| Steely Dan – Godwhacker Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Brilliant song, one of my favorites. The meaning is surprisingly simple; for Steely Dan anyway. In Donald Fagen's book Eminent Hipsters (Well worth a read btw) he says: "One more word about my mother: She died horribly of Alzheimer's. One time, after not seeing her for a while, I visited her in a nursing home in Ohio. As I walked towards her, she stared at me with great interest and then said, "You know, I've always liked you very much." Not long after that, she was gone. How do you like that? A couple of days later, I started writing a lyric for this song "Godwhacker," which Walter and I completed and recorded for a Steely Dan CD. It's about an elite squad of assasins whose sole assignment is to find a way into heaven and take out God. If the Deity actually existed, what sane person wouldn't consider this to be justifiable homocide?" ----------------------------- So yeah. The lyrics are kind of straight forward. However it does give a whole new philosophical dimension to the song. The concept of if a God did exist, he surely deserves punished for his blatant lack of care etc. Whether you agree with the concept or not, or if you just don't care, it still adds a very deep philosophical meaning to the song. |
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| Steely Dan – Kid Charlemagne Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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This song is a homage to the 60's sound engineer and LSD dealer Owsley Stanley, considered to be create the best 'stuff' in town, (hence the first 3 lines) The diamond and the pearl refers to a hybrid drug Stanley created, when he mixed LSD with another substance, (i don't remember what)and it was a big hit in 60's San Fransisco, (the rest of the first verse). The first two lines of the second verse refer to how high quality and pure the drugfs he made were. the technicolour motorhome refers to Stanleys bus. The A Frame and the L.A on a dare bit refers to the fact that all the top dogs in San Fransisco and LA purchased drugs from Owsley Stanley. (including Jimi Hendrix who wrote Purple Haze after using Stanleys LSD, The Grateful Dead who wrote Alice D Millionaire (LSD Millionaire) and of course Steely Dan.) The Third verse refers to the time when Stanely got busted for dealing marijuana and imprisoned. When he got out, all his old customers and friends had moved on, moved away or got jobs. This also marked the fall of the hippy movement. Finally the last verse tells of when Stanley was busted for LSD, (the case got dismissed due to a mix up with the evidence. This is one of my favourite song. It Rocks!! |
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