| Mojo Nixon – Shane's Dentist Lyrics | 3 years ago |
| Sounds like a fairly clear reference to the orthodontically-challenged Pogues/ Popes frontman Shane MacGowan to me! | |
| Primus – Hennepin Crawler Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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Looks to me like the dislike of environmental politics came first and the dubious interpretation came later! 1) The Hennepin Crawler is a real thing - http://krankboomclank.com/ - and I don't think anybody who has had to pedal this thing would claim it is a green transport solution. Its very appeal comes from the fact it is so weird and impractical. It's just a bit of fun, and they probably transport it to festivals in the back of an F150 for all I know. 2) There is very little in this song about environmental politics, and IMO it doesn't benefit from having them tacked on after the fact. 3) It's quite a breathtaking generalisation to say that pedalling a bicycle equates to 'compromising your life'! Depends what you use it for surely? But then you seem to have made your mind up that any move towards saving energy, or securing renewable sources, is just part of the Green Conspiracy. Well, this is not the forum to try and convince you otherwise, so have fun fracking on Indian reservations, and thanks for all the nice sunsets, but let's not try and ascribe dubious political meaning where there is none in evidence. Cheers... |
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| Metallica – Dyers Eve Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I don't buy the idea that James wrote this to 'relate to his younger fanbase' or whatever is was someone said - I think he wrote what he was feeling, plain and simple. Remember he wasn't that old when this was written - 25, 26 tops. I know that might seem a bit ancient to some of you but that's still young enough to remember those feelings. It's possible it took him a few years to rationalise how these things had affected him. Anyway I don't think there's any dispute over the *meaning* of this song - it's pretty cut'n'dried - but I was mainly interested in where the title came from. To just use 'Dyer' to mean 'someone who dies/ about to die' is a bit clumsy and James is usually a better lyricist than that (witness the rest of this song!). It struck me as something that might have come from the realms of poetry or literature and was then referenced in this song. Can't find any non-Metallica-related references to it though so I could be barking up the wrong tree... One of their best, anyway, and one I got a kick out of rediscovering! |
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| Gil Scott-Heron – We Almost Lost Detroit Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_County,_Michigan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Fermi_Nuclear_Generating_Station http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_civilian_nuclear_accidents#1960s http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We_Almost_Lost_Detroit The Wiki is your friend ;-) |
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