| Aretha Franklin – Freeway Of Love Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| I'd never really listened to the lyrics of this song before. Great song. It's about sex. Duh. The pink Cadillac being the singer's vagina. Woo! "So jump right in...Ain't no sin / Take a ride in my machine" ... "Goin' ridin' on the freeway of love / In my pink Cadillac" | |
| Kathleen Edwards – Asking For Flowers Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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An interview in PrideSource indicates this song is about one of her friends (who happens to be a lesbian) and her failing relationship: "Well, ironically, one of my best friends is a lesbian, and 'Asking for Flowers' is written for her about a relationship for her that went down. And it's funny, 'cause people ask me about that song: 'Do you find it hard putting your marriage so publicly into a song?' And I always laugh, because I think, 'It's actually about a lesbian relationship.' Ya know, the best part about music is that I can write it (a song) about my heterosexual life but it totally crosses the border of all that stuff. My friend had really hit rock bottom. She was struggling with lots of other things besides the demise of a relationship. And her relationship was like asking for flowers. She elaborated in saying that she never got them, and you can't buy them for yourself. Someone has to wanna buy them for you." via: http://www.kathleenedwards.org/media/interv/pridesource-2009-01-29.html |
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| Kathleen Edwards – Sure As Shit Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| My thought is that the denim king is a reference to her husband Colin Cripps. I mean, the guy likes to wear a lot of denim. And "snap shirts" too. Those are a kind of "cowboy" shirt, with snaps on the pockets. I've actually seen Colin (at a Kathleen show) wearing snap shirts and denim jeans (with the cuffs rolled up). He's a beast of a rocker, that's for sure. And so is she. Great song, great artist. | |
| Kathleen Edwards – Sure As Shit Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| My thought is that the denim king is a reference to her husband Colin Cripps. I mean, the guy likes to wear a lot of denim. And "snap shirts" too. Those are a kind of "cowboy" shirt, with snaps on the pockets. I've actually seen Colin (at a Kathleen show) wearing snap shirts and denim jeans (with the cuffs rolled up). He's a beast of a rocker, that's for sure. And so is she. Great song, great artist. | |
| Wilco – Kingpin Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Pekin is a town in Illinois near Peoria. Likely some place that Jeff and Co would've visited to play shows early in their careers. One of my college dorm friends was from Pekin and I spent a week there one day. Hmm... I can't remember his name, nor my dorm's name, or much else. Those were the days. | |
| Wilco – Sonny Feeling Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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The first two stanzas are talking about a time in high school when the narrator was driving and tried to beat a train (stuck at a crossing), he thought he was going to get hit (dug in for a duel), but he buried the brakes and survived. But at that moment, his life was split in two: what MIGHT'VE happened if he did get hit by the train vs. what IS happening. Same thing in the 3rd and 4th stanzas. Just a close call on an airplane. A missed landing, which was mundane to the pilot, but scared the crap out of the narrator. The other shoe that waits for you? Well, the saying is, "I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop" which means, I just escaped this situation, but I'm waiting for something bad to happen. I believe that maybe Sonny was shot by gang crossfire. She was just hanging out at the mini-mart, but doesn't know of "Eminem's suburban gangster flow." Later her clothes were cut off, which is what happens during an emergency room visit or an autopsy. Basically, this song is about fate, as OddHat said. It all seems random until you NEED fate to comfort you after some tragic or scary situation. This song confirms that Jeff is the Tweediest. |
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| Wilco – Outtasite (Outta Mind) Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| I think this song is about a guy who's relationship with his girlfriend or wife is breaking down. They don't talk much, they don't go on walks much... And then the guy says, "I know where I'll be tonight..." and where will he be? "Outta Mind". Out of his mind (drunk, drugs, etc.) Imagine the guy hiding down in his man-cave boozing it up while his wife is upstairs doing her thing. Then at the end he says, "Here I come again, I'm bringing my friends," like, now he's got his buddies down there too. Whee! | |
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