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| Hole – Petals Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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I don't think this song is about rape or even sex. I mean, on the surface, it sounds like it's about a loss of virginity but I think its' meaning is a lot broader and deeper than that. I take lines like "this world is a whore" a lot less literally. I think it's more about a general loss of innocence, hope, idealism. It's about being forced to open your eyes to the ugly truth of the world. I mean, yes, it could be about rape in that scenario... but I don't think that's necessarily the case. I think its a lot broader than that. |
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| Hole – Petals Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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I don't think this song is at all about rape. I mean, on the surface this song sounds like it's about a loss of virginity, but I think it's a lot broader and deeper than that. It's more about a loss of innocence, hope, idealism. Being forced to grow up and look at the ugly truth of the world. |
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| Hole – Petals Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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I think you're probably right. I mean, there are a lot of 'rapey' themes in this song but I think it's more of a metaphor. |
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| Hole – Petals Lyrics
| 11 years ago
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I don't think it's about sex. I mean, in a way it is, but I don't think it's necessarily that literal. Like Lici, I like to make up my own meanings when it comes to songs so I can't say for sure, but I see this song as being about a loss of innocence, a loss of idealism, letting the ugly truth make you cynical. |
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| Simon and Garfunkel – The Sound of Silence Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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What? No. I, too, believe this song has very spiritual undertones. It could mean something different to everyone though. I interpret it differently than most of the people on here. |
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| The Smashing Pumpkins – Mayonaise Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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I think Billy was just messin' with ya. Seriously, a lot of rock stars do that. They always give mixed messages about what their songs actually mean. They like to have an aura of mystery around them, and I can't say I really blame them. It intrigues people and it lets them form their own interpretations. Plus, telliing people about their songs might make them feel naked, if you know what I mean. |
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| The Smashing Pumpkins – Thirty Three Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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This song is open for interpretation, since I doubt Billy's going to tell us exactly what he was thinking when he wrote this anytime soon. I don't like seeing all these Christians and athiests insulting each other. Personally, I actually agree that Jesus probably does have to do with the title, knowing how spiritual Billy's lyrics always are. But if you don't think so, your interpretation's okay too.
33's also the number of the freemasons, just an FYI. |
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| Le Tigre – Get Off The Internet Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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It's so ironic really. I'm listening to a song called "Get Off The Internet" on the internet. And now I'm talking about it on this website for that reason.
I actually disagree with this song to be honest. It's catchy, but that isn't really what matters. I think the internet is a great way to be political. Social networks, and even more so, blogs, are a form of media. It's a great way to communicate information to the rest of the country, or the rest of the world, really.
I don't see feminist blogs as a bad thing. Blogs are in a way, just modern day zines, aren't they? A lot more widespread, of course. Most of these bloggers make zines as well. I don't see anything wrong with it!
Also am I the only one who uses this website? All the comments on here are from, like, 2005. I'm like the only one who comments on here in 2013. |
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| Sex Pistols – New York Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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I don't know why but when he says "cheese and chalk", it sounds like Cheech n Chong to me. Like those stoner dudes. |
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| X-Ray Spex – I Can't Do Anything Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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"Freedom tried to strangle me with my plastic popper beads" - that could be about sexism. Necklaces (or any jewelry really) are usually more associated with femininity than masculinity, so, it actually makes sense to me. I think this is song is saying that girls are restricted by gender roles. The line, "I hit him back with my pet rat" could simply mean that Poly doesn't care and that she will do what she wants. |
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| Hole – Petals Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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Listening to it, it sure sounds like it's about rape. "Tear the petals off of you," is another way of saying being deflowered violently. "Make you tell the truth," is another way of saying making you feel vulnerable, powerless. Like you're losing your innocence.
But reading through the comments, I'm thinking that interpretation is probably wrong in regards to this song. That's "Asking For It." I think Scottdoesntknow628 and courtneylove4 are right. It's about death, drugs but still a loss of innocence. It sounds like Courtney wishes she could go back the times when she could be with Kristin and Kurt (and her other deceased friends) before drugs and self-destruction destroyed their innocence and killed them. |
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| Hole – Teenage Whore Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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Obviously they're a band. Courtney Love wasn't the only person in it. Their line-up changed a lot throughout the years - it was, after all, different for every album, but Eric seemed to be a driving force behind the band too. Still, Hole would not even exist if it wasn't for Courtney. What you're saying does not make sense.
Oh, and she did not kill Kurt. Kurt killed Kurt. Yes, it's KURT*, not Curt. Lol. If you're such a big fan, shouldn't you at least spell his name right?
I have a feeling you're just trolling. Oh, how I hope you are. |
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| Hole – 20 Years In The Dakota Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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You know because of those "Courtney killed Kurt" conspiracy theories?
Anyway, they're all stupid anyway. But I just googled the release date of this song. And it was released in April, 1993. That was a year before Kurt's suicide. It's a little weird but... |
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| Hole – 20 Years In The Dakota Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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This is obviously about Yoko Ono.
I never noticed it was about Nancy Spungen, but I can believe that too. She was sort of like the Yoko Ono of punk rock. Courtney Love is sort of like the Yoko Ono of grunge rock but wasn't this song released before Kurt died? I mean, I'm sure there were Courtney Love-haters around before he killed himself, but there was much more hate once he died, wasn't there? |
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| Hole – Drown Soda Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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Do you know the last part of this song? I never realized it until someone pointed it out to me but Courtney mentions the states (or cities in Seattle's case) of people she knows.
Minnesota = Kat Bjelland
Illinois = Billy Corgan
Ohio = Dave Grohl
Seattle = ...Kurt Cobain, as if that wasn't obvious.
I don't think this was a coincidence at all. I'm pretty sure all of these people were big parts of her life during this time...except maybe Dave Grohl, who I'm not so sure about. This must have something to do with the song |
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| Julie Ruin – The Punk Singer Lyrics
| 13 years ago
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There are a lot of so-called punks out there that don't really care about important issues (such as feminism and LGBT rights) like Kathleen does. They just want to rebel just for the sake of rebelling. You know? That's what this song kind of seems to be talking about, in my opinion.
It obviously also seems to be about addiction - alcoholism in particular.
I think it's about both subjects though. A lot of people (not all of course) in that scene are into drugs. They kind of have that "live fast die young" kind of mentality, you know?. This song seems to be about how we should leave that kind of thing behind and focus on REALLY starting a revolution instead of just "rebelling" by becoming addicts and possibly ruining our lives.
I could be wrong though. In fact, I probably am. This is just my interpretation of it. |
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