| Billy Bragg – Cindy Of A Thousand Lives Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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@[Nearvana:45143] - the song takes on new meaning now that I know it's about Cindy Sherman. If you look at the photographs she's taken, it's a perfect fit. The pig faced boy, the corrupted clown, the grotesque figure who never comes into town. Thanks - it all makes sense now. |
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| Billy Bragg – The Few Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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@[Petabite:45114] - when "Don't Try This At Home" was first released, I read an article or a review and it mentioned that "The Few" was about football hooligans, many of whom had ultranationalist/right wing views which often resulted in violent assaults of those who were of a different colour and/or nationality. The first line makes reference to the "baby brotherhood" and the "inter city crew", both of whom were reference to different football "firms" (gangs with links to organised crime). The inter city crew would often leave calling cards on their victims. Congratulations You have just met the I.C.F. (West Ham United) The phrase "What do they know of England, who only England know" is a quote from Rudyard Kipling's "The English Flag", apparently "to empthasize the neglect that most Englishmen showed towards the British empire". If you take note of the following lines, it all begins to make sense: "And they salute the foes their fathers fought By raising their right hands in the air Oh look how my country’s patriots are hunting down below What do they know of england who only england know" These "patriotic" hooligans would often drape themselves in the English flag, while espousing ultranationalist/right wing/pro Nazi beliefs that their own fathers had once fought against. |
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| Died Pretty – Everybody Moves Lyrics | 2 years ago |
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A terrific song by Died Pretty - haunting, yet uplifting. The cover version mentioned by Wess is also worthy. |
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| Clouds – 4 P.M. Lyrics | 3 years ago |
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@[aceindahole:35654] - that's ok. Run off and listen to Celine Dion or Whitney Houston and let the adults sit back and appreciate this great song. Moron. |
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| Clouds – 4 P.M. Lyrics | 3 years ago |
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During a performance of 4PM on Live at Double J, Jodi Phillis explained that the song was based on a novel by Davis Grubb, called The Night Of The Hunter. There's also a movie of the same name, based on the novel by Davis Grubb, starring Robert Mitchum. The short version: It's about a serial killer who masquerades as a preacher. While in prison, he meets a man who is to be executed for killing a man while committing a bank robbery. The man doesn't reveal where the money from the bank robbery was hidden, but reveals that his children know the location of the money. So, with the promise of the money, the preacher travels to the town where the executed man's wife and children still live, and he endeavours to get them to reveal where the money is. The movie is excellent and the book is apparently very good as well. |
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| Clouds – Hieronymus Lyrics | 3 years ago |
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| Died Pretty – Sweetheart Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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Died Pretty are an Australian band, which perhaps makes the meaning behind the song a little stranger (or at least my interpretation of the song). I think the giveaway is the line, "Plainfield is 'home-sweet-home', which is the town that Ed Gein was raised in/near. The rest of the lyrics allude to this possibility: "My world lives in these jars" - Ed Gein reportedly kept organs in jars "Downward, downward we'll cast ourselves" - the downward spiral "He'll call, "This blade here is my best friend"" - Ed Gein skinned most of his victims "With you next to my skin" - Ed Gein's human 'suit' that he made and would wear "This house is furnished by you and I" - Ed Gein reportedly fashioned household objects out of skin "I'll wear her shame" - a flesh suit would do that to you "This town has bad dreams" - Plainfield certainly did "But no one can hear our screams" - true in many, different ways Anyway, that's my interpretation of the song, but who knows if it may not have anything to do with Ed Gein or Plainfield. |
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| The Jesus and Mary Chain – Up Too High Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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I heard this song on a Jesus and Mary Chain Compilation album, and it immediately became one of my favourites. To me, this song is about someone (a public figure?) who is filled with self importance, and quite likely, narcissistic (in every meaning of that word). |
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| New Order – Someone Like You Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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I think it's about rediscovering love - the good, the bad, the innocence and the inevitable comparisons (with previous relationships) that it brings. The "honeymoon" phase as it's known. |
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| New Order – Everything's Gone Green Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I wish I had have seen New Order play this song live just before or after it had been released. I imagine the band would have belted this song out when being played live, judging by a few bootlegs I've heard. I had the "1981 — Factus 8 — 1982" EP on cassette tape and used to listen to it nearly every single day back in 87/88. |
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| New Order – Murder Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Another song I love. I first heard this song on Substance, and loved it immediately - the bass, the drums, the guitar - the samples - just fantastic. I went out and hired 2001: A Space Odyssey just because of this song. The song is much better than the movie (although maybe I should watch it again). |
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| New Order – Cries and Whispers Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I'm inclined to agree with imrazor - it definitely sounds like it's about Ian Curtis. "All flight departures assembled not returned" makes me think of how they were due to leave for their tour of America just a day or so after Ian had committed suicide. Or maybe it's about the change from Joy Division to New Order. |
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| New Order – Age Of Consent Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Barney is (and was) married (and divorced) and has children, so I don't think I'd be classifying him as gay (and I'm not sure he's bi either). But yes, you could be heading in the general direction of what the song was about. During the early to mid 80's in the UK, there was a fair bit of protesting happening about the "age of consent" laws for homosexual men, which was the age of 21. For heterosexual men, the age of consent was 16. I'm not from England, but was a big fan of Eastenders and remember a couple of the characters talking about it. Bronski Beat released an album in 1984 called, ironically, The Age of Consent which was essentially a protest about the age of consent for homosexual men. So yes, it's possible the song was about that - but who knows. |
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| New Order – Sooner Than You Think Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I was listening to this song in my car this morning, and couldn't quite work out the "your country is a wonderful place, it pales my England into disgrace" line - now I know. To me this song is about Barney being on tour - probably the US - and having a relationship with someone - but in turn, she's having a relationship with someone else, or alternatively, she's wants more than he's prepared to give and won't accept anything less. But, knowing Barney, it could easily be about Alcoholics Anonymous as well (or some kind of drug rehab). |
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