| The Cranberries – Zombie Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| definitely about Ireland, in addition to your great analysis, the lyric "It's the same old thing since 1916" is a reference to the Easter Rebellion. | |
| Men at Work – Land Down Under Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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The clip and the lyrics 'On a hippie trail held full of zombie' give the meaning of this song away in a second. In the video they are seen in a VW Combi van (the fried out Combi from the song) on a journey, which happens to be the famous 'hippie trail' of the 60's and 70's, which ran through Europe, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and into India. As you can see in the song, the second verse has them beginning in a cafe in Brussels (Belgium) and finishing in an Opium den in Bombay (India). This was a trip undertaken by many a hippies at the time and really was the start of youth backpacking/travelling culture as we know it today. Clearly the song takes them through the journey on the hippie trail, doing lots of drugs and meeting many Australians along the way. In addition to this it is also presenting some of the stereotypical views/opinion on Australians in general. |
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