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Poet, Artist, Goth, Time Traveller, friend of cats everywhere. Founder of Poetry Life & Times, Editor of Poetry Lifetimes and The Pinky Pictographic on paper.li. Maker of fine gemstone jewellery. Keen swimmer.
| Björk – Play Dead Lyrics | 1 year ago |
| Björk has said a while ago (in VOX) that she wrote this song for the movie "The Young Americans". She based the sad lyrics and melody on the sufferings of the main character of the film, and mentioned that it was not easy to do because her own life was very happy at the time. So it just goes to show what an accomplishment it was, for Björk to come up with such an epic, tragic song, when she was happy and contented. She had to be like an actress, and take herself into the dark world of the movie, by watching it, and embrace the pain of the main hero. And the way she sang that song at the time, with such full-throated power and drama - it was and still is, a masterpiece. | |
| Dexys Midnight Runners – All in All (This One Last Wild Waltz) Lyrics | 6 years ago |
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@[thirdshore:32139] I had a completely different theory about this song. I thought it was from the viewpoint of a hooker who was dancing with her man / handler and finding that he owned her but had no tenderness for her. But now you mention it being about a teacher, I think maybe it might have been a music teacher. "All in all I'd say things have turned out good" that line being about his success as a pop star, then he says: "You still don't smile at me But then I never thought you would. You don't waste time on praise, when you could. Or just tell me something. Anything. Good." ...So maybe he met his old music teacher again in a pub or something, after his band became successful, and the teacher still behaved in an offhand and blase manner towards him, as if he was still a schoolboy making mistakes in class. |
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| U2 – Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me Lyrics | 11 years ago |
| I like the explanation in the comment by Keyser Sushi that "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me is about fame, or the price of fame. But I always thought it was a homage to Madonna, because of the line "And you're turning tricks with your crucifix" - which is one of the very provocative things she sometimes does on stage. This interpretation makes more sense of Bono's orgasmic exclamations at the end, as if reacting to one of Madonna's performances on stage. It also makes sense of the line "living like a tart", again because of her nude photo shoots, etc. …Maybe I'm wrong…? But maybe Bono has a slight fanboy weakness for Madge. | |
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