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| R.E.M. – Gardening At Night Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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I have seen, I think it was in Uncut magazine in an interview, that the band claim the name comes from stopping on the side of the road to piss. One of the guys kept saying, "I'm gardening at night." However, for me the name will always mean undercover pot growing. It's a slang term that we've used for quite a while. |
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| Cage the Elephant – Aberdeen Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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It's the bass driven, Weezer-inspired song 'Aberdeen' that Shultz says works as a great indication of the band's more grown-up sound. "I had this personal revelation," he says." "I'd continue to see myself go back to the same thing that enslaved my life; over and over, putting my hands in the fire, even after I realized what I was doing to myself and the people around me."
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| Cage the Elephant – Aberdeen Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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This song seems to be linked to Nirvana in several ways. The beginning sounds, to me, a lot like a Pixies song. Pixies were a big influence on Kurt Cobain. Cobain was, as mentioned by someone else here, originally from Aberdeen. The closest link I see to Nirvana, however, is the style of the lyrics. I was just re-reading some Nirvana lyrics today and they are very similar; short, strong phrases that evoke images that are open to a lot of interpretation (and sound real cool). Aberdeen could be the city, drugs, a girl, etc. My guess is that the song isn't strictly about any of these things. The songs off their first album seemed a lot less cryptic. |
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