| Randy Newman – Little Criminals Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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@[Flyersfan:20767] It is about some punks who are getting ready to rob a gas station. A guy they know drops by. Apparently in the past he dumped them for another group and they are telling him to get lost. Apparently they think that robbing a gas station is a step up from whatever kind of crimes they previously done. I can't say this is a great explanation but it is the best I can do. ;-) I like the bass line, but my favorite is the one on "Short People". BTW, I am only 5'3" tall due to genes and 75 years of gravity. ;-) When she was young, my daughter hated that song. Didn't get the point that it is satire. "Rednecks" is even more so. |
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| Scooter – How Much Is The Fish? Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| According to Wikipedia: " 'The fish' is a jargon shortened form for fishscale cocaine." | |
| Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I agree. Fagen stated that the song was, at least at first, about time travel. The verse about shoes (so wonderfully done by Michael McDonald in one concert), may be a reference to what would be the reaction of someone in the past (or the future for that matter, though nothing in the song, explicitly evokes the future) to a time traveler from the future stepping off the time travel train in a totally inappropriate pair of shoes for that time, perhaps those ridiculous platform heels. The only person that looked good in them was Fee Waybill doing "White Punkson Dope". I had the very good fortune to see them in Eugene, OR, in a venue that had all the ambiance of a bunker or the one for The Johnny Canalas show, "OK! You got it!" God, I miss that show. |
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| Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I agree. Fagen stated that the song was, at least at first, about time travel. The verse about shoes (so wonderfully done by Michael McDonald in one concert), may be a reference to what would be the reaction of someone in the past (or the future for that matter, though nothing in the song, explicitly evokes the future) to a time traveler from the future stepping off the time travel train in a totally inappropriate pair of shoes for that time, perhaps those ridiculous platform heels. The only person that looked good in them was Fee Waybill doing "White Punkson Dope". I had the very good fortune to see them in Eugene, OR, in a venue that had all the ambiance of a bunker or the one for The Johnny Canalas show, "OK! You got it!" God, I miss that show. |
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| Steely Dan – Pretzel Logic Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Urban Dictionary: fallible, twisted or circular reasoning that when dissected is wrong, does not make sense or does not explain the situation rationally. This could be a comment on the song itself. |
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| Michael Franks – Nightmoves Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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The song uses film making as a metaphor for the relationship between the singer and his girlfriend. Clearly the relationship is in trouble and probably over, yet he is not able to completely accept this. For those of you who may not be familiar with them, here are definitions of some of the terms used and their possible meaning in the song. "Day for night" (also known as la nuit américaine, American night) is a film techniques used to simulate a night scene when in fact it is broad daylight. Here it means fake, not the real thing. "masquerade" and "take our faces off", reinforce this. BTW, "Day for Night" or "La nuit américaine" is also a film made by François Truffaut. Well worth watching. It is his take on what creating a film is like, similar to Fellini's "8 1/2". "Red light is off": there is a red light on the camera to let the actors know that they are being filmed. Same thing is done on TV cameras. I am not sure what he means here. Almost certainly it means acting versus reality, but he says "We're real 'till the red light is off". Is he being sarcastic? You can't use quotes in singing, but maybe he means "We're "real". "In frame": the actor is visible on screen, i.e. is not off screen. So the focus in on the actor(s) who are in frame. Here, I think he is saying that she is always on his mind even though "the feeling is already gone". "Can't remember the ending" may mean he doesn't remember what it was that brought them to this point. Or it may mean that he can't believe that the relationship has actually ended. The bridge "Love is like..." offers the observation that "love", or rather, being "in love", is not real either. I happen to agree with this. I regard it as a form of insanity, a form of folie à deux, where the couple who are in love ignore the bad points of the other, exaggerates the virtues, and is in denial of the real problems that the relationship faces, and the probability that they will be overcome (cf. Romeo and Juliet). Like a dream or a movie, it will eventually come to an end. IMO, it is an illusion created by abnormal neuro-chemistry. For example, bi-polars are particularly subject to "falling in love" with inappropriate people when they are hypo-manic. When your brain gets back to normal, the illusion fades and dies. An example of the irrationality of being in love is the belief that "love conquers all", something particularly believed by teenagers ;-), once again, cf. Romeo and Juliet. |
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| Bob Dylan – My Back Pages Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| As Pogo said, "We have met the enemy... and he is us". | |
| The Doobie Brothers – What A Fool Believes Lyrics | 13 years ago |
| Nope. If you are referring to "the wise man", you are wrong. Listen carefully to several performances and you will hear that it is "no wise man". Hard to tell the difference, but it is there and makes sense: "no wise man has the power" | |
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