| Chess – One Night in Bangkok Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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I mostly agree with the above, but I think a few parts were thrown off by the line breaks in the lyrics (maybe its been a while since he heard the song). Because many parts that are separate lines in the lyrics are still the same sentence one sentence in the song. For example, "Get Thai'd! You're talking to a tourist Whose every move's among the purest" is actually sung as: "Get Thai'd! You're talking to a tourist whose every move's among the purest" So he is describing this individual tourist (himself), not tourists in general. Anyway, here are my changes from AlbionHeroQueen's: "All change -- don't you know that when you play at this level there's no ordinary venue' means that things change frequently, because they are high leveled chess players, so nothing can be ordinary." It means that when you are a top chess player you play in exciting locales, not ordinary places like Idaho or Kansas (for example), but instead places like "Iceland -- or the Philippines -- or Hastings -- or --or this place [Bangkok]!" Manila-Philippines, ReykjavÃk-Iceland, and Hastings-UK, all had international grandmasters-level chess tournaments (and Hastings is home to the Hastings International Chess Congress). And obviously Bangkok is holding one in this musical. '"Get Thai'd! You're talking to a tourist Whose every move's among the purest I get my kicks above the waistline, sunshine" This is saying that tourists are usually the ones who find entertainment in the innocent things in the city, such as operas or fine dining.' No it's not. The sex industry of Bangkok was built on tourism (Bangkok is supposed to be the capital of sex tourism). As I mentioned above, in the song "You're talking to a tourist..." is all one sentence. He is differentiating himself from the tourists with darker motives, he is not differentiating tourists in general from those with darker motives. "The American is saying that he doesn't swing on the darker sides of Bangkok." Exactly "'I can feel the devil walking next to me' probably means that even a friend can betray you in that city." Since he is a tourist there for a chess tournament, I think he is talking about the locals or other tourists; I doubt he made any friends there. I think this chorus in general means basically that you have to be humble and careful, not cocky or arrogant, when you are in a strange city. Get drunk or seduced by the wrong person and you could get left penniless or worse. I think "the devil" is referring to what previously seemed to be "an angel" in the first chorus. I pretty much agree with the rest. Also, I see you mentioned Yul Brenner in "the King and I" later in the interpretation. |
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| Chess – One Night in Bangkok Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| Yul Brenner played the King of Siam (now Thailand) in the King and I, which is his significance. | |
| System of a Down – Chop Suey! Lyrics | 15 years ago |
| Maybe if you have a problem with religion, you should listen to one of the millions of songs out there that don't DIRECTLY QUOTE THE BIBLE! Seriously, religion is a very obvious interpretation for this song due to the quotation, do you want everyone here to ignore it and censor themselves, just because of your own personal issues? | |
| Tracy Chapman – Fast Car Lyrics | 15 years ago |
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"...gay aspect of the story is ignored. " Of course it's ignored (at least by honest people), IT'S NOT TRUE! Listen to her interviews about the song, it is not an autobiographical song, it is a song about the lives of some other people in the Cleveland she saw when she was growing up. YOU NEED TO OPEN YOUR MIND!!! Just because she is a lesbian (or bisexual) doesn't mean every song has an LBGT aspect to it. You are ignoring all the clues in the song that it is about a man doing stereotypical man things: having children (this came out before gay adoption was allowed), hanging out with friends, hanging out in bars, buying fast cars, etc., simply because you think her sexuality is all there is to her. You are probably either some LGBT advocate or completely clueless, but you desperately need to learn that, for most gay people, their whole life doesn't revolve around being gay. It mostly just affects who they choose to get romantic with. |
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