| Foster the People – Loyal Like Sid and Nancy Lyrics | 8 years ago |
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I listen to this song daily, so I just had to dig around for some answers to the cultural references involved. So here's some of what I've found, some inferences I've made, and some interpretation: "I felt their claws obstruct and refuse refugees in the new Rome Lock our voices in the oven like s-Sylvia at home." Foster mentioned he worked a lot at finding the right way to mention America's refusal of Syrian refugees. Sylvia is Sylvia Plath, a poet who committed suicide by putting her head in an oven. (I interpret this line as frustration with the government's disinterest in listening to the cry of its people, but that could be just me.) "Chased by badges, ducking lights," Probably an allusion to Black Lives Matter and racial tensions with respect to the police force. "Martial law, inshallah, mi casa es tuya." Inshallah means "if God wills it," and the Spanish translates to "my house is yours." "Ghosting like I'm Daniel Johnston, and I'm locked up in the basement." Daniel Johnston is an alternative songwritier. (I'm not sure, but I think Foster is saying here that he too often feels removed from life while he writes his music, separate from the world.) "We all pretend one day we'll be the greatest of the Gatsbys, Growling mouths with rabies and loyal like Sid and Nancy." I think he's saying we all pretend we'll be rich, beautiful, tragic heroes one day, with interesting and dramatic lives. When I hear "loyal like Sid and Nancy" I think of a passionate, but two-faced, back-stabbing loyalty. I haven't seen the movie, and I don't know much about Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen. The gist is that Sid was the bassist of the Sex Pistols, and Nancy was a groupie turned lover. Nancy died from a stab wound in a hotel room with him, and he was charged with her murder. However, he died ODing on heroin before trial. I'd love to hear more interpretations of any part of this song. It's quickly becoming one of my all time favorites. |
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| Clean Bandit – Mozart's House Lyrics | 10 years ago |
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I was hoping someone else would already know some of the meaning to this song. My guess is that its major goal is to pin the description of "repetitive" to Mozart's music as much as it is given to electronic music. It seems to be saying that artful music should be repetitive in some way. I tend to only slightly agree with that sentiment. Regardless, this is a great song. Can anyone do a better job explaining it? |
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