me has always been the refrain. Of course no one suddenly falls out of love (except perhaps if they discover something that totally changes their perception of their lover). People fall out of love gradually but often resist acknowledging it, either to themselves or others. So it only looks as if it's "all of a sudden." It's observable in many species that mating pairs tend to break up around the time their young cease being totally dependent. The human "seven-year itch" appears to be an example of this. Breaking up sooner than this may reflect that the new mates are really a much better match, or that the culturally enforced norm of monogamy makes someone feel they have to choose. |
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| The Chicks – Without You Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Given that he apparently lied about wanting a long-term relationship to get sex, you might be tempted to take "I hope you're doing fine all alone" as sarcastic. But the lyrics as a whole suggest she's still too in love for that. | |
| The Lovin' Spoonful – Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind? Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Wasn't this the theme for a sitcom in the '70s? | |
| Grateful Dead – Peggy-O Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| This song was also recorded by Simon & Garfunkel. | |
| The Lovin' Spoonful – Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind? Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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Yes, the meaning requires no guesswork because it's explicit. But wasn't this song the theme for some sitcom in the mid-'70s? I can't remember which one. Funny how I just heard this twice in as many days, after decades of not hearing it. |
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| The Byrds – Eight Miles High Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| No plane flies eight miles high. The surreal quality of the lyrics makes plain that it's about a psychedelic experience. Maybe they were on a trip to England at the time, but they were also on some kind of psychedelic. | |
| Counting Crows – A Long December Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Ironically, although I wasn't attending to the lyrics when I first heard this song, the mood fits pretty well what I was reading: the ending of the novel _A Canticle for Leibowitz_. Bleak, but with a hint of hope for the future, the possibility of redemption. | |
| Jackson Browne – Somebody's Baby Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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16 hr 35 min ago Rated 0 rate down rate up I really listened to this song for the first time while it played on the radio yesterday evening. I was moved by the very moral tone. Some may not think of it as moral, because it's about prospective casual sex -- or at least something that would start out as such. But the theme isn't, "I'm going to use this woman for my selfish pleasure." Rather, it's about a woman who's missing out on romance because her looks intimidate men. She can't be expected to make the first move (although, presumably, the narrator wouldn't mind if she did). If something good is to happen for the both of them, he has to take the initiative. And it's about a man who overcomes his fear to acknowledge this fact, and develop the resolve to act on it. To fulfill his mission as a man. |
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| Jackson Browne – Somebody's Baby Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I really listened to this song for the first time while it played on the radio this evening. I was moved by the very moral tone. Some may not think of it as moral, because it's about prospective casual sex -- or at least something that would start out as such. But the theme isn't, "I'm going to use this woman for my selfish pleasure." Rather, it's about a woman who's missing out on romance because her looks intimidate men. She can't be expected to make the first move (although, presumably, the narrator wouldn't mind if she did). If something good is to happen for the both of them, he has to take the initiative. And it's about a man who overcomes his fear to acknowledge this fact, and develop the resolve to act on it. To fulfill his mission as a man. |
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| Howard Jones – Everlasting Love Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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For the record, I have nothing against casual sex, and think the idea that if you want more than that, you have to "wait for it" is a false dichotomy. Many hold that a rapid (ethical) seduction is the best way to begin a long-term relationship. That said, this song has a "transcendental" quality that moves me. Although I've learned it was written in the late '80s, I associate it with a passage in a novel I read in 1996, in which the protagonist has found the realm of the gods and is now entering it. It gave me a weepy feeling that comes back when I hear this song. Perhaps I was hearing it on the radio at the time, or a cover of it. A few other love songs give me the same feeling, such as The Seekers' "Colours of My Life." And I get something similar from the Byrds' "Eight Miles High," which is not about love, but a psychedelic trip. The common thread for me is this sense of transcendence, going beyond ordinary experience and uniting with a more ultimate reality. |
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