| Regina Spektor – Lady Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Well first off; agreed, this song is simply stunning. so beautiful. It's based on billie holiday, the blues singer. She was often known as 'lady', hence the song title. There are references to aspects of other billie holiday's songs as well such as "poplar trees" from strage fruit which provides a sinister reference to racial hatred. also "no regrets" is one of billie oliday's songs. it is based on the blues-y form/style that billie holiday often used. Regina says that Billie holiday is one of her manin sources of inspiration as music goes so maybe this is a tribute to her or maybe just a more specific experimentaion wiith her style. the references to cigarettes and a smoke filled world probably refer to the world of billie holiday in a time of great rates of smoking and when holiday herself smoked so much as she did throughout her whole life. | |
| Bloc Party – Biko Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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From interviews with Kele and my own lyrical interpretation I would say he's mourning a friend/lover who has died of cancer. Biko is a nigerian word and is used here to beg tenderly for the person to gain the strength to return to him so that he needn't go through the pain of having lost him/her. it is a song of longing for what could have been 'dancing in the front room again' and reflection on having done all he could when she was alive to keep her alive, "blueberries in the fridge". I'm unsure as to what the "resist" and all are..? It seems like it could be written while she was alive or after she died. it speaks as though she is there and can still be saved, yet the lyrics say that he is writing it to steal her from her grave meaning she must already be dead. tricky. |
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