| Creedence Clearwater Revival – Fortunate Son Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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The song is about David Eisenhower, the son of Dwight Eisenhower and for whom Camp David was named for. He got drafted by the board twice but didn't want to go due to a high probability of being killed by the VietCong (and rumor was fellow soldiers after he had skipped out on the first time he was drafted). Rumors for a while were he had bribed recruiters to lose his file, paid off doctors to forge phony illnesses on his physical, and was considering running for Congress. But none of that worked. Instead, he eloped with Richard Nixon's daughter, got her pregnant, and lived in a ****hole of a house yet was making millions on investments, inheritance, and Dick Nixon himself (hence the lyrics "But when the taxman comes to the door, Lord, the house looks like a rummage sale"). Nixon went to the DoD and Selective Service and had his draft status revoked, meaning he could never be drafted. Regular folks caught notice of such things. Many other Congressman and Senators did the same with their children (they had prearranged marriages with the daughter claiming to be pregnant and having Nixon revoke the politicians children draft status in exchange for votes for bills and laws...after the draft status was revoked for the men, the daughter would have a "miscarriage" and they would file for an annulment...... but because David had become such a polarized figure by the people, coupled with Dick Nixon's requirement for them to stay together, he was stuck married to her). Fogerty wrote the song once the national media dug up the story. Unfortunately, the lyrics still hold true today. People hide their income overseas to avoid paying taxes and politicians children are prohibited from being drafted (yes, it is a law that the son of any federal politician cannot be drafted). There is nothing un-American about this song. The reason people on the right or following blindly Republicans hate such songs is simply because it presents facts to them. It proves if you allow corporations, people, anybody to regulate themselves, they will abuse the system to benefit only themselves while the rest of us try to "play by the rules" and fail. |
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| Alice in Chains – Your Decision Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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The song isn't to complex. It's simply about peoples actions/decisions and the consequences that come along with it. For instance, the opening verse is about someone who is non-religious nearing death and is now fearful of that decision they made earlier. The second verse is about someone who decided to run away from the problem and just ignoring it (such as when you see a loved one suffering from something like depression and you blow it off or a spouse saying they aren't happy). The third verse is about someone who has sold out, maybe in life or to their friends or the cops or corporations or whatever. And of the chorus is self explanatory. When you make the wrong decisions, it hurts people. Both those close and far away from you. As far as the video, watch a Stanley Kubrick film and you can see that's what they were trying to do. |
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| Rammstein – Amerika Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Half the song is about the American government dictating how things will be to other countries. The other half is about Cocacolonization, which is the importing of American goods to compete with local goods OR the importation of American "values" to foreign countries. Coke created the Santa we all know but other countries had their version of Santa but have long been lost to the Coke version. |
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| Godsmack – Voodoo Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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I got a chance to catch Godsmack a couple years back when they were doing the acoustic tours. The venue held less than 500 so you could hear them talk all the way in the back so they took the opportunity to answer questions. One of the things they did was explain each song before playing it. "Voodoo" and "Serenity" were the only two songs he wrote that had no personal meaning whatsoever. Somebody yelled "Voodoo is about heroin addiction isn't it?" and Sully laughed and said "No, no, no, no, f*** no. It's about the movie 'The Serpent and The Rainbow' 100%. We all love that movie and I wrote the song while watching it so if you do the whole Pink Floyd-Wizard of Oz thing with Voodoo and that movie, the song explains its self to what is going on with the film.". He then explained outside of a drinking problem years ago, he never used heroin so he would have no idea how to write a song of its powerful addiction (even his recent autobiography confirms he has never used heroin). The bands name, according to Sully, was a story about making fun of a friend years ago with a cold sore or something on their lip. The next day, he woke up with one and somebody commented "It looks like God smacked you in the face for making fun of the other guy". But Robbie Merrill said he liked the name because of the Alice in Chains song "God Smack". But they both agreed the bands name wasn't about drugs, Satan, or anything else. |
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| Alice in Chains – Would? Lyrics | 13 years ago |
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Songs about Andrew Wood (Would?, Wood....you see what Jerry did there?) and his overdose. "Know me broken by my master" is Wood going down in history by dying from his heroin addiction and not Mother Love Bone. "Teach thee on child of love hereafter" is the love Andrew had that will continue on after his death. Then of course the chorus is Andrew's "response". "Into the flood again" is the moment the needle/heroin goes into the bloodstream and "Same old trip it was back then" is the fact he can't replicate that high the first time he used and every time he uses, it's just the same old high. "So I made a big mistake" is Wood admitting he screwed up using heroin and regrets it while "Try to see it once my way" is the idea that he tried but couldn't kick it 100% and to support him (through rehab or whatever) instead of running him down because heroin is a beast to kick. "Am I wrong?" is a the question Andrew asking about in response to the entire song (sort of a way to ask "you see my point in all this") while "Have I run too far to get home?" is the presumption has he went to far with his addiction and either (a). are you kicking him out of your life because of his drug use OR (b). he knows he's as good as dead and wonders if there is a remote chance he can get better. "Have I gone? And left you here alone?" is the idea of Wood asking if his death really means you are all alone without him and if you really truly miss him. "If I would, could you?" is Andrews challenge to others getting off the heroin due to seeing him dying because of it. I heard Jerry once on a radio station and he explained a lot of his songs and finds it funny when he hears people overanalyze his music. He brought up "Rooster" and "Would?" and went on to explain it the words pretty much line up what he was trying to say without any real hidden message. |
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