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| My Morning Jacket – Slow Slow Tune Lyrics
| 10 years ago
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I'd like to see some comments about the lyric, "Gotta radiate the gold." If I thought about it long enough I might be able to come up with a possible meaning. Help me out folks. |
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| My Morning Jacket – Slow Slow Tune Lyrics
| 10 years ago
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@[Mac3030:5708] Definitely. I was already listening to the song when I came to this website. I was at the part where Jim says, "Grown, with a meter all your own." I looked at the lyrics to find that line and I didn't see it. It should be changed. I've always remembered that line because it's so original. What a great idea! To use meter, or tempo, as an analogy for age and the independence that comes and goes with it. Genius! |
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| My Morning Jacket – Wonderful (The Way I Feel) Lyrics
| 10 years ago
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When the "Circuital" cd came out and I started listening to this song, at first I thought he was talking about the success that he and the other guys in MMJ had achieved. "It matters to me...took a long time to get here...if it would've been easy, I would not have cared." But then he starts singing, "I'm going where there ain't no fear, I'm going where the spirit is near, I'm going where the living is easy, and the people are kind, a new state of mind. I'm going where there ain't no police, I'm going where there ain't no disease, I'm going where there ain't no need to escape from what is, only spirits at ease."
Those lyrics let me know that he wasn't talking about the hard work it took for his band to make it. Those lyrics speak of the peace of Heaven, or something comparable. It's hard to be sure of what he was thinking of when he wrote these lyrics. One thing I do know for sure. Our messed up world should be listening to positive uplifting music like this during these times when policemen are being shot while putting gasoline in their cars. |
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| My Morning Jacket – Wonderful (The Way I Feel) Lyrics
| 10 years ago
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@[Matrix97:5707] It's been over four years since you made that comment, so there's a good chance you've already heard it, and that's a song of theirs called, "Golden." It has an acoustic guitar and the pedal steel guitar. Perhaps my favorite songs of theirs. It's on the album, "It Still Moves." |
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| My Morning Jacket – The Day Is Coming Lyrics
| 10 years ago
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@[cmaxxx:5706] I've always thought that too. I'm sure it has something to do with the fact that I went to church on a regular basis when I was growing up, but I don't really know how much. He says, "You know what I mean" like it's a wink or a nod to those who get it. I think a lot of MMJ's songs have religious overtones to them. The first song on the new album is called, "Believe (Nobody Knows)" and, of course, he repeats that several times throughout the song. Again, it may have something to do with my upbringing, but he may be talking to the people who are "on the fence" about whether or not God exists. So he could be using the argument I've heard people make over the years, which is, "I'd rather believe in God and find out that He doesn't exist than not believe in God and find out that He does exist." It sounds a little ridiculous but I've heard people say that. That's just my interpretation. For now anyway... |
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| My Morning Jacket – Circuital Lyrics
| 10 years ago
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@[u023025:5705] I think you've got it summed up pretty well. You said, "at the end of the day we are simply heading back to where we were born..." Jim says, "I am older, day by day,
Still going back to my childhood way." Basically the same thing.
I just wanted to add something to your point. I saw MMJ for the 4th time back on August 10th in Birmingham, AL. (sorry, had to gloat for a sec) Anyway, they played Circuital that night, and when Jim sang the line, "Round and round patiently..." he started making big circles with his right arm, over and over, until it came time for him to play his acoustic guitar part. I thought that was pretty cool. |
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| Beck – Derelict Lyrics
| 10 years ago
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"Gave my clothes to the policeman..."
Could that mean that the derelict got arrested? It's never happened to me but when you go to jail you have to wear what they want you to wear, right?
The album this song is on, Odelay, was produced by The Dust Brothers who had also produced the Beastie Boys' 2nd album, Paul's Boutique. |
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| Franz Ferdinand – Fresh Strawberries Lyrics
| 10 years ago
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@[Hgaudguad:5365] Lyrics, like the ones in "Fresh Strawberries," are sometimes hard to figure out because they're so short. They have to be short, especially in a 3-5 minute long song. Usually they're a little easier to understand though. I guess that's what makes a website like this attractive to some people. Speaking of this website, I wonder if there are many songs/lyrics by bands like Nirvana or Beck whose lyrics, for the most part, are just words strung together in an almost random manner. |
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| Franz Ferdinand – Fresh Strawberries Lyrics
| 10 years ago
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@[Hgaudguad:4821] I'll buy that. I think you're onto something. I don't know if you're familiar with the album that this song is on. "Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action." If you are then maybe you've heard Alex Kapranos mention the "repair manual" in the song "Treason! Animals." He uses that phrase when he's explaining to his friends that "something has really really gone wrong." He tells them to come over and bring the "repair manual." In "Fresh Strawberries" he mentions the "instruction manual." Maybe it's just me but could he be talking about the Bible? I think your interpretation may well be pretty accurate but I'd like to know what you think about the 2nd verse. The stuff about thieves and liars and the instruction manual.
I agree with what you're saying about the aging thing but the lyrics, "wouldn't it be easy to believe" should be addressed. I think he may be talking about the majority of people in the civilized world who wake up each day, go to work, get paid, buy stuff, pay bills, repeat. Repeat. Repeat. I don't know if he's speaking for himself, or if he's speaking for the mass work-a-day multitudes, but a lot of these people want something more out of life than a job they hate. Yet, maybe it's not so easy for them to believe in a higher power like God. There are lyrics to other songs by Franz Ferdinand, like "Evil Eye" that make me think they don't believe in God. So is Alex Kapranos projecting his personal opinion into the personalities of these people who want more out of life?
Am I even close? Does anyone have Alex's number? |
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