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Belly (US) – Full Moon, Empty Heart Lyrics	2 years ago
@[epoxychick71:47262] An accurate assumption in my opinion. White Belly, the song that follows Full Moon Empty Heart on Star, is about an abortion.

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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Crow Jane Lyrics

2 years ago

@feel me loud No one knows who wrote the original folk/blues standard, Crow Jane, that Nick's song is based on, but it has it's origins in the 1920s blues scene in Virginia and South Carolina. It was first recorded in 1927 by blues guitarist Julius Daniels, and often performed by Mississippi bluesman Skip James in the '20s and '30s, was a regular song in his repertoire. James didn't record his version of Crow Jane until 1964 when his '30s blues recordings were discovered by '60s musicians who helped revive James' career. James was a big misogynist, both personally and in his song lyrics, so his version of Crow Jane is about a man who kills his partner because he feels she's "too prideful," has too much self-confidence, and then has the audacity to complain that he misses her after he's taken her life. I like Nick's version better, his decision to turn the song into a female empowerment murder ballad, his Crow Jane taking out the 20 coal miners who raped her, not letting them get away with it.

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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Crow Jane Lyrics	2 years ago
@[JumpHaround:46421] "Seems you remembered how to sleep, how to sleep" refers to Crow Jane. After she's raped by 20 miners, she has "horrors in her head, that her tongue dare not name." After she takes her revenge, she's able to sleep. She has peace.

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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Crow Jane Lyrics	2 years ago
@[Ana:46420]-chan No, not pregnant. Nick's lyrics - "measured .32, .44, .38" - are different gun calibers. Meaning, Jane went to the gun store and bought a .32, a .44, and a .38 to arm herself for her trip to the mining town to kill the 20 miners who raped her. Rape *is* torture, Ana. Nick's lyrics - "poured their pistols dry" - is a euphemism for rape.

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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Crow Jane Lyrics

2 years ago

@[milk_and_honey:46419] Yes, Crow Jane kills 20 miners. The miners come looking for something to do after losing their jobs. They enter Crow Jane's home without her permission, drink all her whiskey and rape her (Nick uses a euphemism for this - "poured their pistols dry"). In response, Crow Jane arms herself, travels to the mining town ("population 48") and sends the minors to their final retirement. As Nick's lyrics indicate, the town's population is 28 after Crow Jane leaves. Down 20 miners.

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Pixies – Vamos Lyrics	13 years ago
I always thought Black Francis says, "Your daddy's rich, your mama's a pretty bitch." I noticed he changed it in the documentary LoudQuietLoud when his young step-son was watching the Pixies play live, though. It sounds like he pronounces it "beach," like he didn't want his step-son to hear a swear word.

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