| Dire Straits – Romeo And Juliet Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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My $.02: I always saw it as Romeo thinking of what he was going to say when he got there. We begin to see it in real time, but it's just his speculation on how it is GOING to play out. I'll step out of the streetlight and say something like: "you and me babe, how bout it". Then she'll say something funny and almost mocking "hey la my boyfriend's back" But she'll be intrigued enough to want to know what I'm doing there.. So I'll say something really powerful and poetic and use beautiful and complicated metaphors.. But then I'll get clumsy and forget the reference. But then I can remind her of our childhood love for eachother when we both came of nothing, I'll remind her that she CAN'T just dispmiss me off hand after all we have been. I'll sting her with a critique of her past affairs with pretty boys with money and baubles. Then I'll remind her how shallow and petty she was referring to me as some incidental aquaintance. But then when she's nearly crying with guilt, I'll remind her of the love we used to make when we had nothing, when our promises to eachother were genuine because we litterally had nothing to lose. I'll remind her of the trueness of that love, and that if not for some insignificant event(s) we would be together now, as we always should have been. Then I'll tell her how I am pretty much a mess without her. I hang with the wrong crowd, down in the dumps, melancholic and depressed without even the courage to address her in person. And hopefully I'll be able to say all of these things romantically and with strength and conviction. THEN, having finally mustered the courage, and having SOME idea of what he is going to say, he steps out of the (convenient) streetlight, and begins with (something like): "you and me babe, how 'bout it?" That's my take folks, all I know is I've listened to this for decades, and it's one of three top love songs in my book. Tragic and deep. |
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| The Doors – Hello, I Love You Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Oh brother. That is soooo retarded for soooo many reasons. | |
| John Prine – You Got Gold Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| No shit Raging Bull. Seen him 3 times in concert. Laughed and cried each time. Kinda embarassing to admit, but if you've seen him, you'll know what I mean. | |
| Neil Young – I Am A Child Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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That's what I've always thought. Since most things turn black when they are burned, the child honestly and innocently wants to know what happens to something that has already been reduced when you try to reduce it further. Being a dad myself, this song seriously almost reduces me to tears when I hear it. |
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| Led Zeppelin – Stairway to Heaven Lyrics | 16 years ago |
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Way to go sniff master! You got a minor factoid right! Opening riff was originally by Spirit (who, btw, are fine with the plagerism). Other than that, "the whole band believes in stanism and the cult". What? I mean really. What is the cult (other than the band)? You are pouring a great deal of your christian fairytale dogma on this song using some nebulous facts coupled with flawed logic (... reading a novel by I can't remember his name but he...).So this book, by whom you can't recall, about something to do with a spurned christian in a christian school, was maybe being read by Plant, who was then so moved (by this NOVEL?) that he wrote a satanic song to.... blah blah blah. I mean how 2 dimentional do you think Plant is/was??! There's a Lady Who's Sure All that Glitters is Gold - Materialism in Society Stairway to Heaven begins by introducing a Lady who's sure all that glitters is gold. The woman may represent the increasing materialism of society in the late 1960s, and the following decades, along with the belief that material possession will assist one on the road to Heaven. Of course, in the context 'Heaven' is not a religious destination, but the state of divine happiness, supposedly achieved through wealth and power. As the song progresses it is revealed that greed is foolish, childish and can have some horrific consequences. There's a Song Bird Who Sings 'Sometimes All of Our Thoughts are Misgiven' - The Earth as the Sufferer In the second verse, Led Zeppelin employs the natural world to illustrate the physical suffering and deterioration selfishness causes to the planet as a whole. This message begins with a gentle warning from a bird singing in a tree and becomes more explicit in the next verse as a forest burns. The effects on the planet are juxtaposed by the lack of action or responsibility from those who stand looking. The Piper Will Lead Us to Reason - Society as the Greedy and the Childish Stairway's fourth verse draws an intertextual allusion to the tale of the Pied Piper of Hameln, who freed a township from a plague a rodents and was not issued the pre-arranged payment. Angry and vengeful at the townfolk, the Piper returned, lead away all of their offspring with his music and he and the children were never seen again. It is not clear whether Zeppelin meant society to be the townsfolk or the children in the re-shaping of this frightful tale and quite likely that they meant for the reference to be a two-fold accusation. The townsfolk were greedy and conniving, wishing to have a rat-free town but not to pay the price, while the children were easily lead astray by beautiful music and the promise of fun and games - both very much like society and its obsession with material wealth without responsibility. Spring Clean for the May Queen - A Return to Nature Nature returns to Stairway in the fifth verse, this time in the form of a tamed and domesticated hedgerow - once a form of wealth and status itself. The lyrics announce that should a flurry of activity begin in the well-ordered and neatly trimmed world society has carved, it will herald the coming of the May Queen - a mythical symbol of purity, youth and springtime, or re-birth. This may translate to a hope for restoration of modesty and contentment. There's Still Time to Change the Road You're On - It's Never Too Late for Second Chances Zeppelin reminds listeners that it is never too late to see the error of one's ways and that if you listen very hard, the tune will come to you at last. The tune is a metaphor for knowing that something is wrong and not quite being able to put your finger on it - like a song that plays through one's mind without words or a title. However, paying close attention to detail, will often present an answer. There Walks a Lady We All Know - Everyone is Familiar with Desire In the final verse, The Lady of Greed returns to show how everything still turns to gold. This is clearly a reference to the fact that greed is omnipresent and ever-tempting. Though listeners are told to be a rock and not to roll - perhaps, to be content with the things around you not to cause destruction by seeking greener pastures. It Really Makes Me Wonder - It Really Makes the Listener Wonder This simple line, which is repeated four times throughout Stairway, acts as a rhetorical question to plant a seed of doubt in listeners' minds about the current attitudes of society toward wealth and power. With each repitition, Zeppelin reiterates the questionable mindset of society until the listener fully rejects the notion that wealth and happiness are intrinsically linked. Plants' final notes, 'And she's buying a Stairway to Heaven', carry an entirely different conatation to the initial utterance of the very same words in the first verse. By the song's end, the purchase of happiness is no longer an action to be revered but one to dismiss as a pitiful and ignorant act. This about-turn in the listeners' beliefs may be attributed to the skillful and poetic use of language employed by Jimmy Page in his crafting of one of the greatest rock songs of all time. sniffmaster, go back to your bible camp and play "Michael rowed the boat ashore". Sounds like more your speed. |
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| The Traveling Wilburys – Tweeter And The Monkey Man Lyrics | 16 years ago |
| Hey Mullet rain, it's Dylan singing. It's not Tom Petty. I like 'em both, but if you can't tell 'em apart, you really shouldn't be telling people that "If they were great fans they would know that dylan isn't singing this its tom petty". | |
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