| Peter Gabriel – We Do What We're Told [Milgram's 37] Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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This song is about Stanley Milgram's experiment about obedience to authority. from the wikipedia entry on the experiment: Participants (acting as "teachers") gave what they thought were electric shocks to "learners". The "learners" were actually actors, and the shocks were spoof (not real). The learners reacted as if they were in real pain. As the "shocks" increased, they acted as if in very bad pain. If at any time the subject ("teacher") wanted to stop the experiment, he was given a succession of verbal prods by the experimenter, in this order: * Please continue. * The experiment requires that you continue. * It is absolutely essential that you continue. * You have no other choice, you must go on. The subtitle refers to the 37 out of 40 that continued despite the stress and pain they felt they were inflicting on someone. |
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| Brian Eno – Here Come the Warm Jets Lyrics | 12 years ago |
| He said this to Eric Tamm in his book about him (The Vertical Color of Sound) but a lot of times, I think Brian Eno is a bullshit machine when people ask him about his music. He said something completely different to someone else. (See above) | |
| Brian Eno – Here Come the Warm Jets Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I think it was actually Robert Fripp's guitar, but you have the right idea. Then again, Eno also said the term was about taking a piss, so who knows. |
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| Brian Eno – Golden Hours Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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I actually think this is a song about watching the day turn to evening. There's a term in photography called "The Golden Hour" which is before sunset. During the Golden Hour, the "color temperature" is about 3,500 K, or things take on a diffuse, golden hue. Several lines make me think this. For instance, "Turning water into wine". Watching water, a clear substance take on a golden hue, much like the air does during "the golden hour" before sunset. "Watching the signs taking over from the fading day" or watching illuminated signs illuminate during the fading day, and as the sun goes down, those signs illuminate more of their surroundings than the sun does. Someone can be outside, watching the sun begin to set during this time, watching the hues change to a warmer color, then colder into dark, it can make you think of the slow decline of life from adulthood, to middle age, old age, and death. |
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| The Presidents of the United States of America – Fuck California Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Since I cannot reply to replies, JohnnyLurg is incorrect. The town *IS* actually called Yreka: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yreka,_California Yreka (/waɪˈriːkə/ wy-ree-kə) You should look these things up before you tell people they are wrong, it is a completely different town than Eureka which is off of Hwy 101. |
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| The Presidents of the United States of America – Fuck California Lyrics | 12 years ago |
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Yreka is the last real major town on I5 before you leave the state of California heading North. Pronounced why-REE-kah. Pretty sure that's the missing lyric thats in all the versions of this song I see posted. Also, pretty sure they were singing about Highway 1, not "highways wander". And some interesting trivia: Weed, California is an actual town that was founded by a lumberjack named Abner Weed. At some time it was the largest sawmill in the world. |
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