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| Sonic Youth – Swimsuit Issue Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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I guess I'm the only one who thinks this song might be taking the piss? I don't know out of what, exactly, it's just that the lyrics are TERRIBLE. "Dreamed of going to the Grammmies -- til you poked me with your whammy", etc. They seem intentionally awful to me, which seems to suggest that there's a deeper meaning beyond a simple tale of sexual harassment in the office place. |
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| The B-52's – Dance This Mess Around Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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The first half is sung from the point of view of someone heart-broken, desperately wanting their man back. "Limburger" is like a smelly person, so she's saying, "there's nothing wrong me (so come back)" and then, "there's something wrong with me", which is her self-doubt coming back. |
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| The B-52's – Roam Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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Actually "around the world" means being licked all over by someone. What you've described is "halfway around the world", which focusses on the nether regions. |
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| The B-52's – Private Idaho Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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It's about drifting into navel-gazing and, ultimately, depression. The song is an attempt to warn someone from doing that, pulling them out of their dark, empty thoughts, and towards life and living. |
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| The B-52's – Dirty Back Road Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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It's worth noting that this song is likely written from a man's point of view, as it was written by the late (great) Ricky Wilson and Robert Waldrop. |
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| Prince – Darling Nikki Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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I love that people are trying to find a deeper meaning. The sad thing is that it's a weird little Prince fantasy and nothing more. It's about sex, pure and simple, and it works. It's an awesome song. But the lyrics are beyond absurd. How do you meet someone in a hotel lobby while they're masturbating? Why would a woman be using a magazine to masturbate? (I've never met one who did.) Why would she be doing it in public? Why didn't hotel security throw her out? It's absurd.
Afterwards he's in her "castle" and he's lost contact with her. Why not just wait for her to come home?
As for the question of whether she's a prostitute or not, I think it's fair to say she's probably a dominatrix. If you want to call her a prostitute, then fine, but either way, she blew little Prince's mind.
It's hilariously 80s bad in many ways, but it's also utterly amazing and I love it. |
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