| Foghat – Fool For The City Lyrics | 1 year ago |
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This song is about a guy who really likes the city. The country is fine; don't get him wrong, it's very nice. But he really likes the city. |
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| The Kinks – You're Looking Fine Lyrics | 6 years ago |
| Ray finds the lady very attractive, and that makes him happy. | |
| Violent Femmes – I Held Her In My Arms Lyrics | 9 years ago |
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I first heard this song when "The Blind Leading The Naked" came out in 1986 and it made an indelible impression on me. I was just about 20 years old and was just becoming aware that the relationship I was in, my first serious relationship, was coming to an end. I took a summer internship away from my girlfriend, who didn't react well. That summer, I worked with a girl who was very sexy and very kooky; just the sort of girl I'd usually avoided. I do remember that we were lovers, and that I had wanted to. And we both knew, and said, that it was a one-time moment that wouldn't be repeated. It was lovely because I knew we weren't going to hurt each other by this fling, which was much more than a fling but one of those times when two people meet and have such a deep and intense conversation it has to be completed physically, but when it's over, it's over. Our connection was brief, but so comfortable; it didn't have any of the tension I'd usually experienced with girls. It really felt more like a friendship, and at the time I'd only really had friendships with guys. Then my internship ended and I went back to my old girlfriend, whom I knew I'd break up with soon anyway. I didn't want to hurt her in any way; I just knew we didn't want the same things in life and I'd just had an example that there were other people out there I'd run across with whom I'd have a much deeper, even if fleeting, connection. I couldn't get this song out of my head for, well, I guess it's been over 30 years. Unfortunately I did hurt my first girlfriend. I didn't mean to or want to, but she loved me for somebody I wasn't. I wasn't sure what it meant to be a boy or what it meant to be a man, but part of that learning was this situation, in hindsight. I've never known what happened to the girl from that summer, and I've never really tried to find out. That was one moment in time from a long time ago, and it's perfect in that way. |
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| Television – Marquee Moon Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| So just today, I was working with an old punk sound guy, and he gave me a stack of bootleg board mix CDs. One of them is a show by The Clash at the Aragon Ballroom in Chicago on Sept. 4, 1979, and a 14:10 cover of this song is on it. It's one of the few 14:10 songs I've ever heard that isn't too long. Just great stuff. | |
| The Replacements – God Damn Job Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| He needs a job, God damn it. And a girl. But first a job. Dammit. | |
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