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| Zero 7 – Speed Dial No. 2 Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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I concur with most of your interpretation Dutch, though the lyric is " Your shoulder's in my pocket...speed dial # 2," which I see as, this 'shoulder' to lean on, cry on, snuggle into, etc., is available on speed dial--easy to access, not quite the same as an in-person shoulder, but there nonetheless. Definitely a call for increased intimacy from this mystery partner. Great song. Yearning, sensual, poignant. |
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| Tina Dico – Warm Sand Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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I think the child looking back with some regret interpretation, lends itself well to this song, but in subsequent live versions, Tina sings, "I pulled at your vest.." instead of 'dress.' This substitution of lyric seems to indicate this song could be about a lover. Tina Dico identifies as bisexual so with that knowledge, the song becomes even more inscrutable. |
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| Snow Patrol – Set the Fire to the Third Bar Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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The melancholy and longing not only in the lyric but the melody, makes me believe these are two people who will never quite be together in the end.. The affair lives on in memory and there is hope for reconciliation but it seems not to be. |
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| Crowded House – Pineapple Head Lyrics
| 15 years ago
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From an interview with Neil Finn:
NF: “‘Pineapple Head’ is an obvious example. It started with my son Liam who had a fever. He was delirious and I was standing by with a cloth to cool him down and he just started talking about all these things. ‘Pineapple Head! Pineapple Head!’ Then he said ‘detective is flat’ and ‘getaway car’. So instead of staying there and doing what a father should do I ran downstairs and committed it to a song. Until my wife Sharon came in and looked at me in horror and said, ‘What are you doing here?’ At the time you’ve got to go. There’s enough times when the idea pops into your head and you’re not on the ball enough to write it down. Liam’s 11 and I’ve exploited him mercilessly over the years. He wrote the line ‘here comes Mrs. Hairy Legs’ in ‘Chocolate Cake.’”
DH: “So does ‘Pineapple Head’ mean anything?”
NF: “‘Pineapple Head’ has the least meaning in the literal sense of any of the songs on the record, but in a strange way for me it all makes perfect sense. Line by line anyway. And the chorus is put over from the point of view of a fever, a virus, inhabiting somebody. ‘I’ll play you like a shark and I’ll clutch at your heart and come flying like a spark to inflame you.’ The rest of it’s just a stream of consciousness delirium put down on paper.” |
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