| The Modern Lovers – Hospital Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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@[NotKanyeWest:5819] I sort of get the "crazy stalker" interpretation, but I think Jonathan is so awkward and desperate (see: every other song on the album) that it tows the line between affectionate and creepy. He's obsessive, sure, but that doesn't make him creepy or a stalker. Having been in similar situations, it's always sad when I see people interpreting painful awkwardness for "creepiness." I wouldn't be surprised if Jonathan has Social Anxiety Disorder. |
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| The Field Mice – Fabulous Friend Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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Pretty basic stuff, but so well done. Basically, I get a sense that the narrator fucked over a very kind friend at some point in their life (seems to be a competitive/job type of thing, if you look at the first two stanzas -- "success at any cost"). It served them well at the time, but now the narrator feels guilty, wishing they could have been the "fabulous friend" that the friend was to them. The narrator can't accept that they were so thoughtless, and now he paradoxically thinks about this friend, when he didn't at the time of screwing her over. He misses her. The last stanza is just pure self-loathing -- the narrator thinks he "fully deserve[s] to never not feel" (which is a double negative of "always," in the line earlier) guilty about what they did to this friend. I relate to this song a lot. Screwed over a female friend pretty badly in university, and it still haunts me. I too fully deserve to never not feel guilty about it. Oh, and that jangle-y melody that plays throughout the song is perfect. |
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| Minutemen – Cohesion Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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Yeah, it's important for the conceptual flow of Double Nickels. Plus, could be a subtle reference to Leonard Cohen (coheNsion), with his style of finger picking. Also, am I the only one who think it sounds like a really fast version of the Under The Bridge intro? It has a similar chord progression. |
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| Can – Halleluhwah Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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Man, I always assumed Damo was asking "are you feeling sleepy yet?" in the first stanza, the 3rd started with "moon shadow coming down" and it was "searching for my front door" (i.e. tripping so hard he can't find his front door). Only Damo knows I suppose. Maybe he doesn't even know... |
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| James Chance and the Contortions – Dish It Out Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Seems to be about a kind of friendzone deal ("the obliging friend"). When your in someone's friendzone, or just generally obsessed with someone, they have this power, this advantage over you, putting you "on the losing end." Basically the narrator (or James, who knows) expresses his desire to be on the other end, to hold the power, to "dish it out." To do the things that she does to you, like use your "heart for casual wear." She doesn't really give a shit about you, and it's worse because you do. You put so much emotion into this obsession, this person, and they either don't know or don't care, shrugging it off. He wants to be the one who is lusted after, and not give a shit. All he wants is her to show some kind of emotion towards him, "not the usual fluff." Also, that sax solo in the intro is one of the most fucking violent things I've ever heard. More brutal than any metal band. What a great way to open one of the most unforgiving compilations in history. |
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| Built to Spill – In The Morning Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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I think it's probably about depression too. Specifically manic depression. I think Doug has it, right? Manic depression = bipolar = "half right"?? (not like manic phases are any better than depressive phases) It's about waking up only to find that this is gonna be another day of hell. You'd feel a little better if every day wasn't like this. And of course, once you come to the realization that today is gonna suck, it's instantly "flat beneath the weight of next day" i.e. you just want it to be tomorrow, so you can try your hand at the depression lottery again. He keeps repeated next day (next day next day next day...) because the good day you've been hoping for NEVER COMES. You hope it's just an "isolated incident," try to ignore it, etc. but it isn't and you're stuck with it. The music's a little bipolar too, switching sections here and there. |
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| Van Der Graaf Generator – Arrow Lyrics | 11 years ago |
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Jurgenrap, I think you're possibly right, definitely about finding solace. Here's my thoughts: Basically, looks like initially a group is perhaps cast from their home or something, and now must trek "across the marshy mud landscape." This journey is so long that they can't even remember why they left/ had to leave in the first place ("until the meaning is forgotten"). Obviously all this trekking has left their faces "stretched and sallow." So, the group journeys onwards (into the chilling night, as it were), until they find another group or castle (something about VDGG always makes me think medieval times). They think "finally! Sanctuary!" so they try to get in, in an almost violent way (they've been journeying a long time! - think of "Scrabbling at the lock" -- which, sidenote, might be where The Ex got the title for their album of the same name). But, this second group ultimately rejects them, leaving the first group obviously shocked. It's much akin to finding a mirage in a desert and discovering it isn't real. Something tells me a similar thing has happened to the group which has rejected the first group, as they violently respond to the groups attempt at entry (swifty comes the arrow). What makes me think this? "I'd like to help you somehow, but i'm in the self-same spot, my condition exempts me" -- perhaps this group was recently attacked, and don't have resources to support the first group. Also, this attack has hardened the second group -- their "box of compassion" is empty. They trust no one. So, the first group cries "Compassion!" they beg of the second group to help them. They will not leave, so the second group is forced to shoot many arrows their way, impaling the narrator. |
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